Bloody Sunday: trial of Soldier F can admit hearsay evidence, judge rules

Prosecution request granted to admit decisive' statements by other soldiers present at 1972 shootings in Derry

The trial of a former paratrooper charged with two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday can admit hearsay evidence that has been described by the prosecution as decisive", a judge has ruled.

The judge, Patrick Lynch, on Wednesday granted a prosecution request to admit statements made by other soldiers who were present during the shootings in Derry on 30 January 1972. The statements include allegations that the accused veteran, known as Soldier F, fired into the courtyard where the two men he is accused of murdering were shot.