Soldier F case should serve as a caution for future Troubles prosecutions

In finding F not guilty of murder on Bloody Sunday, judge said evidence fell well short of the standard required

It is undisputed that members of the Parachute regiment shot dead 13 unarmed civil rights protesters in Derry on Bloody Sunday. But, more than 53 years later, it is not surprising that Soldier F, the only man put on trial for murder, was found not guilty.

Though four of the Paras who entered Glenfada Park North had lost all sense of military discipline", according to Mr Justice Lynch, direct evidence against Soldier F fell well short of the high standard of proof required in a criminal case".