Bloody Sunday: ex-soldier pleads not guilty to double murder in Belfast trial

Attempt to have case dismissed refused as Soldier F accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney

A former soldier accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday has pleaded not guilty as he was formally returned for trial after an attempt to get the case thrown out was refused.

Ex-paratrooper Soldier F, who cannot be identified, is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney when members of the Parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters on the streets of Londonderry in January 1972. He is also charged with five attempted murders.