Soldiers disgraced British army in ‘unjustified’ use of force on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is charged with two murders and five attempted murders

Soldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an unjustified" and gratuitous" use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.

The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was unnecessary" and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial.