No perjury charges for British soldiers accused of lying in Bloody Sunday probe
Posted on AllSides April 19th, 2024
From The Right
• 15 British soldiers accused of lying in an inquiry regarding Bloody Sunday will not be charged with perjury, prosecutors announced Friday. • Bloody Sunday was one of the deadliest days of the Troubles, a decades-long regional conflict. 13 civilians were killed by members of the British Parachute Regiment in Derry. • Victims' families expressed outrage at the decision, with John Kelly — whose brother, Michael, was killed on Bloody Sunday — calling it an "affront to the rule of law." Fifteen British soldiers who allegedly lied to an inquiry...