Prosecutors are preparing to announce whether Parachute Regiment soldiers should face trial for murder
Almost half a century after the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings inflamed Northern Ireland’s Troubles, prosecutors in Derry will this week announce whether any Parachute Regiment soldiers should face trial for murder.
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