Bloody Sunday soldiers await prosecution decision
Former soldiers will find out later if they are to stand trial over the killing of 13 people on Bloody Sunday.
One of the injured died five months later but the Saville Inquiry said it was"not the result of any of the wounds he sustained on Bloody Sunday".Families of the victims will be told if any of the former soldiers, now in their 60s and 70s, are to face charges shortly before the news is made public. John Kelly, whose brother Michael was one of those killed, told BBC News NI he was"nervous" in anticipation of the decisions.
The prime minister at the time of the report's publication, David Cameron, apologised for the soldiers' conduct.A file was sent to the Public Prosecution Service in November 2016.
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