Two former British soldiers accused of murdering an Official IRA commander in Northern Ireland are asking for their identities to be withheld during court proceedings, a judge has been told.

Two former British soldiers are to be prosecuted for allegedly murdering an Official IRA man in the North.

The British army shooting of a father of six after the van he was driving backfired outside a police station in the North was not necessary, reasonable or proportionate, a coroner has ruled.

An SAS soldier manufactured an account of the shooting of two IRA members to cover up the use of excessive force, it was claimed at an inquest today.

A soldier said today that he shot two gunmen on Bloody Sunday.