Troops ordered to fire at crowds' backs: Saville witness

A former British serviceman, who took part in the march that turned into Bloody Sunday, today told the Saville Inquiry that troops were ordered to fire when the crowd had their backs turned.

A former British serviceman, who took part in the march that turned into Bloody Sunday, has told the Saville Inquiry today that troops were ordered to fire when the crowd had their backs turned.

John McLaughlin also told the inquiry into the deaths of 13 people in Derry in 1972 that his efforts to help two casualties were hampered by a soldier who told him to let them bleed to death.