Don't let soldiers take blame for Bloody Sunday, says SDLP member

Those responsible for soldiers who killed civilians in Derry on Bloody Sunday must not be allowed by the Saville Inquiry to cover up their role in events, a senior member of the SDLP claimed today.

As the Bloody Sunday Inquiry prepared for more evidence this week in London from former British Prime Minister Edward Heath on the killing of 14 civilians in Derry in 1972, SDLP chairman Alex Attwood asked the judges to ensure those in authority in the Army, Ministry of Defence and Government did not let soldiers of a lower rank take the blame for what happened.