Bloody Sunday soldier 'a bit of a gunslinger'

A soldier at the Saville Inquiry has been giving evidence about a fellow colleague who opened fire in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

Soldier INQ 896, a private in the Parachute Regiment, told the Saville Inquiry in London he saw Corporal E lying on his stomach in a prone position as he opened fire on the day 13 civil rights marchers were shot dead by soldiers. A 14th man died later.

He described Corporal E as a "bit of a gunslinger".

The soldier said he spoke to Corporal E, who is now dead, about the shooting after Bloody Sunday.

The paratrooper said Corporal E may have "gloried in the shooting", which took place in a derelict building close to Rossville Flats in the nationalist Bogside area on January 30,1972.

Soldier INQ 896 was the 746th witness to appear before the Saville Inquiry.