Soldier accused of 'wilful blindness' over Bloody Sunday

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A soldier was accused today of suffering from “wilful blindness” when he claimed he did not see a number of people killed in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

Arthur Harvey QC, representing most of the families of the dead and wounded, put it to Soldier 017 that he must have seen more than he claimed to on January 30, 1972 when 13 civil rights marchers were shot dead by soldiers. A 14th man died later.