Journalists to protect Bloody Sunday sources

Two journalists are expected to defend robustly their right to protect their sources when they return to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry on Monday.

Journalists to protect Bloody Sunday sources

Two journalists are expected to defend robustly their right to protect their sources when they return to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry on Monday.

Alex Thomson and Lena Ferguson, who interviewed five soldiers for a series of controversial reports for Channel Four News in 1997 and 1998, risked jail after refusing to reveal the identity of their confidential sources when giving evidence in May 2002.

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