Bloody Sunday: Soldier will not stand trial for murder

A former soldier charged with murdering James Wray (left) and William McKinney (right) who died on Bloody Sunday in January 1972 will not stand trial.

A former soldier charged with murdering James Wray (left) and William McKinney (right) who died on Bloody Sunday in January 1972 will not stand trial.

The prosecution of a former soldier accused of murdering two people on Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972 is to be halted, it is understood.

The former soldier, known as ‘Soldier F’ was charged with murdering James Wray and William McKinney in Derry in January 1972. 

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