MP uses parliamentary privilege to name Bloody Sunday soldier

A Bloody Sunday Bogside mural (Liam McBurney/PA)

A Bloody Sunday Bogside mural (Liam McBurney/PA)

An MP has used parliamentary privilege to name a soldier accused of murdering two men during Bloody Sunday in 1972.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood intervened on shadow defence minister Stephanie Peacock as the House of Commons considered amendments to the Armed Forces Bill.

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