Ballymurphy families to get 'significant' damages from Britain's Ministry of Defence

Families of those killed during the Ballymurphy Killings stand holding images of loved ones outside The Crown Court in Belfast today. A statement from the families said they had secured "significant payment in damages".

Civil cases brought against Britain's Ministry of Defence by the families of nine people killed at Ballymurphy in west Belfast in 1971 have been settled with undisclosed damages to be paid.

At the High Court in Belfast, Mr Justice Humphreys said that the settlement represented the "end of a very long process" for the families. The amounts paid out in each case were not disclosed in court but the judge ordered the MoD to pay legal costs.