Overview

• Former paratrooper Soldier F is on trial in Belfast charged with the murders of James Wray and William McKinney and five counts of attempted murder from Bloody Sunday in 1972.
• Defence counsel Mark Mulholland KC argued the case hinges on unconvincing hearsay from Soldiers G and H and branded H an unreliable witness.
• The court heard Soldier G has died and Soldier H plans to invoke the right against self‑incrimination, preventing cross‑examination on evolving statements.
• Mulholland said civilian testimony describes a single soldier firing, undermining the prosecution’s account that G and F opened fire around the same time followed by H.
• The non‑jury trial continues, and the court was told that in a 2016 PSNI interview Soldier F declined to answer questions, citing no reliable recollection of events.