Bloody Sunday 'false evidence' claims don't meet prosecution test: PPS

Northern Ireland 's Public Prosecution Service has decided against taking 15 Army veterans and one alleged Official IRA member to court over allegations of false evidence given to the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday .

Family representatives expressed their disappointment and said they would not rule out a challenge to the decision.behalf of the Bloody Sunday families and wounded: “The families of Bloody Sunday who sit here today disappointed and perplexed by this decision not to prosecute a single soldier for perjury ask themselves rhetorically:

“We consider that today’s ruling by the PPS is an affront to the rule of law and a continuation of the injustice that was perpetrated on Bloody Sunday.”Bloody Sunday was one of the darkest days in the history of the Northern Ireland Troubles.Many consider him the 14th victim of Bloody Sunday, but his death was formally attributed to an inoperable brain tumour.

Its findings turned the discredited 1972 Widgery report on its head. It exonerated the victims and delivered a damning account of the conduct of soldiers, concluding they had fired more than 100 rifle rounds and were unjustified in killing 13 people on the day and injuring more. “After careful consideration, it has been concluded that the available evidence in this case is insufficient to provide a reasonable prospect of obtaining a conviction of any suspect for offences in relation to the giving of false evidence.

"The PPS has concluded that, for a number of legal reasons, those accounts from 1972 would not be admissible in criminal proceedings today.

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