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Bloody Sunday: ex-soldiers launch legal action against police inquiry Bloody Sunday: ex-soldiers launch legal action against police inquiry
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Lawyers for seven former paratroopers facing questioning over the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings have begun legal action against the police in the high court in London. Lawyers for seven former paratroopers facing questioning over the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings have begun legal action against the police, at the high court in London.
Papers seeking a judicial review of the way in which the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI|) detectives are conducting their historic inquiry were lodged with the administrative court on Wednesday. Papers seeking a judicial review of the way in which Police Service of Northern Ireland detectives are conducting their historical inquiry were lodged with the administrative court on Wednesday.
Their application, handled by a London firm of solicitors, is under the anonymous letters of the alphabet given to the soldiers during the Saville inquiry into the shootings in Derry that left 14 civil rights protesters dead. Their application, handled by a London firm of solicitors, is under the anonymous letters of the alphabet given to the soldiers during the Saville inquiry into the shootings in Derry, that left 14 civil rights protesters dead.
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The PSNI on Wednesday evening released the former member of the Parachute Regiment, identified only as Lance Corporal J, after interviewing him in Belfast for several days. The PSNI on Wednesday evening released the former member of the Parachute Regiment, identified only as Lance Cpl J, after interviewing him in Belfast for several days.
The other ex-paratroopers are understood to be seeking advance notice from the PSNI of any request for police interviews over the shootings and that the questioning should take place at their local police stations in England.The other ex-paratroopers are understood to be seeking advance notice from the PSNI of any request for police interviews over the shootings and that the questioning should take place at their local police stations in England.
Asked about the legal action launched by the soldiers, a PSNI spokesman said: “It would be inappropriate to comment.”Asked about the legal action launched by the soldiers, a PSNI spokesman said: “It would be inappropriate to comment.”