"Mr Mably described the contents of the statements as "both truthful and untruthful", with some of the contents consistent with other eye witness evidence. "They are truthful in some respects, but untruthful in others," he said. "Truthful in identifying which opened fire .... they had no good reason to lie about that." He argued that, taken together, "this is decisive evidence"."
"The trial opened at Belfast Crown Court on Monday and heard the prosecution's opening statement as well the statements of a number of people present at the shootings. Soldier F is sitting behind a curtain during the non-jury trial, while relatives of the Wray and McKinney families and supporters watch on from the public gallery. Outside the court, a number of supporters of Soldier F and the wider veterans' community have gathered on each day of the trial so far."
The trial opened at Belfast Crown Court with Soldier F charged over the 30 January 1972 shootings that killed James Wray and William McKinney and left five others allegedly targeted. Soldier F has pleaded not guilty to seven counts, including two murders and five attempted murders. The trial is non-jury; Soldier F sits behind a curtain while relatives and supporters observe from the public gallery and supporters gather outside. Prosecution presented statements by Soldiers G and H, including Royal Military Police accounts, Widgery Inquiry submissions and oral evidence, describing those statements as partly truthful and partly untruthful but collectively decisive. Soldier G is reported to have died.
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