Soldier F found 'Not Guilty' on all counts

standardg60

I've said it before, revisiting who murdered who during the troubles when those actually convicted were all released under the GFA serves no rational purpose whatsoever.

Every victim's families have or have had to accept the harshness of their own treatment and lack of justice in the greater need for peace and the future safety of their children.

We need to move on, those who want to dwell on the past will be left there.

StevenToast

Bloody Sunday is like a daily occurance in Gaza....can you imagine in the year 2080 IDF snipers receiving justice for murdering people queuing up for some food?

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123932033#Comment_123932033

Doesnt make it right.

end of the road

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it does serve a rational purpose, it recognises that state forces are above paramilitary organisations and have to be held to a higher standard.

meaning therefore they are exempt from early release or no prosecution ETC.

the racist colonial forces of the racist british empire must always be held to account where still living, and where not the truth exposed for all to see.

the people saying we need to move on are preventing moving on by supporting the denial of justice.

we know the british army and british establishment are guilty of crimes against the irish people, if we can't get prosecutions then at least they can be exposed for what they are and must be so at whatever cost.

Ozymandius2011

I don't have the evidence. But I would say that it's almost unheard of for British spldiers to go to jail for Troubles related cases. Mark Wright and James Fisher were exceptions, and there was a campaign in the Tory party and the Tory press to release them, which happened. They were then readmitted to the army. Their murder convictions weren't reversed, yet they were allowed into the army.

The Belfast High Court later ruled they shouldn't have been readmitted to the army, but didn't order a new trial.

I would say though that there is some parallel with IRA murders where there were on the runs or otherwise not prosecuted for those murders eg Stakeknife. SF needs to be consistent.