Waiting for justice

AFTER 47 years, the British soldiers alleged to have slaughtered 14 innocent British citizens on the streets of derry/ Londonderry during Bloody Sunday, are now being portrayed as the victims. These were the members of the Parachute regiment who shot 28 people who were running for cover during a riot. Some are said to have been shot as they lay wounded, others as they waved white hankies while trying to reach the injured.

Their relatives have been struggling for justice and closure ever since, validated by the Saville inquiry’s findings that their family members were ‘unlawfully killed’.

had these killings taken place on the uK mainland, instead of in northern Ireland, it’s easy to imagine the outcome would have been quite different. The Paras brought their regiment and the British Army into disrepute on that day; they sullied the good name of honourable soldiers who fought and died in two world wars — my father and two great-uncles included.

Since then, the Army has regained its fine reputation around the world. Back in Ireland the loved ones of those killed by the ‘peace-keeping’ Paras wait patiently for the justice which will probably be denied them. despite evidence to the contrary, these people still believe in British justice. heleN davies, address supplied.