space, into the summer, into party conference to rethink and reconsider his strategy. borisjohnson remains dominant, but this result has told us that there are limits to that dominance. something we didn t know for certain only a a few weeks ago. two army veterans facing murder charges from the northern ireland troubles, including on bloody sunday in 1972, will now not face trial. the cases involve individuals known as soldier f and soldier b. soldier f was to be prosecuted over the deaths of james wray and william mckinney on bloody sunday. the case against soldier b relates to the death of 15 year old daniel hegarty, who was shot twice in the head in londonderry in july 1972. let s get a reaction to the development. they said the solicitor representing the family of daniel hegarty. representing the family of daniel hera . ., representing the family of daniel hera ., . ., representing the family of daniel hera , ., ., hegarty. you can get away with murder of
some newsjust in. the public prosecution service in northern ireland has dropped a murder case against a former british soldier charged with killing a londonderry teenager in 1972. daniel hegarty was 15 when he was shot twice in the head during an army operation near his home in creggan in july 1972. we are hearing from our correspondent that prosecutors are also dropping a high profile murder case against soldier f as opposed to soldier b for the killing on bloody sunday in 1972. prosecutors say that is no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction. our correspondent in londonderry is danjohnson. two high profile long standing cases that will not go forward. absolutely. this all goes back 50
years to july 1972 absolutely. this all goes back 50 years tojuly1972 when daniel hegarty was shot in an army operation and earlier injanuary 1972, bloody sunday, those images that in many ways have defined the troubles and the painful legacy that northern ireland has had to deal with for a quarter of a century. families have been here at this hotel in londonderry this morning for a meeting with the public prosecution service and that is where they have been told that the case against those two soldiers, soldier b, the case about daniel hegarty, is likely to be discontinued and soldier f, charged with the murders ofjames discontinued and soldier f, charged with the murders of james ray discontinued and soldier f, charged with the murders ofjames ray and william mckinney on bloody sunday, the case against him to be discontinued by the public prosecution service probably to be concluded that a court hearing next week which will be a major disappointment to families who have campaigned fo
experiences were. a lot of that comes with him. i m not surprised that he is, that he s as bitter as he is about the way that it came out, but i do think, and nobody can question his loyalty or service to the country or his bravery. nothing i ever did in the navy comes even close. that said, he s a political figure now. and it wasn t congresswoman wilson who politicized this, it was president trump who politicized this by making it into a competition with president obama. you mean initially. yes, initially. you don t think congresswoman wilson politicized this at all? i think she contributed but he got it started. that s what i meant. so, you know, i hope that the other person listening to that press conference this afternoon was the commander in chief because some of those messages, i hope, hit home to him too. spider marks, in addition to serving, your father-in-law was killed in vietnam in july 1972 at the time he wasn t your