An ex-paratrooper has pleaded not guilty to murder during the 1972 incident known as Bloody Sunday. Photo: AP PHOTO

The long-awaited trial of a former paratrooper accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday is due to begin at Belfast Crown Court.

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Soldier F, who cannot be identified, is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney when members of the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters on the streets of Londonderry on January 30, 1972.

He is also charged with five attempted murders during the incident in Derry's Bogside area - namely of Joseph Friel, Michael

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