Families of the victims of Bloody Sunday in 1972 protest outside Belfast Crown court. Photo: AP PHOTO

The judge in the trial of the sole British soldier charged with murder over the 1972 "Bloody Sunday" killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland has ruled that key military statements can be entered as evidence by prosecutors.

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Judge Patrick Lynch said the hearsay statements the prosecution case was "totally dependent upon" should be admitted, but it would be inappropriate at this point to give reasons for his decision.

A lawyer for the families of the

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