Bloody Sunday perjury decision 'at advanced stage'
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A decision on whether 15 former soldiers and an alleged IRA member should be prosecuted for perjury over Bloody Sunday is at an advanced stage, BBC News NI understands.
Thirteen people were shot dead when soldiers opened fire on marchers during a civil rights march in Londonderry on 30 January 1972.
A further 15 people were injured.
Solicitor Ciarán Shiels, who represents some of the victims' relatives, said families had been informed that a decision was expected on 18 April.
A long-running inquiry into the killings, headed by judge Lord Saville, found none of the casualties were posing a threat or doing anything that would justify their shooting.
Then prime minister David Cameron apologised for the killings, describing them as "unjustified and unjustifiable".
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) then began a murder investigation after the Saville report was released in 2010.
In 2019, the Public Prosecution Service announced that one former paratrooper, identified as Soldier F, would be prosecuted for murder and attempted murder.
He has since been returned for trial.
At that time the PPS also said consideration would be given to allegations of perjury against suspects reported by the police.
The PSNI has been contacted for comment.
