Ex-soldiers will not be prosecuted over 1971 deaths

Two soldiers will not be prosecuted over the killing of two unarmed civilians, including a schoolgirl, in Londonderry more than half century ago.

Prosecutors said on Monday there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the soldiers suspected of shooting dead Annette McGavigan, 14, and 41-year-old William McGreanery

Annette McGavigan was shot dead during rioting in the Bogside on 6 September 1971.

Mr McGreanery, a shop assistant, died just over a week later on 15 September after a soldier opened fire from an Army sanger overlooking the junctions of Eastway, Lonemoor Road and Westland Street.