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Colonel Marsden admitted that the paper was referring to the incident when 13 civilians in Derry were shot down by British soldiers under Army directions. At once the prosecutor, Michael Coombe, interrupted with the long expected statement that: "This is not a trial of the policy in Northern Ireland.... It is essential that this trial does not turn into some kind of. debate as to the rights and wrongs of the political role which is being carried out by the troops. Justice. McKinnon upheld the intervention.
The judge also blocked an attempt to have the whole of BWNIC's Statement of Intent read. The defence argued that if this was material The second week of the trial of fourteen meinbers of the British Withdrawal from Northern İreland Campaign (BWNIC) began with a political debate about Bloody Sunday in Derry. Colonel Marsden, who was responsible for collecting from soldiers various books and leaflets they had obtained from a oWNIC literature stall in wevizes varket, was being cross-examined by defendant will Hetherington about a Civil Rights paper with a front to the prosecution evidence, then the jury was entitled to read it in its entirety and not simply passages selected by the prosecution. ecution is attempting to isolate from the rest.
Wednesday 8 October when two supporters of the Defend the 14+ and leafleting outside the court.
been a misunderstanding with the police, McKinnon dismissed the campaign. It is these last, because they contain references to campaigning amongst soldiers, that the prosThe case was adjourned early on Campaign were brought into court on contempt charges for picketing BENGALE FRIENDS In tur Acknowledging that there had case. Lord Gifford, a defence coun y or opin trine onage not for the right of people to form defted. But the judge refused to define 1lam-5pm. Sessions on inflati one took such actions at their 'peril". Federation was generally a failure in The TUC international committee is now talking about organising another day of action next month. This call must be given full support by trade union militants up and down the country, but it will not be the sort of display of internanona sonantv i sovid be unieg