The BBC is not naming Soldier F for legal reasons

[touchingcloth]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-57825284

The SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has used parliamentary privilege to identify a former soldier facing two murder charges over his actions on Bloody Sunday.

The Foyle MP named Soldier F during a debate in the House of Commons on the Armed Forces Bill on Tuesday afternoon.

The soldier is also facing five attempted murder charges.
He had been granted anonymity by the judge hearing the case.

The BBC is not naming Soldier F for legal reasons.

What do you think these reasons are? And do you think they would cover a cheeky link to Hansard?

[sevendaughters]

The whole thing is an establishment fit up job. That's why they're not being named, with some spurious handwringing about ethics as their official reason.

[Buelligan]

It's weird, not naming when everyone knows the name.  Not sure what is point, unless point is to make it even plainer than ever how completely fucked up everything is.

[idunnosomename]

Soldier Fuck

[bgmnts]

By granting him anonymity, what's to stop him from doing it again?

[Buelligan]

The British sense of fair play and decency.

[Mobius]

Took me ages to find his name just now

It's David Cleary in case you didn't realise. Vid of the bloke naming him in parliament here

[idunnosomename]

the express is a bizarre paper really. i never really understand it and who buys it



it's owned by Reach PLC, essentially the Mirror, who also own the The Star.

yeah I know who cares, but this propaganda gets displayed in every supermarket in the country and taken at face-value by our national broadcaster that is funded by a poll tax

[Joe Oakes]

According to my sources, his middle name is 'Indy'.

[Wonderful Butternut]

BoJo: Apologises to the families of people murdered by British forces.[nb]Not Blboody Sunday obviously, cos he wasn't PM when any inquiries were complete. But he did apologise to the families of the Ballymurphy shooting victims. They told him to fuck off.[/nb]
Also BoJo: Blocks attempts to persecute the British forces responsible.

[canadagoose]

According to my sources, his middle name is 'Indy'.

Soldier Indy F. Horse

[Johnny Yesno]

BoJo: Apologises to the families of people murdered by British forces.[nb]Not Blboody Sunday obviously, cos he wasn't PM when any inquiries were complete. But he did apologise to the families of the Ballymurphy shooting victims. They told him to fuck off.[/nb]
Also BoJo: Blocks attempts to persecute the British forces responsible.

Prosecute, surely?

[Johnny Yesno]

Soldier Indy F. Horse

Soldier F Indy House: Harold Faltermeyer considers rewrite.