Witch hunt of Troubles veterans must stop, campaigners say after trial collapses

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🔴 General Sir Richard Dannatt, the former head of the Army, said: 'The Government needs to do something to stop these historic prosecutions. Boris Johnson promised he would stop these prosecutions, but they are still going on.'

The "witch hunt" of soldiers who served in Northern Ireland must be brought to a halt, campaigners and military leaders said on Tuesday night after the first of a series of historic murder trials collapsed in just six days.

 

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