Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecutions Service (PPS) has said it will decide whether or not individual soldiers will face prosecution arising out of the Saville Report.
The PPS said their director, together with the PSNI Chief Constable, will consider the report to determine the nature of any police enquiries which may be required to make decisions on prosecution.
“The undertaking given by the Attorney General in 1999 to witnesses who provided evidence to the Inquiry will also require to be considered”.
“It is not practical, at this stage, to say when such decisions will be taken other than to indicate that the matter will be considered as expeditiously as possible.”
The Saville report made no recommendations about prosecutions. It singles out a number of soldiers, who cannot be named, as having lied to the inquiry or not caring what happened when they opened fire.
Soldiers who appeared as witnesses were not granted immunity from prosecution but immunity from self-incrimination.