The long-awaited trial of a former paratrooper accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday is due to begin at Belfast Crown Court. Soldier F, who cannot be identified, is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney when members of the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters on the streets of Derry on 30 January 1972. He is also charged with five attempted murders during the incident in Derry’s Bogside area – namely of Joseph Friel, Michael Quinn, Joe Mahon, Patrick O’Donnell and a person unknown. He has pleaded not guilty to the seven counts. The non-jury case will be heard by judge Patrick Lynch. The Wray and McKinney families are expected to be joined by a large group of supporters as they walk together to the court on Monday morning.

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Dozens of protesters organized an effort Saturday night that blocked North High Street and called for a massive Columbus Police mobilization, as they continue calling attention to the case of Masonique Saunders.

Saunders, 16, is currently being held in the Franklin County Jail on a murder charge. The prosecutor's office charged Saunders under Ohio's "felony murder rule," which allows an accomplice to a crime to be charged for their co-conspirators' death, if the death happens during the commission of a crime.

Saunders' boyfriend Julius Tate was shot and killed by the Columbus Police SWAT team on December 7th last year, during what police said was an undercover sting attempting to shut down a series of armed robberies on the east side. Police said Tate pulled a gun on an undercover officer, and another hidden SWAT member shot Tate to protect the officer.

The prosecutor's office later named Saunders as an accomplice in the alleged armed robberies, and charged her with murder for Tate's death.

Protestors on Saturday night sought to call attention to the case, and to Saunders' time in the Franklin County Jail awaiting trial, since her arrest on December 13th. Three protesters were arrested after chaining themselves to a car that was parked in the middle of North High Street to block traffic.

The entire ordeal lasted around 90 minutes, with North High Street closed off for around 35 minutes to remove the chained protesters from the street, according to Columbus Police.

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