Bloody Sunday victim tells of fabricated evidence
A man who was shot by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday has told the inquiry into the massacre that evidence against him was fabricated.
Joe Friel said a soldier's claim that he was carrying a gun during the massacre was "absurd and entirely untrue".
The soldier, known only as 104 to protect his anonymity, claimed Mr Friel admitted he was carrying a gun on Bloody Sunday, when 13 unarmed civilians were shot dead by the British Army during a so-called arrest operation in IRA-controlled parts of Derry.
The soldier in question said that when he saw the injured Mr Friel getting into a car with a gunshot wound on January 30, 1972, he said: "That’s what you get for playing with guns."
He said Mr Friel replied: "I won’t do that again."
However, in a written statement, Mr Friel said: "This is a complete fabrication."
Mr Friel was shot in Glenfada Park North, where two of the 13 casualties were gunned down.
