vladimir hernandez, bbc news.s will prosecuted for their part in the bloody sunday shootings over half a century ago will be announced on thursday. on that day injanuary 1972, paratroopers shot dead 13 innocent civilians on a civil rights march in londonderry. the bbc‘s peter taylor was in derry on bloody sunday, and his report includes an exclusive interview with colonel derek wilford, commander of the pa ratroopers on that day. in the archive of the troubles, the defining images of bloody sunday mark a tragic watershed in the annals of the conflict. what happened was coloured by two factors — how the army proposed to deal with rioters, and the instrument chosen to do it, pa ratroopers under the command of colonel derek wilford. we were betrayed, and bringing charges against the soldiers is part of that betrayal. just three weeks before bloody sunday, general robert ford met with city traders, who demanded the army crack down on rioters who were destroying their business. ford then wrote a chilling memo, in which