The brother of a man shot dead on Bloody Sunday has voiced his disappointment after a court mix-up resulted in the case being adjourned.
Mickey McKinney was speaking after the long-awaited resumption of Soldier F's case was due to take place yesterday.
The former British soldier is accused of the murder of William McKinney and James Wray.
He is also facing five counts of attempted murder.
Fourteen innocent Catholic men died after members of the British army’s Parachute Regiment opened fire on a civil rights march in Derry in January 1972.
Yesterday's planned hearing had to be adjourned after lawyers were directed to attend a court in Belfast while the judge had travelled to Derry.
Mr McKinney last night said: “The McKinney and Wray families together with the wounded, having come through the stress of having to take the Divisional Court challenge against the PPS decision to drop all charges against Soldier F and almost ending up in the Supreme Court to get the prosecution of this multiple murder suspect back on the tracks.
“We are very disappointed indeed at the district judge having apparently been sent to Derry courthouse from Belfast.
“The families and the wounded will gather again (today) in Derry to view the fresh further timetabling of the remainder of the committal proceedings to happen without further delay.”
