Mickey McKinney said hearing that more than £4 million was spent to defend the former paratrooper was very hurtful for the Bloody Sunday families.

A former paratrooper known as Soldier F is accused of two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

Solider F is due to go on trial on Monday for two murders and five attempted murders on the streets of Londonderry in January 1972.

Tony Blair established the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, following campaigns from the victims of the 1972 shootings on the streets of Derry.

Thirteen people were shot dead in Derry on January 30th, 1972, when the British army opened fire on civil rights marchers