‘Sickening’ threats against Bloody Sunday victim’s family condemned

It comes during the trial of Soldier F who is charged with the murder of two men on Bloody Sunday

Death threats made against the family of a victim of Bloody Sunday have been condemned.

Mickey McKinney, whose brother William McKinney was killed on Bloody Sunday, has said that his family have received a death threat and has met with police as a result of it.

It comes during the trial of Soldier F who has been charged with William’s murder.

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The “sickening” death threat has been condemned by Foyle SDLP MP Colum Eastwood, saying that the people of Derry will stand by the McKinney family.

Colum Eastwood MP said: “It’s hard to imagine the kind of sick person who would see victims and their families campaigning for justice following the murder of their loved ones and decide to threaten to kill them.

“Mickey McKinney is a good man fighting alongside his family and the families of all those killed or injured on Bloody Sunday for justice. It is sickening that they’ve been subjected to this in the middle of the trial of Soldier F.

“Alongside political and civic leaders across our city from every background, I’ve stood with these families for decades in their campaign for justice. The people of Derry will be with them every step of the way, and I know that people from every community will be disgusted at these threats.”

The McKinney family met with police on October 9 following the death threats.

A PSNI spokesperson said: “We do not discuss the security of individuals and no inference should be drawn from this.

“However, if we receive information that a person’s life may be at risk, we will inform them accordingly. We never ignore anything which may put an individual at risk.”

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