Statement by TUV leader and North Antrim MP Jim Allister:
“Today’s announcement that the a file on SAS soldiers has been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions is the inevitable consequence of the rash finding by the coroner.
“We now face the gruesome prospect of the soldiers standing trial for relieving the community of a band of bloodthirsty terrorists who went out that night intent on murder.
“There will be real anger across Northern Ireland – particularly among those who lost loved ones at the hands of the IRA – at this news.
“When we have a system which puts the security forces, but never the terrorists, in the dock something is badly wrong.”