Soldier to be charged over death
An off-duty member of the Royal Irish Regiment, formed two weeks ago, is to appear in court today charged with the murder of a teenager in north Belfast yesterday.
James Braiden, 19, a Protestant, was shot in the head after an argument broke out near a bonfire in Silverstream Road, one of several lit in advance of today's Orange Day parades.
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