Army veterans who served during the Northern Ireland Troubles have staged a protest in Whitehall. The group, many of whom are bikers, are appealing against the Labour government's plans to repeal the Legacy Act which could subject soldiers to potential prosecution decades on from the Troubles. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:26Unfortunately the current government
00:28want to repeal a lot of that bill, which will mean that inquests, civil cases and vexatious
00:37prosecutions will continue. Up to now, every prosecution, every inquest has been against
00:45soldiers. No action and no major investigations have taken place of any terrorist from the
00:55IRA. Our veterans were sent there by our government, and I don't think they should be getting prosecuted.
01:02Do you want your 80-year-old granddad standing in the dock for killing an IRA boat in a pursuit
01:07to kill you? I don't think so, you know what I mean?