Ex-head of British army denies Ballymurphy killings cover-up

Relatives of those who died on Bloody Sunday and in Ballymurphy embrace outside court in Belfast on Thursday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PAThe former head of the British army has denied there was a cover-up after soldiers shot dead 10 people in the so-called Ballymurphy massacre, one of the most controversial episodes of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.Gen Sir Mike Jackson told a coroner’s inquest in Belfast on Thursday that he had no explanation for the apparent lack of a serious investiga