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Sunday 30 January 1972 remains arguably the deadliest – and consequential – dates throughout three decades of conflict in this area.

Within the community of the incident – the legacy of Bloody Sunday are displayed on the buildings and embedded in collective memory.

A protest demonstration was held on a chilly yet clear period in the city.

The demonstration was a protest against the practice of detention without trial – detaining individuals without due process – which had been established in response to three years of conflict.

Soldiers from the Parachute Regiment fatally wounded multiple civilians in the Bogside area – which was, and remains, a predominantly Irish nationalist area.

One image became especially iconic.

Images showed a clergyman, the priest, displaying a blood-stained white handkerchief in his effort to protect a assembly moving a teenager, Jackie Duddy, who had been killed.

News camera operators captured extensive video on the day.

Documented accounts features Father Daly telling a media representative that military personnel "gave the impression they would discharge weapons randomly" and he was "absolutely certain" that there was no justification for the discharge of weapons.

That version of the incident was rejected by the first inquiry.

The Widgery Tribunal found the military had been attacked first.

In the negotiation period, Tony Blair's government set up a fresh examination, in response to advocacy by family members, who said the first investigation had been a cover-up.

That year, the findings by Lord Saville said that overall, the soldiers had discharged weapons initially and that zero among the victims had posed any threat.

At that time government leader, the leader, expressed regret in the Parliament – declaring fatalities were "without justification and unjustifiable."

Authorities commenced examine the incident.

One former paratrooper, referred to as the defendant, was prosecuted for killing.

Accusations were made over the deaths of James Wray, twenty-two, and twenty-six-year-old the second individual.

The defendant was additionally charged of trying to kill Patrick O'Donnell, Joseph Friel, more people, Michael Quinn, and an unidentified individual.

Remains a judicial decision protecting the veteran's identity protection, which his lawyers have maintained is essential because he is at threat.

He told the investigation that he had solely shot at persons who were possessing firearms.

The statement was dismissed in the official findings.

Evidence from the investigation could not be used immediately as testimony in the legal proceedings.

During the trial, the veteran was shielded from sight behind a privacy screen.

He spoke for the initial occasion in court at a proceeding in that month, to reply "not guilty" when the allegations were presented.

Family members of those who were killed on Bloody Sunday made the trip from Londonderry to the judicial building each day of the proceedings.

One relative, whose relative was fatally wounded, said they were aware that hearing the case would be difficult.

"I remember everything in my memory," the relative said, as we walked around the key areas mentioned in the case – from the location, where Michael was shot dead, to the adjoining the courtyard, where one victim and the second person were died.

"It returns me to where I was that day.

"I helped to carry my brother and put him in the ambulance.

"I went through the entire event during the testimony.

"But even with enduring all that – it's still worthwhile for me."