Major General Patrick MacLellan, giving evidence to the Saville inquiry sitting in London, said he had not been aware his orders had been breached when he gave evidence to the original Widgery inquiry which was held following the killing of thirteen unarmed men by soldiers during a civil rights march in Derry in January 1972.
Maj.-Gen. MacLellan gave orders to arrest rioters in the William St/Rossville St area of Derry, but not to become involved in a running battle with them.
But army logs show that was what happened when army vehicles drove down to the Rossville Flats.
Maj.-Gen. MacLellan says when he gave evidence to the Widgery tribunal in the immediate aftermath of Bloody Sunday, he did not believe his orders had been broken but that now having gone through it in great detail he realises that they were in fact breached.
However, the Major General says there was no cover up to hide the fact that he had unknowingly given inaccurate evidence to Widgery.
