A man shot and injured on Bloody Sunday in Derry more than 50 years ago has been giving evidence at the trial of the former British soldier accused of his attempted murder.
Joseph Mahon was 16 when he was shot in the City's Bogside area on 30 January 1972.
He had taken refuge in Glenfada Park North after hearing that a number of people who had attended a civil rights march had been shot.
He said Glenfada Park North was "classed as a safe area" which the army had "never entered".
As he stood there he became aware that people were being shot at a rubble barricade in Roseville Street at its junction with Glenfada Park North.
Mr Mahon said the atmosphere was one of "fear" and that after an altercation between the Parachute Regiment and protesters at Magilligan Beach the previous week, people were wary of the soldiers.
He said a shout went up that soldiers were coming into Glenfada Park North where around 30 to 40 people had gathered.
He saw three or four soldiers run into the courtyard. The first one had his rifle under his arm.
He swung it up and opened fire "from the hip" as people scrambled to escape.
Mr Mahon said the soldier had sprayed his fire from side-to-side "like a fan" although it was not automatic fire.
He said he was hit and at first thought he had been struck by a rubber bullet.
He said people might find that strange but he said when he had seen people shot on TV they were "rolling about in pain but it wasn't that way".
Mr Mahon said he was lying beside two other men.
Both of them, William McKinney and James Wray, were fatally injured.
Mr McKinney was lying close to him. Mr Mahon heard him say "I'm hit son, I'm hit".
Mr Mahon said he was lying looking out into the courtyard.
He said the jacket of the soldier who had shot him stood out in his mind.
He described it as more of a smock or combat jacket and it was a different colour to that worn by the other soldiers.
Mr Mahon gave evidence that he saw the soldier cross the courtyard, walk past him and Mr McKinney and fire two additional shots into the body of Mr Wray who had moved on the ground.
Mr Mahon said he had later seen the soldier remove his helmet and mop his brow with his hand.
He described him as having short blond hair.
At that point he heard the soldier say "I've got another one".
Mr Mahon said the soldier had walked away but had seen him lift his head.
At that point the soldier allegedly knelt down in the centre of the courtyard and aimed his rifle at Mr Mahon.
"I turned my head away. After seeing what happened to Jim Wray I expected the same," he said.
He heard someone shout "First aid, don't shoot."
He heard a shot fired but it did not hit him.
Soldier F is charged with the murders of 22-year-old Jim Wray and 26-year-old William McKinney in Glenfada Park in Derry on 30 January 1972.
He is also charged with five attempted murders on the same day, including that of Mr Mahon.
The former British paratrooper denies all of the charges.
Mr Mahon told the court it was some time before he realised he had been shot with a live round.
He said the bullet had hit him in the pelvis and travelled up into his body.
The court was told he had sustained a "severe and life threatening gunshot wound to his body" but had survived.
Mr Mahon said he later identified the soldier who had shot him from a news video clip.
The clip was shown to the court and Mr Mahon pointed out the soldier he believed had opened fire.
The prosecution told the court no evidence would be presented that would positively identify the soldier.
The court has previously heard that the only evidence that places Soldier F in Glenfada Park North and as having opened fire are the statements of his fellow soldiers.
Later Mr Mahon was questioned by a defence barrister.
The cross examination centred on certain differences in some of his statements over the years about what he had seen and heard as he lay wounded in Glenfada Park North.
Mr Mahon was asked whether "with the passage of time between statements, media (interviews) and research, things can become quite confused?"
Mr Mahon replied "No".
The case continues.
