Saville inquiry: by the numbers

432 Number of days the inquiry, which opened in March 2002 with a 42-day speech by counsel to the inquiry, sat before yesterday…

432
Number of days the inquiry, which opened in March 2002 with a 42-day speech by counsel to the inquiry, sat before yesterday's proceedings began.

£155 million
The expected cost of the inquiry.

£3 million
Expected earnings for Mr Christopher Clarke QC.

931
Witnesses who gave oral evidence.245 soldiers, 34 paramilitaries, 505 civilians, 49 journalists and seven priests were among those to give oral evidence.

1,000
Witnesses who gave written statements.

13
People who died on Bloody Sunday.

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