A group of men who say they were tortured by the British Army while interned in the North have won the first stage of a legal battle.

The High Court has granted leave for the so called 'Hooded Men' to have their case properly investigated.

It's after the European Court of Human Rights accused the UK government of inhumane treatment.

The 14 men say they were beaten, sleep and water deprived and forced to listen to loud static noise while held without trial in 1971.

Here's the case co-ordinator Jim McIlmurray: