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CALL FOR NEW INVESTIGATION INTO BIRMINGHAM PUB BOMBINGS

November 16, 2013
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A call to reopen the investigation into the Birmingham pub bombings – for which a Derry man was wrongly convicted – is being considered by the British Prime Minister.birjinghamsix

Relatives of some of the 21 people killed in the blasts have compiled a dossier of their case, which is being read by David Cameron.

The bombings, in which almost 200 people were injured,  took place at two pubs – The Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town – on 21 November 1974.

Six men from Northern Ireland, who became known as the “Birmingham Six,” were tried and convicted of the killings and jailed for life in 1975.

Among them was Derry man John Walkers. The others were Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Hugh Callaghan, Richard McIlkenny and Billy Power.

They were all released on 14 March 1991 after their convictions were declared unsafe and unsatisfactory and quashed by the Court of Appeal at the Old Bailey.

Several thousand people turned out to welcome Mr Walker when he returned home to Derry.

The six men were later awarded compensation ranging from £840,000 to £1.2 million.

The real bombers have never been prosecuted.

Now, nearly 40 years after the attack, the family of one of the victims, Maxine Hambleton, are campaigning for the case to be reopened.

Evidence is also being reviewed by the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit. A previous police investigation closed in 1994.

CALL FOR NEW INVESTIGATION INTO BIRMINGHAM PUB BOMBINGS was last modified: November 16th, 2013 by stephen

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