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freed 14 March 1991

The Birmingham Six pictured on 14 March 1991,
the day their convictions were quashed.
Left to right:
John Walker, Paddy Hill, Hugh Callaghan,
Chris Mullin MP (who campaigned for their release),
Richard McIlkenny, Gerry Hunter and William Power.
Photograph:
Sean Dempsey/PA
Birmingham pub bombings:
victims' relatives call for justice after inquest verdict
Plea for police to launch fresh criminal investigations
and press murder charges
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Fri 5 Apr 2019 13.23
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Last modified on Fri 5 Apr 2019 16.53 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/05/
birmingham-pub-bombings-botched-warning-call-led-to-deaths-inquest-rules

Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six
who was wrongly convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings.
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Birmingham pub bombings: coroner orders new inquests
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Wednesday 1 June
2016 11.12 BST
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modified on Wednesday 1 June 2016 13.25 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/01/
birmingham-pub-bombings-coroner-orders-new-inquests
14 March 1991
The Birmingham six
are freed after 16 years
The Birmingham Six
walk free
from jail
after their convictions
for the
murder of 21 people
in two pubs are quashed
by the
Court of Appeal.
Paddy Joe Hill,
Hugh Callaghan,
Richard McIlkenny,
Gerry Hunter,
Billy Power
and
Johnny Walker,
who between them
have served 96
years
for a crime
they did not commit,
are released
onto the streets
outside the Old Bailey
in London at 1605 GMT.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/birmingham-six
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birmingham-pub-bombings-botched-warning-call-led-to-deaths-inquest-rules
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/14/
newsid_2543000/2543613.stm - 14 March 1991
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/30/world/britain-
to-allow-appeal-for-6-convicted-of-1974-pub-murders.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/25/
magazine/when-british-justice-failed.html
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