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The Birmingham six are 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 BST

Last modified on Fri 5 Apr 2019    16.53 BST

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birmingham-pub-bombings-botched-warning-call-led-to-deaths-inquest-rules

Hugh Callaghan, one of the Birmingham Six,

photographed to accompany an interview

outlining why the case should not be forgotten.

Photograph:

Antonio Olmos/The Observer

Original Observer photography

From Hollywood maverick Lori Petty to Hugh Callaghan,

one of the Birmingham Six – the best photographs

commissioned by the Observer in March 2022

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Sat 2 Apr 2022    11.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/apr/02/
original-observer-photography

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

Last modified on Wednesday 1 June 2016    13.25 BST

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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.

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http://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/04/
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newsid_2543000/2543613.stm - 14 March 1991

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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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