Irishmen falsely convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings
"Birmingham 6" redirects here. For the Danish band, see Birmingham 6 (band). For the Pogues song, see Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six.
The Birmingham Six were six Irishmen who were each sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 following their false convictions for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Their convictions were declared unsafe and unsatisfactory and quashed by the Court of Appeal on 14 March 1991. The six men were later awarded financial compensation ranging from £840,000 to £1.2 million.
The BirminghamSix were six Irishmen who were each sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 following their false convictions for the 1974 Birmingham pub...
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discredited, contributed to the convictions of Judith Ward and the BirminghamSix. Others who claimed they were wrongfully convicted on Skuse's evidence...
life imprisonment for the bombings. The men—who became known as the BirminghamSix—maintained their innocence and insisted police had coerced them into...
history Six is a lucky number in Chinese culture. The BirminghamSix were a British miscarriage of justice, held in prison for 16 years. "Six" is used...
long campaigns for justice, and the cases, along with those of the BirminghamSix, diminished public confidence in the integrity of the English criminal...
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controversial court cases and inquests involving accused IRA bombers, the BirminghamSix, Bloody Sunday massacre, the Hillsborough disaster and the deaths of...
hope the BirminghamSix are freed." Conlon was represented by human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, who also secured the release of the BirminghamSix. Conlon...
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behalf of the BirminghamSix. Jeremy Corbyn MP and Chris Mullin MP were pivotal to raising the campaign in Westminster. The BirminghamSix campaign grew...
resulted in wrongful convictions, including the high-profile case of the BirminghamSix. The sister Regional Crime Squad based at Bilston was responsible for...
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which happens to be Costello's birthday. The song "Streets of Sorrow"/"BirminghamSix" is the album's most explicitly political commentary. The first half...
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