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January 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paddy Hill, one of wrongly convicted Birmingham Six, dies aged 80 | #BirminghamSix | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Paddy Hill, one of wrongly convicted Birmingham Six, dies aged 80
Hill, imprisoned for 16 years for 1974 pub bombing, set up organisation helping other victims of miscarriages of justice
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December 30, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Home Secretary, Kenneth Baker, accepted that this was the third case of a miscarriage of justice involving Irish people in the previous 18 months. 3/3

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March 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Rest in Peace Paddy Hill
December 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM
He lost me with the #BirminghamSix appeal.
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
On This Day: March 14, 1991

The Birmingham Six, jailed for the 1974 pub bombings, were freed after 16 years when their convictions were overturned.

In the UK charts: Falling by Julee Cruise was at No. 22.

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Julee Cruise - Falling (Twin Peaks Soundtrack)
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March 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Thatcher’s Britain: robust policing, fragile trust, and a Bench that looked rather cosy with the state. The slogan wasn’t anti-law. It was anti-immunity.
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September 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
“Who voted for Lord Denning?” Not a heckle. A constitutional mic-drop on cardboard. When the street cross-examines the Bench, Latin maxims suddenly look very nervous.
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September 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
History shows when politics and the criminal justice system collide, justice is the loser

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November 19, 2024 at 9:03 PM
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1974, the #BirminghamPubBombings took 21 lives and wounded 182. Presumed to be a #Provo attack during #TheTroubles, it was never officially claimed. Six innocent #Irish men, the #BirminghamSix, were imprisoned for 16 years without evidence of any crime.
#otd #history
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Remarkable how little coverage there has been of the death of Paddy Hill, one of the #BirminghamSix, a couple of weeks ago. It shows how far Northern Ireland (& its Troubles) have fallen down the news hierarchy, which may be no bad thing. I read Chris Mullin's... 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
The Birmingham Six's Paddy Hill: A man who was horribly wronged
BBC journalist Ed Barlow shares his memories of the Birmingham Six member, who has died aged 80.
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January 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1974, the #BirminghamPubBombings took 21 lives and wounded 182. Presumed to be a #Provo attack during #TheTroubles, it was never officially claimed. Six innocent #Irish men, the #BirminghamSix, were imprisoned for 16 years without evidence of any crime.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM