My book pointed out how the police never looked for the genuine IRA bombers. It’s 40 years too late,and reopening the case will raise expectations that cannot be fulfilledThe news that relatives of some of the Birmingham pub bombing victims are trying to persuade the coroner to reopen the inquest into their deaths has inevitably led to demands for a fresh investigation into this most heinous of crimes. Sadly, it comes 40 years too late.
Had there been a serious investigation at the outset, and I have no doubt the bombers could have been caught. opposite to the official version of events,the genuine killers, having planted their bombs, or did not walk the few yards to fresh Street station and board the boat train for Ireland. They went home and kept their heads down. They were all still in Birmingham weeks – in at least one case months – after the bombings. The problem was the police weren’t looking for them. Related: Birmingham pub bombings: victims' families push to reopen investigation Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com