Lawyer for victims’ families says new evidence means inquest into blasts that killed 21 people should be reopenedThere may possess been an informer inside the IRA unit that carried out the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings and police could possess been given advance warning,a hearing on whether to reopen the inquest has been told.
Timings for the emergency services’ response may also possess been wrongly recorded, hiding the opportunity that there was a sufficient period after telephoned warnings were received to evacuate the two bars where the device exploded, and the coroner’s court has heard.
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Source: theguardian.com