England, UK. 14.3.1991. London, Old Bailey. Release of the Birmingham Six. Chris Mullin MP, who campaigned as a journalist for their release with his book ‘Error of Judgment: The Truth About the Birmingham Pub Bombings’, and subsequently as MP for Sunderland South, with the six outside the Old Bailey after their release. Left to Right, William Power,Gerry Hunter,Richard McIlkenny, Chris Mullin MP, Hugh Callaghan, Paddy Hill and John Walker. .Their murder convictions, a miscarriage of justice, based on forced confessions and unreliable forensic evidence, had been quashed after 16 years in prison for a crime they did not commit, the 1974 IRA’s Birmingham pub bombings in which 21 people were killed and another 182 injured..

England, UK. 14.3.1991. London, Old Bailey. Release of the Birmingham Six. Chris Mullin MP, who campaigned as a journalist for their release with his book ‘Error of Judgment: The Truth About the Birmingham Pub Bombings’, and subsequently as MP for Sunderland South, with the six outside the Old Bailey after their release. Left to Right, William Power,Gerry Hunter,Richard McIlkenny, Chris Mullin MP, Hugh Callaghan, Paddy Hill and John Walker. .Their murder convictions, a miscarriage of justice, based on forced confessions and unreliable forensic evidence, had been quashed after 16 years in prison for a crime they did not commit, the 1974 IRA’s Birmingham pub bombings in which 21 people were killed and another 182 injured...Copyright © 1991 Andrew Wiard .W: www.reportphotos.com .E: info@reportphotos.com