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| Hyde Park bomb: man charged with killing soldiers in IRA attack | Hyde Park bomb: man charged with killing soldiers in IRA attack |
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| A man in his 60s has been charged in connection with the IRA's 1982 bomb attacks which killed eight soldiers in two London parks, the Metropolitan police have confirmed. | A man in his 60s has been charged in connection with the IRA's 1982 bomb attacks which killed eight soldiers in two London parks, the Metropolitan police have confirmed. |
| John Anthony Downey, from Co Donegal, is to appear at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday charged with killing four of the soldiers from the Household Cavalry in the Hyde Park blast on 20 July 1982. | John Anthony Downey, from Co Donegal, is to appear at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday charged with killing four of the soldiers from the Household Cavalry in the Hyde Park blast on 20 July 1982. |
| He is accused of murdering Roy John Bright, Dennis Richard Anthony Daly, Simon Andrew Tipper and Geoffrey Vernon Young in Hyde Park. | He is accused of murdering Roy John Bright, Dennis Richard Anthony Daly, Simon Andrew Tipper and Geoffrey Vernon Young in Hyde Park. |
| A spokesman from the Met alleged: "John Anthony Downey, on the 20th day of July 1982, within the jurisdiction of the central criminal court unlawfully and maliciously did an act with intent to cause by an explosive substance an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life, or to cause serious injury to property, contrary to s.3(1)(a) Explosive Substances Act 1883." | A spokesman from the Met alleged: "John Anthony Downey, on the 20th day of July 1982, within the jurisdiction of the central criminal court unlawfully and maliciously did an act with intent to cause by an explosive substance an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life, or to cause serious injury to property, contrary to s.3(1)(a) Explosive Substances Act 1883." |
| Eight soldiers in total died in the two explosions in Hyde Park and Regents Park. | Eight soldiers in total died in the two explosions in Hyde Park and Regents Park. |
| Admitting responsibility at the time, the IRA said it had carried out the attacks in a statement echoing Margaret Thatcher's declaration of war on Argentina over the disputed Falklands. It repeated Thatcher's remarks about the right of self-determination and continued: "The Irish people have sovereign and national rights which no task or occupational force can put down." | Admitting responsibility at the time, the IRA said it had carried out the attacks in a statement echoing Margaret Thatcher's declaration of war on Argentina over the disputed Falklands. It repeated Thatcher's remarks about the right of self-determination and continued: "The Irish people have sovereign and national rights which no task or occupational force can put down." |
| In the first incident a nail bomb in a blue Austin car was detonated as members of the Household Cavalry made their way to the changing of the guard from their barracks in Knightsbridge. | In the first incident a nail bomb in a blue Austin car was detonated as members of the Household Cavalry made their way to the changing of the guard from their barracks in Knightsbridge. |
| Seven horses were killed or so badly maimed they had to be destroyed. | Seven horses were killed or so badly maimed they had to be destroyed. |
| The second explosive device was detonated underneath the bandstand inside Regents Park as bandsmen from the Royal Green Jackets were performing songs from the musical Oliver for the public. | The second explosive device was detonated underneath the bandstand inside Regents Park as bandsmen from the Royal Green Jackets were performing songs from the musical Oliver for the public. |
| In October 1987 the Queen's University Belfast physics graduate Gilbert McNamee, 27, was sent to jail for conspiracy to cause explosions between 1982 and 1984. | In October 1987 the Queen's University Belfast physics graduate Gilbert McNamee, 27, was sent to jail for conspiracy to cause explosions between 1982 and 1984. |
| The judge at the Old Bailey found him guilty of bombing offences that included the Hyde Park bomb and he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released in 1998 under the terms of the Good Friday agreement. | The judge at the Old Bailey found him guilty of bombing offences that included the Hyde Park bomb and he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released in 1998 under the terms of the Good Friday agreement. |
| Later that year the South Armagh man's conviction was overturned by the court of appeal, who ruled it had been unsafe. | Later that year the South Armagh man's conviction was overturned by the court of appeal, who ruled it had been unsafe. |
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