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| IRA Hyde Park bomb: John Downey denies murder | IRA Hyde Park bomb: John Downey denies murder |
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| A man has denied murdering four British soldiers in an IRA bomb attack in London's Hyde Park in July 1982. | A man has denied murdering four British soldiers in an IRA bomb attack in London's Hyde Park in July 1982. |
| John Downey, 62, from County Donegal, Irish Republic, is accused of killing Roy Bright, Dennis Daly, Simon Tipper and Geoffrey Young. | |
| The Household Cavalry members were killed as they rode from their barracks in Knightsbridge to Buckingham Palace. | The Household Cavalry members were killed as they rode from their barracks in Knightsbridge to Buckingham Palace. |
| Mr Downey also denied intending to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. | Mr Downey also denied intending to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. |
| The bomb that Mr Downey is charged with planting was the first of two that caused carnage in London on 20 July 1982. | |
| In the first incident, a nail bomb in a blue Austin car was detonated as the Household Cavalry members made their way through the park to the Changing of the Guard parade at Buckingham Palace. | |
| As well as the four men, seven horses were killed and a number of police officers and civilians were injured. | |
| In the second explosion, less than two hours later, seven Royal Green Jackets bandsmen in a Regent's Park bandstand were killed. | |
| Mr Downey, who was arrested at Gatwick Airport last May, entered the pleas at the Old Bailey. He remains on conditional bail. |