Tuesday, October 12, 2010

News at Eleven: Paddy Hill, who spent 16 years in prison

before his conviction was quashed in 1991, brought British High Court proceedings over a reference to him in 'An Anthology Of Modern Irish Poetry'.

In the preface to a selection of poems by Pearse Hutchinson--including 'British Justice dedicated to Mr Hill'--editor Wes Davis wrote that Mr Hill was "one of the six men accused, perhaps wrongly, of bombing a pub in Birmingham, England".

from Irish Examiner: Birmingham Six's Hill accepts libel damages

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