ERROR OF JUDGEMENT: The Birmingham Bombings

'One of the greatest feats ever achieved by an investigative reporter', here is a look at the scandal that shook Britain. As Robert Harris said in the Sunday Times, 'Whoever planted the bombs in Birmingham...also planted a bomb under the British legal establishment.' This book also lit a fire under the establishment when it was first published in 1986. It shattered the prosecution case against six Irishmen charged with the Birmingham Bombings and went on to change the course of British legal history. On the evening of 21st November 1974, bombs planted by the IRA in two crowded Birmingham pubs exploded, killing 21 people and injuring at least 170. Within a day of the explosions six men - Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, Billy Power, Johnny Walker and Hughie Callaghan were arrested and charged. All were found guilty. Methodically, with total clarity and a tone that is both gripping and impassioned, the investigative journalist Mullin unpicked every detail of the case, revealing gaping holes in the prosecution case, and the horrifying consequences of an establishment determined to close ranks. The six Irishmen spent 16 years in prison before the truth began to emerge and Mullin unearthed a catastrophic scandal. He also tracked down the real bombers. This classic edition tells the complete story of this infamous miscarriage of justice and 50 years on it is as relevant now as it was when first published. In the words of The Sun, 'Looney left MP Chris Mullin has turned his twisted fight to free the six Birmingham pub bombers into a personal crusade.' 504pp, paperback.