Birmingham Six man dies of cancer

RICHARD McILKENNY, one of the Birmingham Six wrongly imprisoned for bombings in the Midlands city, which killed 21 people, died in hospital yesterday.

Mr McIlkenny, 73, had been battling cancer but died at the James Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin, with his family at his bedside.

Originally from Belfast, Mr McIlkenny joined the Irish Army in 1952, serving four years before emigrating to England.