Fresh Birmingham pub bombing inquest welcomed by Paddy Hill

Paddy Hill, one of the six men wrongly convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, has welcomed the decision to hold fresh inquests into the deaths of the 21 victims.

The senior coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, Louise Hunt, announced the decision, after holding several review hearings and receiving “significant” new information about the double bombing on November 21, 1974.

During the hearings, families of those killed in the blasts, in the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs, put forward a claim that the British state had knowledge of the IRA plan before the attacks.