Man wrongly convicted of Birmingham pub bombings dies at age of 80

Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six who were wrongly convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings, outside Council House in Solihull where it was announced that fresh inquests were to be held into the deaths of 21 people in the bombings after years of campaigning by victims’ relatives. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA

A man who was wrongly convicted of IRA attacks on pubs in Birmingham in 1974 has died at the age of 80.

Paddy Hill was among a group of men from Northern Ireland jailed for the atrocity who became known as the Birmingham Six.