2001 Birmingham bombing
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Part of the Real IRA |
The 2001 Birmingham bombing was a
History
There was a partial detonation of a
The attack came during a tense period of the Northern Ireland peace process.[3]
Convictions
In November 2001, three men – Noel Maguire, Robert Hulme and his brother Aiden Hulme – were arrested in connection with the bomb attacks in Birmingham and London that year. They were all later convicted at the Old Bailey on 8 April 2003. Robert and Aiden Hulme were each jailed for 20 years. Noel Maguire, who the judge said played "a major part in the bombing conspiracy", was sentenced to 22 years. Two other men, James McCormack, of County Louth, and John Hannan, of Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, had already admitted the charge at an earlier hearing. McCormack, who played the most serious part of the five, the judge said, was jailed for twenty-two years. John Hannan, who was seventeen at the time of the incidents, was given sixteen years detention. All had links to the Real IRA stronghold of Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland.[3]
See also
- 2000 MI6 attack
- 2001 Ealing bombing
- 2001 BBC bombing
- Birmingham pub bombings
- 2007 London car bombs
- Chronology of the Northern Ireland Troubles
Notes
- ^ "Birmingham bomb 'could have killed'". 4 November 2001 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Birmingham bomb car bought just before blast". The Irish Times.
- ^ a b Cowan, Rosie; Dodd, Vikram (5 November 2001). "Real IRA 'meant to kill'". The Guardian.