The Birmingham Six were released in 1991 after their convictions were quashed. A former Labour MP reputed to know the identities of the killers faced criticism and hostility at the hearing for failing to unmask the suspects. Twin blasts on November 21, 1974, killed 21 people and injured 220. The Birmingham Six were jailed in 1975 for the attacks but their convictions were quashed by the Court of Appeal in 1991. No one has been prosecuted since and the inquests resumed in February after a decades-long…

Source: The Times April 05, 2019 23:03 UTC