Tuosta tuli mieleeni että mitenköhän IRA:n iskuista uutisoitiin Briteissä aikanaan? Koettiinko nekin osaksi suurkaupunkieloa? Julistettiinko silloinkin että ei saa antaa pelolle valtaa? Vai voittiko tuolloinkin rakkaus, vapaus ja ilo kaiken...
Aika karua oli kohtelu epäiltyjen osalta... ja tämä siis Englannissa. P-Irlannissa oli ihan eri otteet käytössä, esim.
vale-teloituksesta saatettiin jättää etuliite pois tarpeettomana...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six
Six men were arrested, of whom five were
Belfast-born Roman Catholics, while John Walker was born in
Derry. All six had lived in Birmingham since the 1960s. All the men except for Callaghan had left the city early on the evening of 21 November from
New Street Station, shortly before the explosions. They were travelling to Belfast to attend the funeral of a
Provisional Irish Republican Army member who had accidentally killed himself while planting a bomb in
Coventry.
When they reached
Heysham they and others were subject to a
Special Branch stop and search. The men did not tell the police of the true purpose of their visit to Belfast, a fact that was later held against them. While the search was in progress the police were informed of the Birmingham bombings. The men agreed to be taken to
Morecambe police station for
forensic tests.
On the morning of 22 November, after the forensic tests and questioning at the hands of the Morecambe police, the men were transferred to the custody of
West Midlands Serious Crime Squad police unit. William Power alleged that he was assaulted by members of Birmingham
Criminal Investigation Department.
[2] Callaghan was taken into custody on the evening of 22 November.
While the men were in the custody of the West Midlands Police
they were deprived of food and sleep, they were interrogated sometimes for up to 12 hours without a break; threats were made against them and the beatings started:
ranging from punches, letting dogs within a foot of them and being the subjects of a mock execution. Power confessed while in Morecambe while Callaghan, Walker and McIlkenny confessed at Queens Road in Aston; Hill and Hunter did not sign any documents.
