Current location:Global Gatherings news portal > opinions
Arrest Lord Mountbatten's self
Global Gatherings news portal2024-05-21 20:45:40【opinions】3People have gathered around
IntroductionFamilies of the Birmingham pub bombing victims yesterday demanded that a former IRA commander implic
Families of the Birmingham pub bombing victims yesterday demanded that a former IRA commander implicated in the atrocity be arrested after he confessed to being behind Lord Mountbatten's murder.
Michael Hayes told The Mail on Sunday that he designed and masterminded the attack that blew up the pleasure boat of King Charles's beloved great-uncle in 1979.
The unrepentant grandfather has always denied claims he was responsible for the two Birmingham blasts, which killed 21 people in 1974, despite claiming to have defused a third device.
Yesterday Julie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine, 18, was killed in the atrocity and who has led the Birmingham families' fight for justice, said that Hayes 'absolutely should be arrested'. Ms Hambleton, 61, added: 'He has made admissions, and if you or I said such a thing our feet wouldn't touch the ground.'
Lord Mountbatten, a mentor to Prince Philip and Charles, was murdered aged 79 during a holiday at his summer home in Co Sligo.
Families of the Birmingham pub bombing victims yesterday demanded that a former IRA commander implicated in the atrocity be arrested after he confessed to being behind Lord Mountbatten's (pictured) murder
Michael Hayes (pictured) told The Mail on Sunday that he designed and masterminded the attack that blew up the pleasure boat of King Charles's beloved great-uncle in 1979
Read More
EXCLUSIVE I masterminded the plot to blow up Lord Mountbatten: Ex-IRA commander sensationally confesses to being behind the assassination of King Charles's beloved great-uncle who was murdered aged 79 during a holiday at his summer home in Ireland
His grandson Nicholas, 14, was also killed along with Doreen Brabourne, 83, Nicholas's grandmother, and crewman Paul Maxwell, 15, of Enniskillen.
Only one IRA member was convicted. Thomas McMahon was jailed for life for murder but freed under the Good Friday Agreement.
After being approached by a Mail on Sunday reporter, Hayes bragged: 'I blew up Earl Mountbatten.'
Sickeningly he said that he did not regret this and coldly described the two teenagers who died as 'casualties of war'.
Legal experts said his admission could make him liable for prosecution for the murders in the Republic of Ireland.
Politicians including MP Ian Paisley Jr and former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith called for Hayes to be arrested.
Yesterday Julie Hambleton (pictured, outside the Civil Justice Centre in Birmingham after the conclusion of the Birmingham Inquests in 2019), whose sister Maxine, 18, was killed in the atrocity and who has led the Birmingham families' fight for justice, said that Hayes 'absolutely should be arrested'
Politicians including MP Ian Paisley Jr (pictured, on Wednesday) and former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith called for Hayes to be arrested
An anonymous ex-IRA member told the 2019 inquests into the Birmingham bombings that Hayes, a toolsetter in the city at the time, was one of four men involved. Hayes, now living in Dublin, has consistently denied building the bombs used to destroy the Tavern in the Town and Mulberry Bush pubs.
Now he has linked himself to the murder of Lord Mountbatten. Asked if he designed the bomb, he boasted: 'Yes, I blew him up. McMahon put it on his boat...I planned everything, I am commander in chief.' The Irish police have so far not commented on if they will take action.
Address of this article:http://gabon.arnoldview.org/news-69e499520.html
Very good!(423)
Related articles
- Sweden beats France, Britain relegated after losing to Norway at hockey worlds
- Macron sets Ukraine war as top priority as China's Xi Jinping arrives in France
- Hospital operator Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy protection
- Tampa Bay Rays reinstate outfielder Josh Lowe from the 10
- Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University
- Revealed: Bernard Hill's touching seven
- Woman, 62, is left baffled as she turns up to a hospital scan only to be told she's already dead
- Activists in Bangladesh march through universities to demand end to Israel
- Jessica Biel CHOPS her long locks into a bob after book signing in Studio City
- Second juror in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial explains verdict, says state misinterpreted
Popular articles
- Amal Clooney played key role in ICC bid to request arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas leader
- 155 police officers injured at German soccer match, most from tear
- Activists in Bangladesh march through universities to demand end to Israel
- Robinhood Markets receives SEC notice for alleged securities violations at crypto unit
Recommended
It's no wonder parents are taking their children on holiday during term time! Sky
Robinhood Markets receives SEC notice for alleged securities violations at crypto unit
Trump hush money trial: Prosecutors move deeper into ex
Pamela Anderson goes make
Tourism boosts China's social, economic development
New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor
Who is youngest
The foods that cancer experts want you to stop eating
Links
- Xinhua Headlines: From Serfdom to Freedom — Tibet's Progress on Democracy, Human Rights
- China's Migrant Workers Enjoy Higher Income in 2021
- China Implements Differentiated Epidemic Control Measures in Factories to Keep Production Stable
- China Implements Differentiated Epidemic Control Measures in Factories to Keep Production Stable
- Feature: Smart at
- Xizang commemorates 65th anniversary of democratic reform that ended feudal serfdom
- China Rolls out Five
- Language Service Added to China's Emergency Response
- Chinese University to Compile Textbooks for Intangible Cultural Heritage Studies
- UNESCO, China's Gansu Collaborate in Cultural Heritage Protection