BIRMINGHAM SIX, THE


Meaning of BIRMINGHAM SIX, THE in English

ˌBirmingham ˈSix, the BrE AmE

six Irishmen who were sent to prison in 1974 for putting ↑ IRA bombs in two Birmingham pubs, killing 21 people. They always said that they were not guilty, and they were let out of prison in 1991 after new facts were discovered about the way the police had dealt with their case. ⇨ ↑ Bridgewater Four , ↑ Guildford Four

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.