Current location:entertainment >>
Arrest Lord Mountbatten's self
entertainment2913People 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.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Stellar Sphere news portal”。http://faroeislands.unhasdecoradas.org/html-69d899077.html
Related articles
David Cronenberg's new grief
entertainmentDirector David Cronenberg returned to the south of France to premiere his new film The Shrouds, earn ...
Read moreMexican journalist is slain south of Mexico City, spurring outrage among colleagues
entertainmentMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican journalists held a vigil and protest Saturday a day after one of their co ...
Read moreSouth Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead
entertainmentJOHANNESBURG (AP) — As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary Sch ...
Read more
Popular articles
- Brazil replaces injured goalkeeper Ederson in Copa America squad
- Olympic champion Gabby Douglas competes at the American Classic
- Team Penske's Power, McLaughlin lock up front row at IndyCar after controversial week
- Cole Irvin throws 7 innings of 4
- Jessica Biel CHOPS her long locks into a bob after book signing in Studio City
- Anthony Edwards scores 36 points, Timberwolves beat Suns 126
Latest articles
Elon Musk gets approval from FDA to implant his Neuralink brain chip into a second patient
Video surfaces of 326
Victoria Beckham explains how she perfects her signature smoky eye and a sun
Purrfect place to hide! Brain teaser challenges you to spot the cat among all the ice cream cones
Ricky Stenhouse punching Kyle Busch could lead to suspension
Sean 'Diddy' Combs dismisses some claims in sexual assault lawsuit
LINKS
- I swapped my flat for a 5
- REVEALED: The eye
- Mother's shock after pub she'd visited for eight years cancelled her Sunday meal booking
- Nato says Trump comments 'undermine all of our security'
- I'm a former royal butler
- I'm a flight expert and THIS premium economy seat by Air France blew me away
- Moment car almost smashes into a horse as police release footage of heart
- Irish Hollywood producer reveals the star
- Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov sunk off Crimea, says Ukraine
- Pictured: The railway in Britain that's Europe's shortest line