Fact #94172
When:
Short story:
A group of men known as The Birmingham Six are each sentenced by
jury to 21 life sentences for murder in the Crown Court sitting at
Lancaster Castle, before Judge Nigel Bridge. The men were accused
of planting bombs in two Birmingham pubs which resulted in 21
deaths and 182 injuries. The sentences will be overturned on appeal
in 1991, but their plight will also inspire the song Streets
of Sorrow/Birmingham Six [1988] by The Pogues.
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