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06/06/2013
Provisional Trial Date Set For Hyde Park Bombing Accused
The trial date for 61-year-old John Downey, accused of the 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing which killed four British soldiers, has provisionally been set for November 18.
Downey, of Co Donegal, was arrested at Gatwick Airport in April.
He is charged in connection with a car bomb left in South Carriage Drive, which killed the four soldiers as they made their way to the changing of the guard.
The blast also killed seven horses and injured other soldiers from the Royal Household Cavalry.
He will appear in court again on September 06.
(MH)
Downey, of Co Donegal, was arrested at Gatwick Airport in April.
He is charged in connection with a car bomb left in South Carriage Drive, which killed the four soldiers as they made their way to the changing of the guard.
The blast also killed seven horses and injured other soldiers from the Royal Household Cavalry.
He will appear in court again on September 06.
(MH)
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