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HARDtalk: Paddy Hill, Victim of Miscarriage of Justice (Birmingham Six)

18/02/2011

Paddy Hill, Victim of Miscarriage of Justice (Birmingham Six)

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Since his release in 1991, has Paddy Hill been able to rebuild his life?

Stephen Sackur talks to a member of the Birmingham Six, victims of a gross miscarriage of justice. In the 20 years since his release, has Paddy Hill been able to rebuild his life?

Twenty years ago, the British legal system finally acknowledged one of the worst miscarriages of justice of modern times. A group of men known as the Birmingham Six were freed after spending 16 years in prison for two murderous bomb attacks which they did not commit. In a special edition of Hardtalk, Stephen Sackur talks to one of the men, Paddy Hill. In the 20 years since he ceased - in his words - to be held hostage by the British state, has he been able to rebuild his life?

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