John Anthony Downey charged over 1982 Hyde Park bombings

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Source: BBC News

A man has been charged with four counts of murder over the 1982 bombing in Hyde Park which killed 11 people, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

John Anthony Downey, 61, of County Donegal, Ireland has been charged with the murders of Roy John Bright, Dennis Richard Anthony Daly, Simon Andrew Tipper and Geoffrey Vernon Young

The four members of the Royal Household Cavalry were travelling to Buckingham Palace when they were killed.

Mr Downey was arrested on Sunday.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22625104

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Hyde Park bomb: man charged with killing soldiers in IRA attack

A man in his 60s has been charged in connection with the IRA's 1982 bomb attacks which killed eight soldiers in two London parks, the Metropolitan police have confirmed.

John Anthony Downey, from Co Donegal, is to appear at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday charged with killing four of the soldiers from the Household Cavalry in the Hyde Park blast on 20 July 1982.

He is accused of murdering Roy John Bright, Dennis Richard Anthony Daly, Simon Andrew Tipper and Geoffrey Vernon Young in Hyde Park.

A spokesman from the Met alleged: "John Anthony Downey, on the 20th day of July 1982, within the jurisdiction of the central criminal court unlawfully and maliciously did an act with intent to cause by an explosive substance an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life, or to cause serious injury to property, contrary to s.3(1)(a) Explosive Substances Act 1883."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/22/hyde-park-bomb-man-charged