- Paperback: 303 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New edition edition (25 April 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747521255
- ISBN-13: 978-0747521259
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 528,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In 1974 Paddy Joe Hill was charged alongside five other men with the biggest mass murder on the Britih mainland - the Birmingham pub bombings. Arrested and beaten by members of the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad, Hill was condemned by false scientific evidence. He was deprived of his freedom for 16 years, three months and 23 days. Paddy Joe rebelled against the system from the outset, enduring frequent spells in solitary confinement as the authorities tried to keep him down. With his wife and family suffering on the outside, Paddy Joe campaigned obsessively against the convictions - and gradually the world started to listen. After the nail-biting appeals and the elation of at last regaining his freedom, he was to face one of the toughest challenges of all - rebuilding his life in a world he could barely recognise.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of Britain's Biggest (If not Biggest) miscarriages of justice is covered in this book. Very detailed, very revealing in that it explains how he was treated by the Police upon arrest & then his time spent in prison. Overall, this is a very moving book about an innocent man convicted of a horrible crime & then having to spend 16 years in Britain's toughest prisons with the knowledge that he & his 5 friends were innocent all the time.
Reference the Birmingham 6 found guilty of the 1974 Birmingham Bombings in England.
Reference the Birmingham 6 found guilty of the 1974 Birmingham Bombings in England.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Paddy speaks from the heart. No covering up his own mistakes, no exagerating the mistakes of others. I was very impressed at the honesty and shocked at the content. This is a subject no one wants to know about.
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Forever Remembered
26 Oct 2007
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One of Britain's Biggest (If not Biggest) miscarriages of justice is covered in this book. Very detailed, very revealing in that it explains how he was treated by the Police upon arrest & then his time spent in prison. Overall, this is a very moving book about an innocent man convicted of a horrible crime & then having to spend 16 years in Britain's toughest prisons with the knowledge that he & his 5 friends were innocent all the time.
Reference the Birmingham 6 found guilty of the 1974 Birmingham Bombings in England.
Reference the Birmingham 6 found guilty of the 1974 Birmingham Bombings in England.
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