IRA’s John Downey helped bomb Hyde Park

Relatives of one of the soldiers killed in the Hyde Park bombing wept as the High Court found convicted IRA terrorist John Downey was an ‘active participant’ in the atrocity. Four members of the Royal Household Cavalrymen Royal Household Cavalrymen died in the blast while 31 people were injured on 20 July 1982. Today Mrs Justice Yip ruled Downey, 67, is now liable to pay damages to the daughter of Lance Corporal Jeffrey Young. Squadron Quartermaster Corporal Roy Bright, 36,…