Stoke Newington Road lorry bomb

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Stoke Newington Road lorry bomb incident
Part of
UTC)
Attack type
Shooting
Deaths0
Injured1
PerpetratorProvisional Irish Republican Army

On 14 November 1992, 3.2 tonnes of explosives was discovered during a routine check on a lorry travelling on

Provisional IRA, who was alleged to have been driving the lorry.[2]

The large amount of explosives, which was bigger than that used in the

Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch were unable to determine the intended target, although it occurred on the day of the Lord Mayor's Show
.

Arrests and convictions

In October 1993, Kelly was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to cause explosions, and for the attempted murder of Hall. Kelly was suffering from skin cancer whilst in prison, but was denied medical treatment during his time in three prisons in England and Northern Ireland. Campaigners - which included MP Jeremy Corbyn - won a case in 1996 to transfer him to a prison in Portlaoise in the Republic of Ireland, where under Irish jurisdiction he received medical treatment for his serious illness. Despite treatment Kelly died on 11 June 1997. He was buried in County Laois in the Republic and his funeral attended by many people from South Armagh.[5]

In 1994, English IRA member Patrick Hayes, during sentencing at the Old Bailey for the 1993 Harrods bombing and an attempted bombing in Canary Wharf,[6] said that he was the driver in the Stoke Newington Road incident and that Kelly was innocent, convicted because of his Irish nationality.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tendler, Stewart (6 October 1993). "Policeman an inch from death". The Times. London.
  2. ^ "Bomb rips Northern Ireland town, London cache found".
  3. Independent.co.uk. 20 October 1993. Archived
    from the original on 25 May 2022.
  4. ISBN 9781473879027
    – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS". republican-news.org.
  6. Independent.co.uk. 16 April 1994. Archived
    from the original on 25 May 2022.
  7. Independent.co.uk. 10 May 1994. Archived
    from the original on 25 May 2022.

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