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IRA Hyde Park bomb: John Downey granted bail | |
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A man accused of murdering four British soldiers in the 1982 IRA bombing in Hyde Park has been granted conditional bail. | |
John Downey, 61, of County Donegal, Ireland, is charged with the murders of Roy Bright, Dennis Daly, Simon Tipper and Geoffrey Young. | |
The four Household Cavalry members were killed as they rode through the London park to Buckingham Palace. | |
His trial date has been put back to 14 January 2014, the Old Bailey heard. | |
Mr Downey, who was arrested at Gatwick Airport in May, also faces a further charge of intending to cause an explosion likely to endanger life. | |
The bomb that Mr Downey is charged with planting was the first of two that caused carnage in London on that July day. | |
In the first incident, a nail bomb in a blue Austin car was detonated as the Household Cavalry members made their way from their barracks in Knightsbridge to the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. | |
Four men and seven horses were killed and a number of police officers and civilians were injured. | |
In the second explosion, less than two hours later, seven Royal Green Jackets bandsmen in a Regent's Park bandstand were killed. |