The trial of a Donegal man accused of bombing London’s Hyde Park for the IRA has been dropped after the judge was told about a deal granting him immunity.
John Downey, from Ards, Cresselough had been charged with the murders of the four members of the Household Cavalry who died in the attack in 1982.
The case was thrown out last Friday, but we can only now report the decision.
The families of the victims say they feel “devastatingly let down”.
Sky’s Senior News Correspondent, Ian Wood, is at the High Court in London:
Meanwhile Donegal Deputy, Pearse Doherty, who was in court in London when the decision was made, has welcomed John Downeys release.
Deputy Doherty says it will be a releif to Mr Downey and his family…
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