Chris Mullin is challenging action by West Midlands police at Old Bailey to make him reveal source’s identity
A former MP and investigative journalist has refused to divulge the sources of his information about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in a hearing at the Old Bailey.
Chris Mullin, 74, is challenging an application by West Midlands police to require him to disclose source material dating back to his investigation in 1985 and 1986.
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Chris Mullin, the journalist, justice campaigner and former Labour MP, has responded to criticism from families of victims of the 1974 Birmingham bombings, saying the names of suspected bombers were known to them only because of his investigations.
Mullin, whose investigative work helped to exonerate the Birmingham Six, was angrily denounced by some bereaved relatives when he refused to name any of the still-living suspected bombers while giving evidence at the recent inquest into the atrocities.
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