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Top cop behind IRA probe demands Hyde Park bomb suspect John Downey faces justice for attack and murder of army volunteers

The convicted IRA man, 65, is a suspect in the 1982 atrocity and was linked by now-missing evidence to another attack which killed two British army volunteers in 1972
 

A TOP cop who led the probe into IRA fugitives has demanded Hyde Park blast suspect John Downey faces justice for that and two more murders.

Downey, 65, is a suspect in the 1982 attack that killed four troops and seven horses.

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Fingerprints also link him to a 1972 Northern Ireland blast that killed two.

Ex-Det Chief Supt Norman Baxter drafted immunity letters he said officials changed, ending Downey’s Hyde Park trial.

He was also told that 1972 clues were lost and he was ignored when they re-emerged in 2008.

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Mr Baxter said: “He should face justice.

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“There needs to be justice and the families of Hyde Park deserve justice and they have been denied justice by political manoeuvring by the Northern Ireland office.

“It calls into question the integrity of senior politicians who make statements about bringing terrorists to justice.

“I feel personal disappointment at the failure in 2008.”

The 1982 atrocity killed four Household Cavalry soldiers and seven regimental horsesCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
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In 2014 a trial into Downey’s involvement into the Hyde Park bomb collapsed when he produced his 'letter of comfort'Credit: PA:Press Association
Mr Baxter claimed: 'There needs to be justice and the families of Hyde Park deserve justice'Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
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