The Government must act on legal aid madness and make sure justice is done over the Hyde Park bombing
It IS in the public interest for Downey to be prosecuted over the four soldiers massacred in 1982
IT is hard to stomach when evil murderers get public money to defend themselves — but justice would not be served otherwise.
Nor will it be if the prime suspect in the IRA Hyde Park atrocity never faces trial because this same Legal Aid fund will not foot the bill.
Justice will not be done if John Downey, already freed after a blunder, dodges a private prosecution too.
So, too, to give Downey £50,000 to defend himself before his criminal trial collapsed.
Now it is squarely in the public’s interest for him to be prosecuted over the four soldiers massacred in 1982.
Despite big donations from Sun readers, it can only happen with Legal Aid.
The Government must act.
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