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image captionFour Household Cavalry soldiers died in the IRA s Hyde Park bomb attack as they rode to the Changing of Guard ceremony in Whitehall
The family of one of the four soldiers killed in the Hyde Park bombing in July 1982 has been awarded £715,000 in damages.
The ruling followed a civil case brought against John Downey, one of those involved in the IRA attack.
Four members of the Household Cavalry died in the blast in London.
Last year, a High Court judge ruled that John Downey was an active participant in the bombing.
On Wednesday, the court ruled that an award of substantial damages to mark society s condemnation of the bombing can only be made if either parliament or the supreme court allowed it.
Families of Hyde Park bombing victims to challenge High Court ruling
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16 December 2020, 3:51 pm
Families of the Hyde Park bombing victims say they will challenge a decision not to award punitive damages to “mark society’s condemnation” of the atrocity.
Mr Justice Martin Spencer was asked at a High Court hearing earlier this month to award “exemplary damages” because relatives of four British soldiers killed in the atrocity have been denied some “measure of justice, and thereby closure” with no-one ever prosecuted, convicted and punished.
In a ruling on Wednesday, the judge said awarding such damages would require an extension of the law which would be “for either Parliament or the higher courts, and probably the Supreme Court”.
Families of the Hyde Park bombing victims have will challenge judge ruling
Judge ruled it was up to Parliament or the Supreme Court to award the damages
Said courts had never been asked to issue damages in terror attack civil claim
But he awarded more than £715,000 to daughter of one of the soldiers killed
High Court ruled last year John Downey was liable for the 1982 bombing
It killed servicemen Lance Cpl Jeffrey Young, 19, and Trooper Simon Tipper, 19.
Lieutenant Anthony Daly, 23, and Cpl Major Roy Bright, 36, were also killed
Hyde Park bombing: Family awarded £715,000 in damages Dead horses and wrecked cars in the aftermath of the IRA Hyde Park bomb attack on the Household Cavalry in 1982 Sian Harrison, PA 16 December, 2020 11:52
The family of one of four British soldiers killed in the July 1982 Hyde Park bombing has been awarded £715,000 in damages.
The ruling was made following a civil action against convicted IRA member John Downey after a criminal case collapsed at the Old Bailey in 2014.
A High Court judge ruled last year that Downey was an active participant in the bombing and was jointly responsible with others for the attack, which left 31 other people injured.
Hyde Park bomber ordered to pay victim s family £715,000
Four Household Cavalry soldiers died in the IRA attack as they rode to the Changing of Guard ceremony in Whitehall in 1982
16 December 2020 • 5:37pm
From left, Sarah Jane Young, Mark Tipper whose brother was killed in the bombing and Judith Jenkins the widow of Geoffrey Young
IRA terrorist John Downey has been ordered to pay £715,000 in damages to the mother and daughter of a soldier murdered in the Hyde Park bombing 38 years ago.
Sarah Jane Young, the daughter of Lance Corporal Jeffrey Young, was forced to sue Downey in the High Court after his criminal trial was thrown out in 2014 when he produced a so-called ‘comfort letter’ that gave him an effective amnesty from prosecution.