A West Midlands Police chief has stood by the decision to issue seven £200 lockdown fines to people paying respects to 1974 IRA Birmingham bombing victims.
The force came under fire after two West Midlands MPs said it had been morally wrong to issue the fines following an anniversary convoy on November 21 last year.
Campaigner Julie Hambleton, whose 18-year-old sister Maxine was among the 21 victims killed in the 1974 IRA bombings on two city centre pubs, was issued with a fixed penalty notice.
Campaigner Julie Hambleton (pictured in November 2020), whose 18-year-old sister Maxine was among the 21 victims killed in the 1974 IRA bombings on two city centre pubs, was issued with a fixed penalty notice
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Has it been a year of hard Labour? New jobs for Jeremy Corbyn s defeated MPs include the boss of a spinners mill, a top political aide, and one STILL doing constituency casework
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The batch of Labour candidates followed Jeremy Corbyn into the party s worst election result since 1935
Many struggled to shake the politics itch and have side-stepped into advisory or campaigning roles
Others have forged a completely new career as a director of a spinner s mill or Mongolian trade champion