Month: November 2023
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“Outstanding in their leniency”? Firearms cases in the Belfast courts
Although 502 people died as a result of the Pogrom, only 12 people were charged with murder. All were acquitted. Yet the first person to be convicted by a Belfast court under the Firearms Act 1920 was a member of the B Specials. Who else was charged with similar offences and what were the outcomes?
The Belfast Pogrom 