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An IRA bomber and a victim's daughter
from Lisa Rea's entry at Change.org:
On Tuesday, former Irish Republican Army (IRA) activist Pat Magee, who was convicted of the Brighton bombings in 1984, met Jo Berry, daughter of Sir Anthony Berry, one of the five victims killed in the blast.
Though Magee had been given eight life sentences, he was freed in 1999 under the negotiated terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1999. Magee's conviction was based on his planning of the bomb and for attempting to kill British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was attending a conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton (above), where the bomb was planted.
Oct 19, 2009 Country:England&Wales, Victim, Apology, Offender, Correspondent:Lisa Rea, National Reconciliation, Forgiveness
