Hey Robbie,

At what point did you get the (entirely erroneous) impression that anything I said related, even peripherally, to expressing an opinion as to the rights or wrongs of the bombing?

My comments all addressed the matter of the conviction, whether or no they were guilty.

If evidence had not been illegally strengthened by the investigating team, who, I would point out, were involved in a number of similar cases, the conviction might not have happened at all. So the question of later handling of the affair might never have arisen. Therefore my comment about the real villains.

I repeat, I do not, and cannot,truly KNOW whether they were guilty or not, and expressed no opinion for that reason. In the context of my original post, their innocence/guilt is not relevant. They are rightly innocent in law, and, while that is not what one would wish, it is, I feel, the best we are ever likely to get.

Don T.