Families hope a public inquiry can be held into the 1974 attacks in Birmingham instead.
By Caroline Gall & PA news agencyRelatives of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings say they are angry and disappointed at the decision not to bring any criminal charges following a reinvestigation.
The bombings, one of the worst single losses of life during the Troubles, had been re-investigated by West Midlands Police after inquests were finally held in 2019. "In all honesty, we weren't surprised, but we're disappointed, as we've been disappointed for the last 49 years," she said.Image caption,Journalist Chris Mullin, whose work contributed to the release in 1991 of the six innocent men known as the Birmingham Six - whose convictions were quashed - said he was not surprised by the CPS decision but questioned what a public inquiry would achieve."Most of the people responsible for the bombings are dead and many of the police.
"Look what came out at the Manchester Arena bombing - the security services have admitted liability for goodness sake and yet we've been refused a pub inquiry. He said some of the victims' relatives were now frail and very old and this was "their last opportunity"."The advantage of a public inquiry is it would be independent, judge-led, and effective participation of the families would be able to compel witnesses... [and to] ask the questions that have not already been asked," he said.
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