Family of 1974 IRA Pub Attack in Birmingham to Sue Police and Alleged Bomber

Undated photo of the bomb-blasted remains of the Mulberry Bush pub, at the foot of the Rotunda in Birmingham, United Kingdom. PA Media

The family of a woman who was killed in the bombing of a Birmingham pub by the Provisional IRA in 1974 has sued West Midlands Police and a man they claim was one of the bombers.

Margaret Smith, whose 18-year-old daughter Maxine Hambleton was killed in the Tavern in the Town pub on Nov. 21, 1974, has issued a civil writ against Michael Patrick Reilly and the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Sir David Thompson.