IRA Hyde Park bomb: John Downey denies murder

The bomb exploded as the Household Cavalry rode through Hyde Park to the Changing of the Guard

A man has denied murdering four British soldiers in an IRA bomb attack in London's Hyde Park in July 1982.

John Downey, 62, from County Donegal, Ireland, is accused of killing Roy Bright, Dennis Daly, Simon Tipper and Geoffrey Young.

The Household Cavalry members were killed as they rode from their barracks in Knightsbridge to Buckingham Palace.

Mr Downey also denied intending to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.

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