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- Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Paddy Armstrong, and Carole Richardson (known as the Guildford Four) were convicted of murder for blowing up two pubs in Guildford. Conlon and Hill were identified as suspects as they were residents of Northern Ireland who had been in the area. The four all signed confessions under intense coercion from police.
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Conlon, along with fellow Irishmen Paul Michael Hill and Paddy Armstrong and Englishwoman Carole Richardson, known as the Guildford Four, were convicted on 22 October 1975 of planting two bombs a year earlier in the Surrey town of Guildford, which killed five people and injured dozens more.
Giuseppe Conlon had travelled from Belfast to help his son, Gerry Conlon, in the Guildford Four trial. Conlon, who had troubles with his lungs for many years, died in prison in January 1980, while the other six served their sentences and were released.
Mar 6, 2020 · Guildford Four: how the innocent were framed and the truth buried. Gerry Conlon leaving the Old Bailey. On October 5, 1974 two public houses in Guildford, Surrey were bombed by the IRA without warning causing five deaths and over 60 injuries of varying severity. The bombs were placed in the pubs with timing devices to detonate when the bomb ...
Dec 29, 2017 · Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon wrote to the Irish government describing his "living hell" in prison, declassified documents have shown. A letter written by Mr Conlon 12 years into his...
Jun 29, 1986 · The four of them now set about a sustained campaign of bombing, shooting and kidnapping. After Guildford – on 5 October 1974 – the whole country was on guard. They could no longer rely on being able to place bombs inside pubs, so they started to throw them through windows instead.
Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Paddy Armstrong, and Carole Richardson (known as the Guildford Four) were convicted of murder for blowing up two pubs in Guildford. Conlon and Hill were identified as suspects as they were residents of Northern Ireland who had been in the area.
Oct 4, 2014 · 22 October 1975 - Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Armstrong and Carole Richardson - the Guildford Four - jailed for life at the Old Bailey. 19 October 1989 - After years of campaigning,...
