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Jun 23, 2023 · Some 46 people were arrested by the Surrey Police and ultimately four people, known as the Guildford Four, stood trial in September and October 1975 based solely on the statements that they had made to police whilst in custody without access to legal advice and after suffering, as they testified at their trial, outrageous and criminal behaviour ...
Aug 18, 2023 · The Guildford pub bombs killed five, injured 65 and led to one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice when 11 people were wrongly jailed - the Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven.
Mar 29, 2021 · Following the attacks, 11 people - the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven - were wrongly-convicted in what became known as one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice. Handout.
Jun 30, 1994 · This document contains the following information: Final report of the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the convictions arising out of the bomb attacks in Guildford and Woolwich in 1974.
Mar 27, 2024 · The Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were two groups of people, mostly Irish, who were wrongly convicted in English courts in 1975 and 1976 for the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974, [1] and the Woolwich pub bombing of 7 November 1974. All the convictions were eventually quashed after long campaigns for justice, and the cases, along with ...
Oct 19, 2021 · Both the Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven initially sought leave to appeal and were refused. In February 1977, during the trial following the Balcombe Street Siege, four members of the IRA instructed their legal counsel to draw attention to the fact the Guilford Four were totally innocent and serving massive sentences.
Jan 1, 1990 · One of four innocent people convicted of a terrorist bombing in Guildford, England, tells of the miscarriage of justice that resulted in imprisonment for himself and members of his family, including his father, and describes the struggle to clear his name and gain his freedom.
- Gerry Conlon, David Pallister
