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Gerard Patrick "Gerry" Conlon (1 March 1954 – 21 June 2014) was an Irish man known for being one of the Guildford Four who spent 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of being a Provisional IRA bomber.
- Gerard Conlon, 1 March 1954, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Convicted on 22 October 1975 and sentenced to life imprisonment
- Guildford pub bombings on 5 October 1974
- Conviction quashed by Court of Appeal on 19 October 1989
When Gerry Conlon, who has died aged 60 of lung cancer, met survivors of the US's Guantánamo Bay detention camp, he found that their 21st-century experiences mirrored his in the 1970s.
Jun 23, 2014 · Gerry Conlon, wrongly jailed for a 1975 IRA bombing in which he had no part, died on June 21 at the age of 60. The case of the Guildford Four remains one the most famous miscarriage of justice...
- Michael Naughton
Aug 11, 2023 · In the Name of Gerry Conlon - how we made the new documentary. At the height of the conflict in Northern Ireland, Gerry Conlon and three others were falsely convicted of IRA bombings in...
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...
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Jun 21, 2014 · Gerry Conlon: the man who served 15 years for a crime he did not commit. Conlon, who died on Saturday, was one of the men jailed in 1975 for the attack on a pub in Guildford which killed five...
Jun 21, 2014 · Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing, dies aged 60 after an illness.
