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Gerry Conlon. 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
Jun 21, 2014 · Gerry Conlon, Paddy Armstrong, Paul Hill and Carole Richardson were jailed in 1975 for the attack on the Horse and Groom pub in Guildford which killed four soldiers and a civilian and injured ...
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As a member of the Guildford Four, a victim of one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice. Gareth Peirce. Sun 22 Jun 2014 15.34 EDT. When Gerry Conlon, who has died aged 60 of lung cancer, met ...
Dec 29, 2017 · 29 December 2017. PA. Gerry Conlon pictured in 1991, two years after his release. Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon wrote to the Irish government describing his "living hell" in prison ...
Fair use. Photo by Hugh Russell. Conlon, Gerard (‘Gerry’) (1954–2014), victim of a miscarriage of justice and human rights campaigner, was born in Cyprus Street in the Lower Falls area of Belfast on 1 March 1954, the only surviving son of Guiseppe Conlon (qv), a labourer, and Sarah Conlon (qv) (née Maguire), a cleaner; he had two younger ...
Jun 21, 2014 · Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon dies. 23 June 2014. PAcemaker. Gerry Conlon, pictured with his sisters after being released at the Old Bailey in 1989. Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the ...
Gerry Conlon. Gerry Conlon (1954-2014) was a young man from Northern Ireland wrongfully convicted for bombing pubs in England. Conlon was born into a Catholic family in Belfast. As a teenager Conlon was involved in drug use and petty crime but was not associated with political or paramilitary groups. In 1974 Conlon and a friend, Paul Hill ...