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Gerard Patrick Conlon (1 March 1954 – 21 June 2014) was a Northern 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.
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.
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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.
Jun 23, 2023 · Over 40 years later, on 31 st October 2017, a firm of solicitors sent a letter to the Surrey Coroner on behalf of Ann McKernan, the sister of Gerard Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, who had died in 2014, asking that the inquests into those deaths be resumed.
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Oct 19, 2021 · For the three men, all of whom in their twenties at the time of the trial, sentences of 30 years for Gerry Conlon, 35 for Paddy Armstrong and until “great age” for Paul Hill were recommended. Both the Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven initially sought leave to appeal and were refused.
Oct 20, 2019 · In the wake of his release from jail, Gerry Conlon was showered with attention. Supporters queued up to shake his hand. He was given a book deal. A film, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, was made of...
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Aug 14, 2023 · Conlon refused to quietly slope away to freedom, having been wrongly imprisoned as one of the Guildford Four, after the Provisional IRA’s bombing of two pubs in the town in southern England...
