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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 ...
The Guildford Four were released in October 1989 after the Avon and Somerset police had discovered evidence which showed that, as the Lord Chief Justice was to state at the hearing of the appeal when the convictions were quashed, ‘the police must have lied’. That evidence was never shown to the Guildford Four.
Oct 4, 2014 · The Guildford Four were released from jail 25 years ago, after serving years in jail for crimes they did not commit. The prison letters of one of the men, Paul Hill, tell his story.
- Martin Mcnamara
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
Feb 9, 2010 · The Guildford Four were four Irishmen who were convicted of the 1975 IRA bombings of public houses in Guildford and Woolwich, England, but were later exonerated by evidence of their guilt. They were released from prison in 1989 after 14 years behind bars. Learn more about their case, the IRA bombings, and the Maguire Seven who were also freed.
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Jul 21, 2022 · The Guildford pub bombings in 1974 killed five and injured 65 and led to one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice when the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were jailed. An IRA unit later ...
Mar 1, 2020 · In The Name of The Father, a film based on the story of the Guildford Four, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Conlon, was up for a string of nominations. Bored with the ceremony, Conlon and friends ...
