STORY: "Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon dies after 15 years in prison for bombing he didn't commit," by reporter Karen Rockett, published by the Mirror, on June 21, 2014.
SUB-HEADING: "His case was highlighted in the 1993 Oscar-nominated film In The Name Of The Father, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, five years after his conviction was quashed in 1989."
GIST; Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, who spent 15 years in his prison for an IRA bombing he didn’t commit, died a broken man today. He was jailed for life in 1975 for the Guildford pub bombing along with Paul Hill, Carole Richardson and Paddy Armstrong, which killed five people and injured 65. Mr Conlan, who was 60, and had been ill for some time, died this morning at his home off the Falls Road in west Belfast. It is believed he had a heart attack. Mr Conlon’s case was highlighted in the 1993 Oscar-nominated film In The Name Of The Father, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, five years after his conviction was quashed in 1989 following a huge campaign to free him. Conlon had never been to Guildford. But along with the other three others he was sentenced to life in prison on the basis of confessions obtained under torture by Surrey police. Gerry's father, Giuseppe, was jailed later that year, also arrested and charged in connection with the bombings when he travelled to England to organize legal representation for his son. Giuseppe Conlon, along with Conlon’s aunt, Annie Maguire, her husband Paddy and their family – who became known as the Maguire Seven – were convicted on the basis of dubious forensic evidence which the prosecution claimed proved they had handled explosives used in the bombings. Giuseppe Conlon was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment and died in prison less than five years into his sentence. The forensic evidence used to secure his conviction was later exposed as fraudulent."
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SUB-HEADING: "His case was highlighted in the 1993 Oscar-nominated film In The Name Of The Father, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, five years after his conviction was quashed in 1989."
GIST; Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, who spent 15 years in his prison for an IRA bombing he didn’t commit, died a broken man today. He was jailed for life in 1975 for the Guildford pub bombing along with Paul Hill, Carole Richardson and Paddy Armstrong, which killed five people and injured 65. Mr Conlan, who was 60, and had been ill for some time, died this morning at his home off the Falls Road in west Belfast. It is believed he had a heart attack. Mr Conlon’s case was highlighted in the 1993 Oscar-nominated film In The Name Of The Father, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, five years after his conviction was quashed in 1989 following a huge campaign to free him. Conlon had never been to Guildford. But along with the other three others he was sentenced to life in prison on the basis of confessions obtained under torture by Surrey police. Gerry's father, Giuseppe, was jailed later that year, also arrested and charged in connection with the bombings when he travelled to England to organize legal representation for his son. Giuseppe Conlon, along with Conlon’s aunt, Annie Maguire, her husband Paddy and their family – who became known as the Maguire Seven – were convicted on the basis of dubious forensic evidence which the prosecution claimed proved they had handled explosives used in the bombings. Giuseppe Conlon was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment and died in prison less than five years into his sentence. The forensic evidence used to secure his conviction was later exposed as fraudulent."
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