Gerry Conlon | |
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 Conlon outside the Court of Appeal at the time of his release | |
| Born | Gerard Conlon 1 March 1954[1] Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 21 June 2014 (aged 60) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Criminal charge | Guildford pub bombings on 5 October 1974[2] |
| Criminal penalty | Convicted on 22 October 1975 and sentenced to life imprisonment[2] |
| Criminal status | Conviction quashed by Court of Appeal on 19 October 1989[2] |
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.
- ^ McKee, Grant; Franey, Ros (1998). Time Bomb: Irish Bombers, English Justice and the Guildford Four. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-0747500995.
- ^ a b c "Guildford Four pub bombing files 'show fresh evidence'". BBC. Retrieved 31 March 2018.