Gerry Conlon

Gerry Conlon
Conlon outside the Court of Appeal at the time of his release
Born
Gerard Conlon

(1954-03-01)1 March 1954[1]
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died21 June 2014(2014-06-21) (aged 60)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Criminal chargeGuildford pub bombings on 5 October 1974[2]
Criminal penaltyConvicted on 22 October 1975 and sentenced to life imprisonment[2]
Criminal statusConviction 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.

  1. ^ McKee, Grant; Franey, Ros (1998). Time Bomb: Irish Bombers, English Justice and the Guildford Four. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-0747500995.
  2. ^ a b c "Guildford Four pub bombing files 'show fresh evidence'". BBC. Retrieved 31 March 2018.