Guildford Four Release | Historic Injustice Overturned | The Troubles Archive Documentary (1989)
On 19 October 1989, the Guildford Four were released after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment. Gerard Patrick "Gerry" Conlon, Paul Michael Hill, Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Armstrong, and Carole Richardson were arrested and charged with terror-related offences following the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 and the Woolwich pub bombing of 7 November 1974. Under intense coercion at the hands of the Surrey police – ranging from intimidation, threats against family members, and torture — the four made false confessions to the bombings. Convicted and given life sentences, the judge informed them that, had they been charged with treason, they would have been hanged. It would take 15 years and the steadfast campaigning by family members of the Guildford Four to see their convictions overturned. Using raw footage from the day, including interviews with Gerry Conlon, his relatives, and the family of Paddy Hill, this special documentary recounts the dramatic and emotional events of the day the Guildford Four were released. For a small number of high profile cases related to the ongoing Troubles in Northern Ireland, the release of the Guildford Four acted as a watershed moment. The Maguire Seven, relatives of Gerry Conlon who were jailed on separate charges, also had their convictions overturned – though by that time all had served their full sentences or, in the case of Gerry Conlon's father, Giuseppe Conlon, died in prison. The Birmingham Six, another high profile group jailed under similar circumstances following the Provisional IRA's bombings of two pubs in Birmingham in 1974, were released less than 18 months after the Guildford Four. #GuildfordFour #Troubles #IRA #ProvisionalIRA #JeremyCorbyn #Corbyn #GerryConlon #Justice #Injustice To license the footage featured in this clip, follow the link below: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/videos/... To search the ITN Archive collection on Getty Images, follow the link below: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/footage... 🎥 Subscribe to our YouTube channel (tap the bell icon and stay up to date with all the latest ITN Archive videos!) - / @itnarchive 🎥 Follow us on Twitter - / itnarchive 🎥 Like us on Facebook - / itnarchiveitnp 🎥 Check out our TikTok - / itnarchive1955
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