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Gerry Conlon has died

Tipsy McSwagger

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0621/625499-gerry-conlon/

Gerry Conlon, the Belfast man who was wrongly jailed for an IRA bombing, has died.

Mr Conlan, who was 60, had been ill for some time.

He died this morning at his home off the Falls Road in west Belfast.

The Guildford Four - Gerry Conlon, Paul Hill, Carole Richardson and Paddy Armstrong - were jailed for life in 1975 for an IRA bombing campaign that killed five people and injured 65.

Gerry's father, Giuseppe, was jailed later that year. He had one lung, and emphysema and had just undergone chemotherapy. He died in prison five years later.

The Guildford Four were freed in 1989.

Finally, 16 years after their release, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologised for the miscarriage of justice.

RIP

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Lapin

R.I.P.

Poor Gerry never really settled after 15 years of his life were stolen from him.

LynnGrace

R.I.P.

Fiolina

A brave man who kept fighting for the injustices of others. Rest in Peace Gerry.

on the river

Gone but not forgotten. Rest in peace jerry conlon

Menas

Very sad life story, his whole familys lives were devastated by the lies and deceit of the police.
Shamefully no one was ever convicted for the crime of jailing the guilford 4 or maguire 7.

Lapin

And shamefully no one was ever rightly convicted for the Guildford bombing despite the admission by the IRA.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Robbed of some of the best years of his life by a corrupt British judiciary, police force & establishment, shower of bastards.

May he (finally) Rest in Peace.

FWVT

There's no smoke without fire

neamhspleachi

Imithe le Dia, scíth i síocháin

Lapin

This didn't take long.

DO NOT FEED.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

There was no 'smoke'.

RIP.

Chucken

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

guttenberg

R.I.P Even after all these years, watching clips of his release still manages to give me the shivers. Can't imagine what he went through.

Hellrazer

Whats that supposed to mean.

He was wrongly jailed for 15 years.Found innocent and apologised to by the UK government.

End of.

RIP Gerry.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Giuseppe Gerry is dead man..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EalRRJp9hOQ

[Deleted User]

The only smoke was the corruption and deceit of a ****e police force.

on the river

Please show some respect for the dead man.thank you

dd972

A comenta, inventa ( Spanish Proverb )

egghead.

Is this thread about ira atrocities?

Never pass up the opportunity.

Paulzx

There wasn't even any fire.......................end arguement

Sunnyisland

RIP.

Menas

Don't feed the troll. Report post and ignore.

El Guapo!

Don't post in this thread again.

anncoates

RIP

pO1Neil

So sad he was such a nice guy & didn't seem bitter at all to me which is pretty amazing considering what happened to him & his father.

Seriously the people who prosecuted the Guildford four & Maguire seven must have been on cloud cuckoo land. "Evill Aunt Annie makes bombs in her bomb factory all day long with her children one of whom is a 13yr old kid" Unbelievably fu*ked up.

pO1Neil

The Balcombe Street gang admitted it was the first bombing they did.

gold_bricker

we have an intellectual giant among us

kneemos

Is the guy not entitled to an opinion misguided or not.The place is full of different viewpoints.

gold_bricker

true but lets not pretend that our own police force don,t ( at times ) stand back while innocent people are convicted of crimes

Merkin

Poor man, he's with Giuseppe now.

In the Name of the Father is such a moving film, never fails to make me shed a tear.