What did the Guildford 4 do?

The Guildford Four The bombings were at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Metropolitan Police were under enormous pressure to apprehend the IRA bombers responsible for the attacks in England. The Guildford Four were wrongfully convicted of the bombings in October 1975 and sentenced to life in prison.

What compensation did the Guildford 4 get?

The film depicts Conlon’s attempt to rebuild his shattered relationship with his father but is partly fictional, Conlon never shared a cell with his father. He is reported to have settled with the government for a final payment of compensation in the region of £500,000.

How long did the Guilford 4 serve?

15 years
The Guildford Four, convicted of the 1975 IRA bombings of public houses in Guildford and Woolwich, England, are cleared of all charges after nearly 15 years in prison.

Is Joe McAndrew real?

“Joe McAndrew”, the I.R.A. man who befriends Gerry Conlon in prison, was entirely fictional. Gerry and Giuseppe Conlon were in different prisons for most of their sentences.

Is there a play about the Guildford Four?

A play about the post-prison life of Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the IRA Guildford pub bombings, will show him offering cocaine to Jack Nicholson and singing with Bruce Springsteen at the Oscars.

How did the Guildford Four get out of jail?

Gerry Conlon, one of the ‘Guildford Four’ leaves the Old Bailey, London, with his sisters, after the sentences in the case were quashed, 19th October 1989. Conlon had been convicted, with three others, of IRA Bombings in Guildford, and spent 16 years in prison. The four were released after it was found that evidence had been fabricated by police.

Who are the Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven?

The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven were the collective names of two groups whose convictions in English courts in 1975 and 1976 for the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 were eventually quashed after long campaigns for justice.

Where was the Guildford pub bomb in 1975?

On August 27, 1975 the same IRA unit detonated a bomb in Surrey at the Caterham Arms pub which injured over 30 people, Surrey police said it was “a carbon copy of the Guildford bombs”.