R v McIlkenny and others

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R v McIlkenny and others is the criminal case in which the men later known as the Birmingham Six were controversially convicted in 1975 for the Birmingham pub bombings, convictions that were ultimately quashed in 1991.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English criminal appeal case ⓘ
criminal case ⓘ
appealOutcome1991 convictions quashed ⓘ
bombingDate 1974-11-21 ⓘ
charge conspiracy to cause explosions ⓘ
murder ⓘ
collectiveNameOfDefendants Birmingham Six ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOffence England ⓘ
court Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
dateConvictionsQuashed 1991-03-14 ⓘ
defendant Gerard Hunter ⓘ
Hugh Callaghan ⓘ
John Walker ⓘ
Patrick Joseph Hill ⓘ
linked to: Patrick Hill

Richard McIlkenny ⓘ
William Power ⓘ
era The Troubles ⓘ
issue allegations of coerced confessions ⓘ
forensic evidence reliability ⓘ
police misconduct allegations ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
legalSignificance contributed to reforms in the criminal justice system ⓘ
led to scrutiny of police interrogation practices ⓘ
major miscarriage of justice in the United Kingdom ⓘ
locationOfOffence Birmingham ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
lowerCourt Birmingham Crown Court ⓘ
notableFor role in debate over emergency anti-terrorism laws in the UK ⓘ
use of disputed forensic tests ⓘ
numberOfPeopleInjuredInBombings over 180 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleKilledInBombings 21 ⓘ
reasonForQuashing unsafe and unsatisfactory convictions ⓘ
relatedCase Guildford Four case ⓘ
linked to: Guildford Four

R v Maguire ⓘ
linked to: Maguire Seven case
relatedEvent Birmingham pub bombings ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment ⓘ
subjectOf campaigns for justice ⓘ
media investigations ⓘ
public controversy ⓘ
timeInPrisonBeforeRelease about 16 years ⓘ
typeOfBombing IRA-related terrorist bombing investigation ⓘ
verdictAtTrial guilty ⓘ
yearConvictionsQuashed 1991 ⓘ
yearOfOffence 1974 ⓘ
yearOfOriginalConviction 1975 ⓘ

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