Guildford Four

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The Guildford Four were a group of four people whose notorious wrongful convictions for IRA bombings in 1974 became one of the most prominent miscarriages of justice in British legal history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Guildford Four canonical 8
Guildford Four case 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of people ⓘ
miscarriage of justice case ⓘ
accusedOf Guildford pub bombings ⓘ
IRA bombings ⓘ
actualPerpetratorStatus later claims that other IRA members were responsible ⓘ
allegedPerpetrator Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ
appeal Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
appealOutcome convictions quashed ⓘ
associatedWith Birmingham Six ⓘ
Maguire Seven ⓘ
charge conspiracy to cause explosions ⓘ
murder ⓘ
compensation received financial compensation from UK government ⓘ
confessionStatus confessions later claimed to be coerced ⓘ
convictedBy English court ⓘ
convictionDate 1975-10 ⓘ
convictionsQuashedDate 1989-10-19 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfArrest 1974 ⓘ
evidenceIssues allegations of fabricated police evidence ⓘ
non-disclosure of exculpatory evidence ⓘ
impact contributed to reforms in police interrogation practices ⓘ
prompted scrutiny of British anti-terrorism laws ⓘ
knownFor one of the most prominent miscarriages of justice in the UK ⓘ
legalSignificance highlighted unreliability of confession evidence ⓘ
influenced debate on emergency legislation and terrorism trials ⓘ
legalSystem English criminal justice system ⓘ
locationOfCrime Guildford, Surrey ⓘ
Woolwich, London ⓘ
linked to: Woolwich
mediaCoverage extensive national and international media attention ⓘ
member Carole Richardson ⓘ
Gerry Conlon ⓘ
Patrick Armstrong ⓘ
Paul Hill ⓘ
notableCaseIn British legal history ⓘ
numberOfMembers 4 ⓘ
politicalContext Northern Ireland conflict ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles
portrayedIn film "In the Name of the Father" ⓘ
publicReaction widespread public concern about police methods ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment ⓘ
subjectOf numerous books and documentaries ⓘ
timeInPrison about 15 years ⓘ
victimOf miscarriage of justice ⓘ
wrongful conviction ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

In the Name of the Father → mainSubject → Guildford Four ⓘ
R v McIlkenny and others → relatedCase → Guildford Four case ⓘ
linked to: Guildford Four
Patrick Armstrong → memberOf → Guildford Four ⓘ
Maguire Seven case → relatedTo → Guildford Four case ⓘ
linked to: Guildford Four
Gerry Conlon → memberOf → Guildford Four ⓘ
Proven Innocent → mainSubject → Guildford Four ⓘ
Proven Innocent → about → Guildford Four case ⓘ
linked to: Guildford Four
Paul Hill → memberOf → Guildford Four ⓘ
Paul Hill → legalCase → Guildford Four case ⓘ
linked to: Guildford Four
Carole Richardson → memberOf → Guildford Four ⓘ
Carole Richardson → partOf → Guildford Four case ⓘ
linked to: Guildford Four