Maguire Seven case

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The Maguire Seven case was a notorious miscarriage of justice in the UK in which seven members of the Maguire family were wrongfully convicted in the 1970s of handling explosives allegedly linked to IRA bombings, before their convictions were quashed in 1991.

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Label Occurrences
Maguire Seven case canonical 1
R v Maguire 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal case ⓘ
miscarriage of justice ⓘ
allegedAssociation Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ
associatedWith Birmingham Six case ⓘ
linked to: Birmingham Six

Maguire family ⓘ
linked to: Maguire dynasty
charge handling explosives ⓘ
possession of explosives ⓘ
convictionQuashedBy Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
convictionsQuashedYear 1991 ⓘ
convictionStatus wrongful conviction ⓘ
convictionYear 1976 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criticisedBy civil liberties groups ⓘ
human rights organisations ⓘ
defendant Anne Maguire ⓘ
Patrick Maguire ⓘ
Patrick Maguire Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Patrick Maguire

Patrick O’Neill ⓘ
Patrick “Giuseppe” Conlon ⓘ
Sean Smyth ⓘ
Vincent Maguire ⓘ
endTime 1991 ⓘ
evidenceType forensic evidence ⓘ
forensicIssue contaminated samples ⓘ
unreliable scientific tests ⓘ
impact contributed to reform of forensic evidence standards in the UK ⓘ
highlighted problems in anti-terrorism policing in the 1970s ⓘ
influenced public debate on miscarriages of justice in the UK ⓘ
jurisdiction English criminal law ⓘ
legalBasisForQuashing unsafe convictions ⓘ
legalIssue disclosure failures by prosecution ⓘ
reliability of confession evidence in terrorism cases ⓘ
location England ⓘ
notableVictim Anne Maguire ⓘ
Patrick Maguire Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Patrick Maguire

Vincent Maguire ⓘ
numberOfDefendants 7 ⓘ
relatedTo Guildford Four case ⓘ
linked to: Guildford Four

IRA bombing campaign in Britain ⓘ
startTime 1974 ⓘ
subjectOf books on British legal miscarriages ⓘ
television documentaries about miscarriages of justice ⓘ
timePeriod The Troubles ⓘ
trialCourt Old Bailey ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Guildford pub bombings → relatedCase → Maguire Seven case ⓘ
R v McIlkenny and others → relatedCase → R v Maguire ⓘ
linked to: Maguire Seven case