Gerry Conlon
Irishman wrongly convicted of terrorism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerard Patrick "Gerry" Conlon (1 March 1954 – 21 June 2014) was a Northern Irish man known for being one of the Guildford Four who spent 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of being a Provisional IRA bomber.
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Born | Gerard Conlon (1954-03-01)1 March 1954[1] Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Died | 21 June 2014(2014-06-21) (aged 60) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Criminal charge | Guildford pub bombings on 5 October 1974[2] |
Criminal penalty | Convicted on 22 October 1975 and sentenced to life imprisonment[2] |
Criminal status | Conviction quashed by Court of Appeal on 19 October 1989[2] |
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