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Nov 19, 2018 · The Maguire Seven all served their sentences apart from Guiseppe Conlon, who died in prison in 1980, before the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction.
Nov 30, 2018 · The devastation wrought upon the family is the subject of Stephen Nolan’s harrowing new BBC documentary A great British Injustice: The Maguire story available on iPlayer (here). The damage done was profound and longterm and, to this day, they and their loved ones live, are still struggling to come to terms with it.
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In December 1974, Annie Maguire, her now deceased husband Patrick, and their sons Vincent and Patrick – then aged 16 and 13 – were arrested for the October IRAbombings of two pubs in Guilford. Along with three other family friends – Sean Smyth, Patrick O’Neill and Patrick Conlon – they were held on suspicion of involvement in the bombings. The Magu...
It was claimed that the explosive substance nitro-glycerine was found on their hands and in their house – and this, along with the coerced confessions, was enough for the prosecution.
They were tried and convicted on 4 March 1976. Annie and her husband were jailed for 14 years each. Their sons Patrick and Vincent were given sentences of four and five years, respectively. Anne Maguire’s brother Smyth, her brother-in-law Conlon and friend O’Neill all received 12-year-sentences.
The Maguires unsuccessfully appealed their sentence and a growing body of different groups pressed for a re-examination of the case. On 12 July 1990, the then Home Secretary David Waddington published an inquiry into the convictions which criticised the trial judge Mr Justice Donaldson and unearthed improprieties in the handling of scientific evide...
The Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were two groups of people, mostly Northern Irish, who were wrongly convicted in English courts in 1975 and 1976 of the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 [1] and the Woolwich pub bombing of 7 November 1974. All the convictions were eventually overturned after long campaigns for justice, and the cases ...
4 March. A 40-year-old Irish born mother has been jailed for 14 years for possessing explosives at her London home. Five other members of her family and a close friend were also found guilty of the same offence and jailed. Anne Maguire, from Willesden, North London, was convicted of possessing nitro-glycerine, which was then passed on for use ...
Mar 3, 2018 · 1976: Guilty verdict for ‘Maguire Seven’. A 40-year-old Irish born mother has been jailed for 14 years for possessing explosives at her London home. Five other members of her family and a close friend were also found guilty of the same offence and jailed. Anne Maguire, from Willesden, North London, was convicted of possessing nitro ...
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Jun 21, 2011 · Maguire Seven win their appeal. The Maguire Seven have won an appeal against their conviction (on 4 March 1976) for making the explosives used in the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombs. Show more ...
