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Birmingham Six member Paddy Hill (left) and Guilford Four member Paddy Armstrong (front right) carry the coffin of Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing
GERRY CONLON, who was falsely convicted of the Guildford pub bombings, was on the brink of taking his own life after spending 12 years in prison, private letters to the Irish government showed yesterday.
The Guildford Four member wrote in 1987, while locked up at Long Lartin in England, that he could not face another 18 years in “living hell.” His father had died in prison seven years before.
The letter, dated May 10 1987 and released by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin under the 30-year rule, was sent to then tanaiste and foreign affairs minister Brian Lenihan.
As the anti-fascist movement mourns the death of Gerry Gable, his long-time comrade and former Searchlight editor STEVE SILVER reflects on the life of an indispensable activist who spent six decades infiltrating, exposing and undermining fascism
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan