Episode 224 - The Guildford Four & The Maguire Seven

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On the 5th of October 1974, the Provisional Irish Republican Army blew up a military pub in Guildford, killing four soldiers, one civilian and injuring sixty-five others.<br><br>The responsibility for the heinous act of terror was quickly thrown at three young Irish men and a seventeen-year-old English girl. On top of this, accusations of running a  "bomb factory" was soon being shouldered by a middle-aged Irish woman who'd lived in England for twenty years.<br><br>The British justice system had no evidence to prove the Guildford Four or Maguire Seven were connected to any bombings, but a large helping of police brutality and a bit of systemic corruption would soon sort that out.<br><br><strong>Become a patron:<br></strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/redhanded">Patreon<br></a><br><strong>Order a copy of the book here (US &amp; Canada):<br></strong><a href="https://www.wellesleybooks.com/book/9780762473793">Order on Wellesley Books<br></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/RedHanded-Exploration-Criminals-Cannibals-Killer/dp/0762473797/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=redhanded&amp;qid=1617228369&amp;sr=8-1">Order on Amazon.com<br></a><br><strong>Order a copy of the book here (UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Aus):<br></strong><a 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href="https://innocenceproject.org/how-the-uk-police-interview-suspects/">https://innocenceproject.org/how-the-uk-police-interview-suspects/<br></a><a href="https://education.niassembly.gov.uk/post_16/snapshots_of_devolution/gfa">https://education.niassembly.gov.uk/post_16/snapshots_of_devolution/gfa<br></a><a href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/gerry-conlon-hadnt-an-ounce-of-republicanism-in-him-says-biographer-and-boyhood-pal-36201704.html">https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/gerry-conlon-hadnt-an-ounce-of-republicanism-in-him-says-biographer-and-boyhood-pal-36201704.html</a><br><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/blair-apology-to-guilford-four-and-maguire-six-1.1174017">https://www.irishtimes.com/news/blair-apology-to-guilford-four-and-maguire-six-1.1174017<br></a><a href="https://group.irishecho.com/2011/02/a-view-north-of-bin-lids-and-head-bangers-in-northern-ireland/">https://group.irishecho.com/2011/02/a-view-north-of-bin-lids-and-head-bangers-in-northern-ireland/<br></a><a href="https://stairnaheireann.net/2020/10/19/otd-in-1989-after-serving-15-years-in-prison-the-guildford-four-are-released-in-what-is-considered-to-be-one-of-the-biggest-ever-miscarriages-of-justice-in-britain-3/">https://stairnaheireann.net/2020/10/19/otd-in-1989-after-serving-15-years-in-prison-the-guildford-four-are-released-in-what-is-considered-to-be-one-of-the-biggest-ever-miscarriages-of-justice-in-britain-3/<br></a><br>