Report of the Inquiry into the Circumstance surrounding the Convictions arising out of the Bomb Attacks in Guildford and Woolwich in 1974

Terms of Reference:

To inquire into the circumstances surrounding to leading to and deriving from the trial of Patrick Armstrong, Gerard Conlon, Paul Hill and Carole Richardson on charges arising out of the explosions in public houses in Guildford on 5th October 1974; of Patrick Armstrong and Paul Hill in relation to charges arising out of an explosion in a public house in Woolwich on 7th November 1974; and of Anne and Patrick Maguire, their sons, Vincent and Patrick Maguire, and Patrick Conlon, Patrick O'Neill and Shaun Smyth on charges of possessing explosives and to report.

Chair:

Sir John May

Dates:

Establishment: 26 October 1989
Report: Interim Report on 12 July 1990; continued as the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice and reported in July 1993

Description of the events which caused the public concern:

The quashing of the convictions of the Guildford Four and the release from custody of six out of seven of the Maguire Seven.

Litigation

None directly on the conduct of the inquiry.