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Birmingham Six

Index Birmingham Six

The Birmingham Six were six men: Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Joseph Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power and John Walker, who, in 1975, were each sentenced to life imprisonment following their false convictions for the Birmingham pub bombings. [1]

83 relations: Anthony Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford, Belfast, Birmingham New Street railway station, Birmingham Post, Birmingham pub bombings, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Channel 4, Chilling effect, Chris Mullin (politician), Ciarán Hinds, Circumstantial evidence, Conspiracy (criminal), Contempt of Court Act 1981, Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Coventry, Criminal Cases Review Commission, Criminal investigation department, Crown Court, Derry, Docudrama, Douglas Hurd, Estoppel, Forensic science, Frank Skuse, Gareth Peirce, Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane, Gerry Adams, Great Britain, Griess test, Guildford Four and Maguire Seven, Helsinki Watch, Heysham, High Court of Justice, HM Prison Birmingham, Home Secretary, Injunction, Irish Examiner, ITV (TV network), ITV Granada, John Hurt, John Widgery, Baron Widgery, Lancaster Castle, Life imprisonment, List of miscarriage of justice cases, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Louis Blom-Cooper, Maolra Seoighe, Martin Shaw, Master of the Rolls, ..., Michael Mansfield, Mick Murray (Irish republican), Miscarriage of justice, Morecambe, Network Distributing, New Street, Birmingham, Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich, Patrick Malahide, Perjury, Perverting the course of justice, Pound sterling, Powers of the police in England and Wales, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Queen's Counsel, Rotunda (Birmingham), Routledge, Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, Royal Institute of Chemistry, Sinn Féin, Special Branch, Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six, Superintendent (police), Suppression of evidence, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sunday Telegraph, Tom Denning, Baron Denning, West Midlands Police, West Midlands Serious Crime Squad, World in Action, World War II, 7 July 2005 London bombings. Expand index (33 more) »

Anthony Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford

Anthony Maurice Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford, QC (born 1 May 1940) is a British hereditary peer and senior barrister.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Birmingham New Street railway station

Birmingham New Street is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in the Birmingham City Centre, England.

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Birmingham Post

The Birmingham Post is a weekly printed newspaper based in Birmingham, England, with a circulation of 6,667 and distribution throughout the West Midlands. First published under the name the Birmingham Daily Post in 1857, it has had a succession of distinguished editors and has played an influential role in the life and politics of the city.

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Birmingham pub bombings

The Birmingham pub bombings (also known as the Birmingham bombings) occurred on 21 November 1974, when bombs exploded in two public houses in central Birmingham, England.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Chilling effect

In a legal context, a chilling effect is the inhibition or discouragement of the legitimate exercise of natural and legal rights by the threat of legal sanction.

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Chris Mullin (politician)

Christopher John Mullin (born 12 December 1947) is a British Labour politician and diarist who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland South from 1987 to 2010.

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Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds (born 9 February 1953) is an Irish film, television, and stage actor.

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Circumstantial evidence

Circumstantial evidence is evidence that relies on an inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact—like a fingerprint at the scene of a crime.

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Conspiracy (criminal)

In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future.

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Contempt of Court Act 1981

The Contempt of Court Act 1981 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

The Court of Appeal (COA, formally "Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in England") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Criminal Cases Review Commission

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the statutory body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

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Criminal investigation department

A criminal investigation department (CID) is the branch of all territorial police forces within the British Police, and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plainclothes detectives belong.

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Crown Court

The Crown Court of England and Wales is, together with the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal, one of the constituent parts of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest city on the island of Ireland.

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Docudrama

A docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of radio and television programming, feature film, and staged theatre, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events.

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Douglas Hurd

Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, (born 8 March 1930) is a British Conservative politician who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995.

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Estoppel

Estoppel is a judicial device in common law legal systems whereby a court may prevent, or "estop" (a person who performs this is estopped) a person from making assertions or from going back on his or her word.

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Forensic science

Forensic science is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal procedure.

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Frank Skuse

Frank Skuse (born ca. 1934) is a British former forensic scientist for the North West Forensic Laboratories based in Chorley, Lancashire.

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Gareth Peirce

Gareth Peirce (born March 1940), known legally as Jean Gareth Peirce, is an English solicitor and human rights activist.

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Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is an analytical method that combines the features of gas-chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify different substances within a test sample.

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Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane

Geoffrey Dawson Lane, Baron Lane, (17 July 1918 – 22 August 2005) was a British Judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1980 to 1992.

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Gerry Adams

Gerard Adams (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the Leader of the Sinn Féin political party between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Griess test

The Griess test is an analytical chemistry test which detects the presence of nitrite ion in solution.

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Guildford Four and Maguire Seven

The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven were the collective names of two groups whose convictions in English courts in 1975 and 1976 for the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 were eventually quashed after long campaigns for justice.

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Helsinki Watch

Helsinki Watch was a private American NGO established by Robert L. Bernstein in 1978, designed to monitor the former Soviet Union’s compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Accords.

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Heysham

Heysham is a large coastal village near Lancaster, Lancashire, England, overlooking Morecambe Bay.

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High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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HM Prison Birmingham

HM Prison Birmingham is a Category B/C men's prison, located in the Winson Green area of Birmingham, England.

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Home Secretary

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office.

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Injunction

An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts.

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Irish Examiner

The Irish Examiner, formerly The Cork Examiner and then The Examiner, is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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ITV Granada

ITV Granada (formerly Granada Television; informally Granada) is the Channel 3 regional service for North West England and the Isle of Man.

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John Hurt

Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose screen and stage career spanned more than 50 years.

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John Widgery, Baron Widgery

John Passmore Widgery, Baron Widgery, (24 July 1911 – 26 July 1981) was an English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1971 to 1980.

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Lancaster Castle

Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire.

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Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment (also known as imprisonment for life, life in prison, a life sentence, a life term, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration or simply life) is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted persons are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural life or until paroled.

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List of miscarriage of justice cases

This is a list of miscarriage of justice cases.

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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales.

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Louis Blom-Cooper

Sir Louis Jacques Blom-Cooper QC FKC (born 27 March 1926, London) is an author and UK lawyer specialising in public law and administrative law.

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Maolra Seoighe

Maolra Seoighe (English: Myles Joyce), Cappancreha, County Galway, was a Gaeltacht man who was convicted and wrongfully hanged on December 15, 1882.

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Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor.

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Master of the Rolls

The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second-most senior judge in England and Wales after the Lord Chief Justice, and serves as President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and Head of Civil Justice.

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Michael Mansfield

Michael Mansfield (born 12 October 1941) is an English barrister.

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Mick Murray (Irish republican)

Michael Joseph Murray (ca. 1936 – 7 March 1999) known as Mick Murray and Squire Murray was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer, later named as an organiser of the Birmingham Pub Bombings, which killed 21 people on 21 November 1974.

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Miscarriage of justice

A miscarriage of justice is primarily the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit.

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Morecambe

Morecambe is a town on Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, England, which had a population of 34,768 at the 2011 Census.

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Network Distributing

Network Distributing (formerly Network/Network DVD) is a video publishing company that specialises in classic British television programmes.

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New Street, Birmingham

New Street is a street in central Birmingham, England.

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Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich

Nigel Cyprian Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich, PC (26 February 1917 – 20 November 2007) was one of the leading British barristers and judges of the late 20th Century.

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Patrick Malahide

Patrick Malahide (born on 24 March 1945) is a British actor, known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Albert Chisholm in the TV series Minder and Balon Greyjoy in the TV series Game of Thrones.

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Perjury

Perjury is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters a generation material to an official proceeding.

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Perverting the course of justice

Perverting the course of justice is an offence committed when a person prevents justice from being served on him/herself or on another party.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Powers of the police in England and Wales

The powers of the police in England and Wales are defined largely by statute law, with the main sources of power being the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Police Act 1996.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or Provisional IRA) was an Irish republican revolutionary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Rotunda (Birmingham)

The Rotunda is a cylindrical highrise building in Birmingham, England.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Royal Commission on Criminal Justice

The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, also known as the Runciman Commission, was established in London on 14 March 1991 by the Home Secretary for the purpose of examining the English system of criminal justice and make recommendations as to changes that should be made increase the efficiency of the system and the effective justice inherent in the process.

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Royal Institute of Chemistry

The Royal Institute of Chemistry was a British scientific organisation.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (isbn) is a left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Special Branch

Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security and intelligence in British and Commonwealth police forces, as well as in Ireland and the Royal Malaysian Police.

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Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six

"Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" is a political song by the Irish folk punk band The Pogues, written by Terry Woods and Shane MacGowan and included on the band's 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God.

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Superintendent (police)

Superintendent (Supt), often shortened to "super", is a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations.

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Suppression of evidence

Suppression of evidence is a term used in the United States legal system to describe the lawful or unlawful act of preventing evidence from being shown in a trial.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Sun (United Kingdom)

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

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The Sunday Telegraph

The Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961, and is published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings.

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Tom Denning, Baron Denning

Alfred Thompson “Tom” Denning, Baron Denning, (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999) was an English lawyer and judge.

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West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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West Midlands Serious Crime Squad

The West Midlands Serious Crime Squad was a police unit in the English West Midlands which operated from 1974 to 1989.

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World in Action

World in Action is a British investigative current affairs programme, made by Granada Television for ITV from 7 January 1963 until 7 December 1998.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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7 July 2005 London bombings

The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of coordinated terrorist suicide attacks in London, United Kingdom, which targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the morning rush hour.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six

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