Time Bomb
eBook - ePub

Time Bomb

Irish Bombs, English Justice and the Guildford Four

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Time Bomb

Irish Bombs, English Justice and the Guildford Four

About this book

Fifty years after the Guildford bombings, the case remains profoundly relevant today. This new edition is completely updated and revised with startling new material. The Guildford Four endured 15 years behind bars for a crime they did not commit. The only evidence against them was their confessions extracted through intimidation and violence. Three Surrey police officers were acquitted of wrongdoing in 1993, but as this new edition reveals, there is testimony, never published, that corroborates evidence of far wider police malpractice. Time Bomb was central to the reopening of the case of the Guildford Four when it was published in 1988 – exposing this egregious miscarriage of justice, and telling the chilling parallel story of the men actually responsible for the bombings, the London Active Service Unit, whose 1974-75 IRA campaign terrorised Britain. Profoundly relevant today, as Michael Mansfield identifies in his introduction, the case of the Guildford Four is essentially the prototype of the corruption and concealment scandals which have beset the UK, from the Stephen Lawrence case through to the Post Office scandal, and asks how we can galvanise reform. 'Every twist and turn needs to be lived by the reader… page after page of compelling and mesmerising fact. As you proceed, the magnitude of these events strikes a sense of burning injustice.' Michael Mansfield

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Information

Publisher
Muswell Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781738452842
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Author’s Note
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1: A Funeral in County Clare
  6. 2: On Active Service
  7. 3: Preparations for a Bombing
  8. 4: Explosion
  9. 5: Womble Spaceman Invaders
  10. 6: The Hunt Begins
  11. 7: The King’s Arms, Woolwich
  12. 8: Newsflash
  13. 9: The Name from Nowhere
  14. 10: First Arrest
  15. 11: Conlon
  16. 12: Armstrong
  17. 13: Kilburn Round-Up
  18. 14: 43 Third Avenue
  19. 15: 4 December
  20. 16: Charged
  21. 17: Fighting Back
  22. 18: Ongoing Business
  23. 19: Near Misses
  24. 20: A Critical Witness
  25. 21: Committal
  26. 22: A Higher and More Determined Calibre
  27. 23: The Case for the Crown
  28. 24: In Defence
  29. 25: Alibi
  30. 26: Entirely a Matter for You
  31. 27: Maguires on Trial
  32. 28: The Balcombe Street Siege
  33. 29: Never Heard of Them
  34. 30: Two Old Guys
  35. 31: The Balcombe Street Trial
  36. 32: No Lurking Doubts: The Appeals
  37. 33: Dark Ages
  38. 34: Fresh Opinions
  39. 35: Considerations of Substance
  40. 36: Fifteen Years
  41. 37: Rewriting History
  42. Principal Characters
  43. Chronology
  44. A Note on Sources
  45. Acknowledgements
  46. Index
  47. Copyright