Gerry Adams wins appeal against Maze Prison escape convictions
May 13, 2020 · The Supreme Court said the former Sinn Féin president's convictions were quashed because Mr Adams' detention was unlawful. He attempted to escape from the Maze Prison, also known as Long Kesh...
Gerry Adams’s historic prison escape convictions overturned
May 13, 2020 · Mr Adams, 71, attempted to escape from the Maze - also known as Long Kesh internment camp - on Christmas Eve 1973 and again in July 1974. He was later sentenced to a total of four-and-a-half...
Gerry Adams: Removing block on Adams’ compensation bid will …
2 days ago · Mr Adams won his appeal to overturn historical convictions for two attempted prison breaks, after he was interned without trial in 1973 at Long Kesh internment camp, also known as Maze Prison ...
Gerry Adams wrongly denied prison compensation, court rules
Apr 28, 2023 · Mr Adams had been found guilty of two attempts to escape from lawful custody while being held at the Maze Prison - then known as Long Kesh internment camp - in 1973 and 1974.
Gerry Adams wins appeal over convictions for 1970s prison escape ...
May 13, 2020 · Mr Adams, 71, attempted to escape from the Maze - also known as Long Kesh internment camp - on Christmas Eve 1973 and again in July 1974. He was later sentenced to a total of four-and-a-half...
Starmer looking at ‘every conceivable way’ to avoid compensating Gerry …
1 day ago · A supreme court ruling in 2020 quashed Mr Adams’s conviction for two attempts to escape Long Kesh/Maze prison in 1973 and 1974. “We need to see the detail of what is being proposed, especially ...
Gerry Adams' historic prison escape convictions overturned by …
May 13, 2020 · Gerry Adams’ historic convictions for attempting to escape from prison in the 1970s have been overturned. The former Sinn Fein leader claimed his two 1975 convictions were unsafe because his...
Gerry Adams is ‘precluded from obtaining compensation’ for …
Feb 26, 2024 · Mr Adams had been found guilty of two attempts to escape from lawful custody while being held without trial at the Maze Prison – then known as Long Kesh internment camp – in 1973 and 1974.
Refusing Gerry Adams a payout for quashed convictions was …
Apr 28, 2023 · Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was wrongly denied compensation after his convictions for attempted prison breaks were quashed, a court has ruled. Mr Adams won a Supreme Court appeal...
Adams' Long Kesh escape convictions quashed by court - RTÉ
May 13, 2020 · The UK's highest court has said Gerry Adams was imprisoned illegally by the British government when he was interned without trial in the early 1970s. The Supreme Court has quashed his two...
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