Birmingham Six

E103135
group of people miscarriage of justice case

The Birmingham Six were a group of six Irish men wrongfully convicted in 1975 for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, whose convictions were quashed in 1991 after a major miscarriage-of-justice campaign.

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Label Occurrences
Birmingham Six canonical 1
Birmingham Six case 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of people ⓘ
miscarriage of justice case ⓘ
allegedPerpetratorOf Birmingham pub bombings ⓘ
associatedWith Birmingham pub bombings ⓘ
causeOfRelease appeal allowed ⓘ
finding of unsafe convictions ⓘ
convictedOf Birmingham pub bombings ⓘ
convictionQuashedBy Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
convictionStatus wrongful conviction ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
countryOfConviction England ⓘ
dateOfArrest 1974 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 1975 ⓘ
dateOfExoneration 1991 ⓘ
detainedIn HM Prison Albany ⓘ
HM Prison Durham ⓘ
HM Prison Gartree ⓘ
HM Prison Hull ⓘ
HM Prison Leicester ⓘ
HM Prison Long Lartin ⓘ
HM Prison Winson Green ⓘ
HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs ⓘ
foundGuiltyOf conspiracy to cause explosions ⓘ
murder ⓘ
legalCase R v McIlkenny and others ⓘ
legalOutcome convictions quashed ⓘ
locationOfEvents Birmingham ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
member Gerard Hunter ⓘ
Hugh Callaghan ⓘ
John Walker ⓘ
Patrick Hill ⓘ
Richard McIlkenny ⓘ
William Power ⓘ
notableFor campaign for their release ⓘ
major miscarriage of justice in the United Kingdom ⓘ
numberOfMembers 6 ⓘ
placeOfConviction Birmingham ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment ⓘ
subjectOf books on wrongful convictions in the UK ⓘ
campaigns by civil liberties groups ⓘ
media coverage about miscarriages of justice ⓘ
yearOfNotableEvent 1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ

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Birmingham pub bombings → relatedCase → Birmingham Six ⓘ
Mulberry Bush → associatedWith → Birmingham Six ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham Six case