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1994: 'Guildford Four' man cleared of IRA murder
One of the Guildford Four, Paul Hill, has won his appeal against a conviction for an IRA murder in Northern Ireland.
The Appeal Court in Belfast ruled his conviction for the 1974 murder of former soldier Brian Shaw was unsafe. Mr Hill confessed to the murder of Mr Shaw to detectives from the Royal Ulster Constabulary while being held at Guildford police station over two pub bombings in which 21 people died. But the three appeal court judges ruled his confession was obtained improperly. They said it may have been induced by a Surrey police officer pointing a gun at him. But they also indicated they believed many of Mr Hill's allegations of ill-treatment were untrue.
The quashing of the conviction for Brian Shaw's murder means Mr Hill may now receive up to half a million pounds in compensation for the years he spent in jail. Among those in court with Mr Hill were his wife Courtney, daughter of the late Robert Kennedy and his mother-in-law, Ethel Kennedy. "I've been in limbo for a long time. I didn't wait for 17 years to be told I was innocent of this, I always knew I was innocent of this," Mr Hill told reporters after the judgement. Events in Guildford police station had led to a "travesty of justice" for both Mr Shaw and the bombing victims and those wrongfully imprisoned, Mr Hill added. Brian Shaw's widow, Maureen Hall, who was also in court said her family was disappointed by the verdict. She said: "We have to live with this decision, but we do not have to agree with it. Brian Shaw was the real innocent victim in this case.''
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