![]() ![]() ![]() Members of the Guildford Four ordeal were released in 19, where illegal police tactics and hidden evidence were brought to light. That's how the Brits induced Gerry Conlon, Daniel Day-Lewis' character, to confess, by throwing his father, aunts, uncles, and cousins in jail, too. The movie В ім'я батька (1993), was based on the Guildford Four, who were similarly jailed using false confessions, along with members of their extended family living in London. Hugh Callaghan details his ordeal in the book, *Cruel Fate,* co-authored with Sally Mulready in 1994-1995. Patrick Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power, John Walker and Hugh Callaghan all served 16 horrific years in jail until the convictions were overturned in 1991. The police picked up the nearest six Irishmen and subjected them to 'in-depth interrogation' to obtain false confessions. The 'Six Irishmen,' mentioned by Sir Robert Neil of MI5 (with politician Alec Nevin) to Kerrigan is in reference to the 'Birmingham Six.' In 1974 the pub Tavern In The Town and Mulberry Bush, in Birmingham England, was bombed, killing 21 persons and injuring 182 people. ![]()
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