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The Right hon. Sir John May was a former Court of Appeal judge appointed by the Briish Government to investigate the miscarriages of justice related to the Maguire Seven, wrongly convicted of various Provisional IRA-linked terrorism offences.

On 20 October 1989 following the quashing of the Guildford Four convictions , May was appointed to inquire into both that and the related case of the Maguire Seven..


On 12 July 1990, the Home Secretary David Waddington published the interim report

  • Interim Report on the Maguire Case : The Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the convictions arising out of the bomb attacks in Guildford and Woolwich in 1974

The report declared the convictions unsound and recommended referral back to the Court of Appeal.

The report critcised the trial judge John Donaldson.

It unearthed improprieties in the handling of scientific evidence that were also relevant to the other cases.

Royal Commission on Criminal Justice

On 14 March 1991, the inquiry became the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice covering the systemic problems uncovered earlier.The commissioon was chaired by Viscount Runciman of Doxford.

References

  1. Marcel Berlins (2006-10-07). "NatWest Three puzzle". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 2007-08-09. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  2. Beverley Schurr. "Expert Witnesses And The Duties Of Disclosure & Impartiality: The Lessons Of The IRA Cases In England" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-08-05. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  3. Hansard Debates 12 July 1990
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