ADAMS GETS A JAIL BREAK
Daily Mirror|May 14, 2020
Judges quash his convictions for Maze escape bids
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ADAMS GETS A JAIL BREAK

TERROR HOME Maze prison where he was held

Adams has had his 1975 convictions for trying to escape from jail quashed after his detention was ruled unlawful.

The former Sinn Fein leader had argued he was wrongly imprisoned because the interim custody order used to initially detain him was not authorised by the then Northern Ireland Secretary Willie Whitelaw.

Supreme Court judges agreed and yesterday threw out his convictions.

This story is from the May 14, 2020 edition of Daily Mirror.

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