Call for fresh probe into Guildford Four prosecution

Solicitors have called for a fresh criminal investigation into the alleged “suppression of forensic evidence” in the prosecution of the Guildford Four, more than 40 years ago.

The request, sent to the English attorney general, follows the discovery by author and former IRA prisoner Richard O’Rawe of archive material, released from an official inquiry, during a joint trawl of files with the BBC.

Mr O’Rawe outlines the revelations in a new book In The Name of the Son — The Gerry Conlon Story which includes a foreword by Johnny Depp.