Gerry Adams’ historic prison escape convictions quashed by Supreme Court

Gerry Adams has won a Supreme Court appeal against two historic convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze Prison in the 1970s.

Gerry Adams’ historic convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze Prison in the 1970s have been overturned by the UK’s highest court after it ruled that his detention was unlawful.

The former Sinn Féin leader claimed his two 1975 convictions were unsafe because his detention was not “personally considered” by a senior government minister.