Talk:Balcombe Street Siege

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[edit] Am I naive?

Is it really true that:

  1. the guys who actually killed so many people leading up to the seige are now free?
  2. the guys who were wrongly convicted of some of those deaths remained in prison for another 12 years?

- simon

Yes it's true, and they were greeted as heroes at a Sinn Fein conference receiving a standing ovation [1]. (The real killers that is). Jooler
And we don't negotiate with terrorists!! simon

you do, you know. You've been doin it since the 1600s

[edit] Rv Cite

One died in jail, and the rest were eventually released after it emerged that police had beaten confessions out of them and suppressed information that would have proved their innocence.

This may be true (I was under teh impression it was true) but it belongs on the Guildford Four and you haven't added a cite. Could you explain why you reverted its removal? Rex the first talk | contribs 02:17, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

You think it irrelevant? Jooler 03:39, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Not irrelevant just that it doesn't seem to be about Balcombe Street Siege but about the Guildford Four. Also I couldn't find a part in the Guildford Four article about the confessions being beaten out of them and lastly you have not put a reference. I hope that explains why I removed it, sorry if it casued offence. Rex the first talk | contribs 03:03, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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