justice, the Maguire family are angry at the way in which the Court of Appeal recently overturned their convictions.
The three judges threw out all but one of the six grounds of appeal put forward by the Maguires. The onlv one conceded was that their hands may have been 'innocently' contaminated by nitroglycerine.
Still leaving a slur over the ment also contradicts Sir Tohn May's findings from last year's public inquiry. His conclusions formed the basis of the appeal. His report was highly critical not lust of government scientists - who concealed evidence - but also of lawvers, the trial judge (Lord Donaldson, now Master of the Rolls) and the judges at the first appeal in 1977.
May is reconvening the inquiry into the miscarriages of Maguire and Guildford Four cases in September. There is no doubt that last week's judgement is intended as a warning. May, who is also involved in the Roval Commission established to examine the criminal justice system, no doubt trod on a few distinguished toes. But it is also a warning to campaigners fighting to overturn other miscarriages of justice -'don't expect too much'.
(Nr Holborn tube) • 13 July, 7-11pm Entry: £4 Waged, £2 OAP/Student/UB40 Speakers: Bernie Grant MP, Caroline Loucas (Green Party), Martha Osamor Chair: Theresa Hayter Stalls, food and drink, African and Latin American music @Organised by the Socialist Movemento No. 5 July 6, 1991 Page 5
International News