Today's inquiry into the Guildford and Woolwich bombings said the Maguire Seven should not have been convicted on the forensic evidence presented at their trial because it could not prove conclusively that they had handled nitroglycerin. Lorna Donlon presents a backgrounder to the convictions.

Report shows Annie Maguire arriving at the hearing.

Interview with Annie Maguire in which she says that she just wants justice for herself and for her sons.

Footage of the home of the Maguire family in north London in 1974.

Footage of Gerard Conlon upon his release from prison last year.

Forensic test being carried out in a laboratory.

Footage of Annie Maguire, her husband Paddy, her son Vincent, her son Patrick, Sean Smith and Patrick O’Neill, who were all convicted of possessing nitroglycerine with the intent to make bombs.

Photograph of Giuseppi Conlon, who was one of the seven convicted and who died in prison.

Gravestone of Giuseppi Conlon.

Forensic testing.

Pages of a report.

Footage of Gerard Conlon being released.

The front page of the London Times with headlines about the release of the Guildford Four.

Slide featuring a quotation from the London Times on the innocence of the Maguire Seven.

The reporter is Lorna Donlon.

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