:57:05
At least you told the truth
in there. That'll stand you.
:57:15
Are you not going
to eat that sausage?
:57:21
They put a gun in my mouth...
:57:24
and made me confess
to a murder I didn't commit.
:57:28
So I said I did the big bombing...
:57:31
and named anybody I knew
who was not in the IRA.
:57:34
Not in the IRA?
:57:36
- Definitely not in the IRA.
- Why?
:57:40
You know why.
:57:46
I just wanted to show
how ridiculous it all was.
:57:49
Inspector, the defendant Conlon
presented an alibi--
:57:53
One Charlie Burke.
:57:55
That name did appear in Mr Conlon's
statement. We investigated it.
:57:58
We couldn't find any trace
of such a person.
:58:01
And there was this question
of the robbery of a prostitute.
:58:03
No robberies were reported
in that area that night.
:58:06
At the start of this trial,
I shook Gerry Conlon's hand.
:58:11
Subsequently, I was deeply shocked
when a fellow attorney came to me...
:58:14
and asked me if I was now
going to wash my hand.
:58:18
In my long legal career,
I cannot remember a case...
:58:21
where emotions have
been so charged.
:58:24
It falls to me now
to appeal to you...
:58:26
the members of thejury,
not to get caught up in this...
:58:28
tide of mass hysteria.
:58:31
Inspector Dixon admits there are scores
of inconsistencies in the confessions.
:58:36
My clients contend that
they were forced to confess...
:58:39
through brutality
and intimidation.
:58:44
Now, they may be foolish...
:58:46
petty thieves,
even drug abusers...
:58:50
but they are not the ruthless bombers
who have terrorized Britain for months.
:58:56
You should find these young people
not guilty.