the Guildford Four
/ðə ˌɡɪlfəd ˈfɔː(r)/
/ðə ˌɡɪlfərd ˈfɔːr/
- four Irishmen who spent 18 years in prison because a court of law said they were members of the IRA and found them guilty of putting bombs in pubs in Guildford and Woolwich, London, in 1974. They were released in 1989, when it was discovered that the police had made changes to their notes after questioning the four men. This was one of several similar cases at about this time which damaged the reputation of the British police and public confidence in them.
吉尔福德四号：四名爱尔兰人，因法院称他们是爱尔兰共和军的成员而被判入狱18年，并于1974年在伦敦吉尔福德和伍尔维奇的酒吧里放炸弹，罪名成立。他们于1989年获释，当时发现警方在对四名男子进行讯问后对便条进行了更改。这是此时约几起类似案件之一，这些案件损害了英国警察的声誉和公众对其的信心。