My name is Alastair Logan and I am a Human Rights Lawyer based in England.

I have acted in the cases of the ‘Guildford Four’ for 51 years and ‘Maguire Seven’
for 48 years and am still working to get the truth told about how their convictions were arranged.

In my role as a Researcher of Human Rights issues I have become aware of an
Irish Case of equal magnitude and importance that is nearly 50 years old: those
men – Osgur Breatnach, Nicky Kelly and Brian McNally who were wrongly
convicted in ‘The Sallins Case’ still seek a State Apology and an impartial Public Inquiry.

Through my research, I was struck by similarities between how my Clients in the
‘Guildford Four’ and ‘Maguire Seven’ Cases – and of course ‘Birmingham Six’ –
were stitched-up just like in the Sallins Case:- all were arrested in the mid 1970s,
all were assaulted in police custody, some were forced to incriminate themselves
for crimes they did not commit and all received lengthy prison sentences.

An injustice to one, is an injustice to all.

– Alastair Logan OBE
for the ‘Sallins Inquiry Now’ Campaign.