Danny McNamee

Gilbert "Danny" McNamee (born 29 September 1960 ) is a former electronic engineer from Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland, who was wrongly convicted in 1987 of conspiracy to cause explosions, including the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) Hyde Park bombing on 20 July 1982.

McNamee was arrested on 16 August 1986 at his home in Crossmaglen by the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary, then flown to London and charged with conspiracy to cause explosions. However, his fingerprints were found on bomb components recovered from two IRA arms caches, one of which the prosecution claimed had "common characteristics" with the bomb used in Hyde Park, and allegedly on another bomb which was detonated in Phillimore Gardens in 1983. After five hours of deliberation by the jury, McNamee was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released from prison in November 1998 under the Good Friday Agreement, having served less than half of his sentence. McNamee was the first prisoner convicted of terrorism to be released under the Agreement. Supporters of the campaign to clear his name included the comedian Jeremy Hardy.

In February 1999, McNamee read the IRA Roll of Honour at the Burns and Moley commemoration and the following month he sat with the Caraher family during the trial of Michael Caraher and other members of the Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade sniper team.