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Crumlin Rd Jail escapee Martin Meehan arrives Belfast court in Army personnel carrier. After escaping from jail and a period in the Rep of Ireland, he returned to NI, where he was arrested on 9 Aug 1972. Charged with escaping from lawful custody he successfully argued that under the Special Powers Act a British soldier had no power of arrest & as such was awarded £800 in compensation for being illegally detained for 2 3 days, & the government were forced to amend the Special Powers Act to legalise the detention of others. He was also charged with IRA membership & received 3 year sentence to become the first person to be convicted of the offence. He was imprisoned in Long Kesh, & released 4 October 1974. Flg sentence he was interned.l. He was last internee released after internment had been abolished. 197208000514

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Crumlin Rd Jail escapee Martin Meehan arrives Belfast court in Army personnel carrier. After escaping from jail and a period in the Rep of Ireland, he returned to NI, where he was arrested on 9 Aug 1972. Charged with escaping from lawful custody he successfully argued that under the Special Powers Act a British soldier had no power of arrest & as such was awarded £800 in compensation for being illegally detained for 2 3 days, & the government were forced to amend the Special Powers Act to legalise the detention of others. He was also charged with IRA membership & received 3 year sentence to become the first person to be convicted of the offence. He was imprisoned in Long Kesh, & released 4 October 1974. Flg sentence he was interned.l. He was last internee released after internment had been abolished. 197208000514<br /> <br /> Copyright Image from Victor Patterson, Belfast, UK<br /> <br /> t: +44 28 9066 1296 (from Rep of Ireland 048 9066 1296)<br /> m: +44 7802 353836<br /> e: victorpattersonbelfast@gmail.com<br /> <br /> www.images4media.com<br /> <br /> Please see my full Terms and Conditions of Use at https://www.images4media.com/p/terms-conditions - it is IMPORTANT that you familiarise yourself with them.<br /> <br /> Images used online incur an additional cost. This cost should be agreed in writing in advance. Online images must be visibly watermarked i.e. © Victor Patterson or that of the named photographer within the body of the image. The original metadata must not be deleted from images used online.<br /> <br /> This image is only available for the use of the download recipient i.e. television station, newspaper, magazine, book publisher, etc, and must not be passed on to a third party. It is also downloaded on condition that each and every usage is notified within 7 days to victorpattersonbelfast@gmail.com.<br /> <br /> The right of Victor Patterson (or the named photographer) to be identified as the author is asserted in accordance with The Copyright Designs And Patents Act (1988). All moral rights are asserted.