 Feeney was convicted on 14 November 1973 and sentenced to life imprisonment for each of the four bombing charges against him, which were to run concurrently.The other members of his group were sentenced to life imprisonment as well as an additional twenty years.Feeney and other members of the group were incarcerated in Brixton Prison, and participated in a 205-day hunger strike with the goal of being transferred closer to their homes in Northern Ireland.