Letter from soldier asks forgiveness for killers

Title
Letter from soldier asks forgiveness for killers
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
10 Mar 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:00:34
Description
Clare Carson reports from Portsmouth on the reaction of the mother of Stephen Cummins, a Portsmouth soldier murdered by the IRA, to a letter he wrote including a moving poem (which she reads out) and which asks his family to forgive his killers.
Contributors
Clare Carson
Keywords
Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Portsmouth; Poetry; Stephen Cummins

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LBC/IRN, "Letter from soldier asks forgiveness for killers". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001900444021 (Accessed 13 Jun 2025)