Iris Bentley on pardon for brother Derek
- Title
- Iris Bentley on pardon for brother Derek
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 13 May 1992
- Year of production
- 1992
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- Duration
- 00:03:56
- Description
- James Bays interviews Iris Bentley, sister of Derek Bentley who was hanged on 28/01/53 for the murder of PC Sidney Miles. More than one hundred and fifty MPs have signed a Commons motion calling for his posthumous pardon and she reacts to this and says how she and the family will feel if he is pardoned.
- Contributors
- Iris Bentley; James Bays
- Keywords
- Homicide; Murderers; Policemen; Executions; Pardons (procedures); Derek Bentley
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LBC/IRN, "Iris Bentley on pardon for brother Derek". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0002900214012 (Accessed 19 Jun 2025)