LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Legal implications of Jeremy Thorpe trial

Genre

Interview

TX Date

23 Jun 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:17

Description

Interview with Michael Zander, Professor of Law at LSE on the legal implications of the verdict in the trial at the Old Bailey in London, of former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and co-defendants, David Holmes, 49; South Wales businessman John Le Mesurier, 46, and nightclub owner George Deakin, 39. They were acquitted of conspiring to save Thorpe’s political career by murdering male model, Nicholas Scott, after he claimed Thorpe to be his homosexual lover. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Michael Zander

Keywords

Administration of justice; Journalism; Liberal Party; Jeremy Thorpe; Homicide; Ethics; Trials; Politicians; Peter Bessell; Political leaders; Business people; David Holmes; George Deakin; Verdicts; Political scandals; Nicholas Scott; John Le Mesurier

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