LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Supergrass trial in NI

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Apr 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

Report on the trial in Belfast, Northern Ireland of twenty-nine alleged terrorists using the evidence of IRA supergrass John Gibson. Includes interview with Lord Longford (Frank Pakenham) who is against the use of supergrasses; Dora Bingham, wife of John Bingham who was wrongly convicted and freed on appeal. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Francis Pakenham; Dora Bingham

Keywords

Legal procedure; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Terrorists; IRA; Trials; Informers; Belfast; Criminal justice system; Miscarriages of justice; John Bingham; John Gibson

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