LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Guildford Four release

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:01:40

Description

Simon Bowden reports on the likely release of the Guildford Four following the decision their convictions 15 years ago for IRA pub bombings were wrongful and evidence their confessions were extracted by police. Includes interview with Teresa Smalley, aunt of Paul Hill, one of the men convicted, who says no amount of compensation can make up for their suffering; and with investigative journalist Paul Foot.

Contributors

Paul Foot; Simon Bowden; Teresa Smalley

Keywords

Terrorism; Police; IRA; Compensation; Policing practice; Imprisonment; Legal decisions; Prisoners; Criminal justice system; Appeals; Miscarriages of justice; Guildford Four; Paul Hill

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.