LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Eyewitness statement to pub bombings suppressed

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:34

Description

The Avon and Somerset Police investigation of the handling of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings case have discovered that an eyewitness statement by a Charles Burke that would have provided Gerard Conlon with an alibi was suppressed. Clive Myrie reports for breakfast show. Includes Sir John May on the upcoming inquiry into the case.

Contributors

John May; Clive Myrie

Keywords

Terrorism; Policing practice; Public houses; Guildford; Woolwich; Witnesses; Miscarriages of justice; Guildford Four; Gerard Conlon; Charles Burke

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