IRA supergrass on escape and retraction of evidence
- Title
- IRA supergrass on escape and retraction of evidence
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 30 Oct 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:06:24
- Description
- Interview with Robert Lean of the IRA’s Belfast Brigade on his escape from police custody and his retraction at a press conference of fabricated evidence against prominent IRA and Sinn Fein members after he had agreed to be a supergrass for the RUC. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Robert Lean
- Keywords
- Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Informers; Prisoners; Escapes; RUC; Robert Lean; Terorists
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LBC/IRN, "IRA supergrass on escape and retraction of evidence". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0016800322006 (Accessed 27 Mar 2026)