William McKane cleared in IRA bomb plot case

Title

William McKane cleared in IRA bomb plot case

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

14 Feb 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:18

Description

Tim Crook reports on the acquittal by an Old Bailey jury in London of a man accused of involvement in an IRA bombing campaign. Twenty-five year-old William McKane from Strabane in Northern Ireland was found not guilty of conspiring with Brixton Prison escapees Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McAuley to cause explosions. He was also acquitted of possessing firearms. Includes a press statement outside the court by William McKane; Father Paddy Smith, the Irish Commissioner for Prisoners Overseas.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Paddy Smith; William McKane

Keywords

London; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Great Britain; IRA; Weapons; Trials; Firearms; Bombs; Old Bailey; William McKane

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