East Ham two released after appeal

Title

East Ham two released after appeal

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Tim Crook reports from outside court where Sam Kulasingham(?) and Prem Sivalingham(?), the East Ham Two, have been released on an appeal started after Sam’s hunger strikes and a campaign. They had been given life sentences for a fire bomb attack which killed 3 in the East End of London in 1988. The men give reaction to their imprisonment and release. Also reaction from MP Jeremy Corbyn, who campaigned for their release and Sam’s brother Joseph on the biterness felt by the family.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Jeremy Corbyn; Sam Kulasingham(?); Prem Sivalingham(?); Joseph Kulasingham(?)

Keywords

London; Homicide; Refugees; Imprisonment; Ethnic groups; Political refugees; Appeals; Miscarriages of justice; Tamils; Courts of Appeal

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