Freed Winchester Three extradited to Ireland

Title

Freed Winchester Three extradited to Ireland

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

27 Apr 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:22

Description

Simon Israel reports on the repeal of the convictions of three Irish people (dubbed the Winchester Three) serving sentences for conspiracy to murder former Northern Ireland Secretary, Tom King. Includes archive clip of Tom King’s House of Commons pre-verdict statement of 1988. John McCann’s parents Brendan and Collette(?) McCann are interviewed outside the court by unidentified reporters.

Contributors

Tom King; Simon Israel; Brendan McCann; Collette(?) McCann

Keywords

Deportation; Ireland; Terrorists; Trials; Conviction; Cabinet ministers; Appeals; Verdicts; Tom King; Martina Shanahan; Finbar Cullen; John McCann; David Waddington; Winchester Three

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