Ernest Saunders on the Guinness trial

Title

Ernest Saunders on the Guinness trial

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:14:17

Description

In 2 parts. Ernest Saunders - former chairman of Guinness and one of the so-called Guinness Four – speaks to Nicholas Leonard about the company’s takeover of Distillers. (Band 1? recorded during the trial which led to Saunders being convicted of conspiracy, theft and false accounting for illegally rigging the stock market). Band 2 focuses on the psychological impact of the trial.

Contributors

Ernest Saunders; Nicholas Leonard

Keywords

Crime; Trials; Share dealing; Guinness PLC; Gerald Ronson; Anthony Parnes; Jack Lyons; Guiness Four; Ivan Boesky; United Distillers

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