Paddy Meehan: How a convicted bank robber became the only Scot to get a Royal Pardon
In this episode, the story of a criminal who was at the centre of possibly the most notorious miscarriages of justice in legal history. Listen to…
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In this episode, the story of a criminal who was at the centre of possibly the most notorious miscarriages of justice in legal history. Listen to…
In this episode, the story of a criminal who was at the centre of possibly the most notorious miscarriages of justice in legal history. Listen to…
Glasgow safecracker Patrick "Paddy" Meehan has a unique place in the history of crime in the city.
Dr. Ewan Forbes-Sempill, who was born Elizabeth in 1912, announced in 1952 that they had changed their name and re-registered their birth as that of a male after living as a man since the 1930s.
By David Burke. George Blake has just died aged 98 at his dacha outside Moscow where Putin’s overseas intelligence service, the SVR, was protecting him from Covid-19. Blake was held in high esteem by the Russians. Putin has said that the “memory of this legendary person will be preserved forever in our hearts”. Putin awarded him a medal in 2007. Blake was arrested in London in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years imprisonment but escaped from Wormwood Scrubs in 1966 with the aid of Sean Bourke from Limerick. He then spent two months in London before making his way to East Germany. The story ...