In a recent episode I interviewed author Dan Lawton about his book focusing on the fallout from the murder of dept Governor, Albert Miles, of the infamous Maze Prison in November 1978 in which an innocent man was convicted.
Alan Miles witnessed his father’s brutal murder as a young man at the hands of the IRA but almost immediately got to a place in his mind where he was not interested in revenge or retribution.
Alan tells us about his childhood growing up with a prison guard as a father, his father’s views on unionism & Ian Paisley, how he himself views the IRA men who m*rdered his father.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Growing up
05:00 Father’s worker in the prison service
15:00 The blanket and no-wash protests
17:03 Does Alan want “revenge” or want to meet his father’s killer(s) ?
26:03 Night of the m*rder
36:30 Did Alan believe that Kevin Barry Artt was the killer ?
51:15 Thoughts on current-day N.I
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