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Nimbus-haired, scowling character actor who made his film debut in the savage gangster film, The Criminal (1960) and is probably best known as the vengeful scribe in the nightmarish masterpiece, A Clockwork Orange (1971).
He was arrested in the Queen's Park area of Glasgow on 22 June 1985 with four other IRA members, including Martina Anderson, while planning other bombings in England. In April 2023 the Scottish Special Branch officer in charge was interviewed and gave an account of the operation and arrests.
5Brighton hotel bombing / Number of deaths
5Brighton hotel bombing / Number of deaths
On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England.