DocArchive (1983): A Death in January

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Limerick man Sean Bourke was sentenced to 3 years in Daingean reformatory, in 1947 for stealing bananas at age 12.  Having moved to UK in 1961, he continued with crime and was sentenced to 7 years in prison. On his release from Wormwood Scrubs, he hatched a plan to help his friend George Blake, to escape from the same prison. (First Broadcast 1983)