PTA used ir crackdown
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Peter Grimes, former London organiser of the Socialist Party, was released from Paddingheld for two days under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Police released him before a hearing on an application for habeas corpus, after a doctor reported his mental condition was deteriorating.
Grimes told the Observer:
"I was so frightened I was prepared to write anything, confess to anything, peace"
Third time
It was the third time Grimes had been picked up and grilled about the Neave bombing as part of a police campaign in London which has dragged in several republicans for questioning.
Grimes, aged 31, was in the army for four years and has been out of the IRSP for three months.
About 300 police are now engaged in an all-out campaign of harassment under the guise of their investigations. The PTA is their basic tool.
PHOTO: Chris Davies. Report PTA architect Roy Jenkins NEXT WEEK Socialist Press will feature a report of last week's SYL conference and a reply to a letter received from a Militant supporter.
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