A former Fleet Street editor attacked an alleged IRA rape victim in a newspaper article while hiding his own support for the terrorists. Ex-Daily Mirror boss Roy Greenslade, 74, came out of hiding this week to reveal he backed the IRA’s bombing campaign. Yesterday, Mr Greenslade, who lectured on ethics, was branded ‘disgusting’ for calling into question the testimony of an alleged rape victim. Mairia Cahill, who has waived her right to anonymity, said that after she was interviewed for a BBC Northern Ireland investigation, Mr Greenslade wrote an article in The Guardian attacking ‘the lack of political balance’ in the report. Hitting out at Mr Greenslade for alleging her accusations were political, she added: ‘That Greenslade chose the angle he did is not surprising, but it is disgusting.

Source: Daily Mail March 02, 2021 22:59 UTC