Graeme McLagan
Graeme McLagan | |||
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| Born | 1943 | ||
| Nationality | Britisher | ||
| Citizenship | United Kingdom | ||
| Occupation | Journalist | ||
Graeme McLagan (born 1943) is a British journalist who was Home Affairs correspondent for BBC News. He has written three books on crime and the police. [1][2] [3]
In February 2021, a new production company, Buddy Productions, which is owned by British actor Keeley Hawes, acquired screen rights for a TV series for his book Mr Evil (also titled Mr Evil on the Streets) about David Copeland, who was convicted of murder for the 1999 London nail bombings.[4][5] The book was co-authored by Nick Lowles, a former editor of Searchlight (magazine) and founder of Hope not Hate, which campagns against racism.[6] [7] Copeland targeted black, Asian and LGBT communities (the latter at the Admiral Duncan (pub)). Three people died and 140 were injured. [8]
McLagan was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and was a reporter on the Newcastle Journal and the Daily Mail in London before joining the BBC, becoming Home Affairs correspondent. He won a Royal Television Society award in 1996 for his coverage of the Arms-to-Iraq affair and was commended in 1998 for "Bent", a Panorama (British TV programme) on police corruption.[9]
In 2003, his book Bent Coppers examined how Scotland Yard set up an anti-corruption "Ghost Squad" to combat corruption in the Metropolitan Police and the South East Regional Crime Squad.[10] He and his publisher Orion Publishing Group were sued for libel by a former policeman but won the case in October 2007 in the Court of Appeal. [11] The court said of McLagan that "as a result of his honesty, his expertise on the subject, his careful research and his painstaking evaluation of a mass of material, the book was protected." [12]
In 2005, he published Guns and Gangs about gun crime throughout the UK.
Bibliography
- Killer on the Streets (2000)
- Bent Coppers (2003)
- Guns and Gangs (2005)
References
- ↑ "Graeme McLagan at Allison and Busby". www.allisonandbusby.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ↑ "Graeme McLagan". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ Staff, Guardian (2002-09-21). "Fraudster squad". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ↑ "London nail bombings remembered 20 years on". BBC News. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ "Soho nail bomber David Copeland sentenced for prison attack". BBC News. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ "Nick Lowles | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ "Our Team". HOPE not hate Charitable Trust. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ "London nail bombs Archive | Special reports | guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ "Television Journalism Awards 1998". Royal Television Society. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ "Graeme McLagan | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ↑ "Case is 'victory for journalism'". 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ↑ "Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3) (CA)". 5RB Barristers. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
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