UNITED KINGDOM
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Cara Cunningham
A LANDMARK radio documentary about the crimes of jailed teacher Alan Morris has won Gold at the prestigious New York Festivals.
Former St Ambrose College pupil David Nolan made a documentary ‘The Abuse Trial’ for BBC Radio 4 back in January.
It focuses on the case of Alan Morris, the former deacon who was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2014 for a string of sexual abuses carried out on St Ambrose schoolboys between the 1970s and early 1990s.
The programme features interviews with victims, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service, as well as recordings of Morris’s police interviews.
It was presented by former journalist David, produced by Jo Meek and Sale resident and fellow former pupil, Phil Maguire, acted as executive producer.
The PRA Productions documentary was named Gold Radio Winner in the Information/Documentary competition at the New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards on Monday June 21.
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