Who Framed Colin Wallace?

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Clive Ponting, a former senior official in the Ministry of Defence, told the Sunday Times that he had attended meetings with MI5 officers at the MOD to discuss how to prevent Wallace and Holroyd from making allegations about 'dirty tricks' in Northern Ireland. The inquiry undertaken by Calcutt confirmed that Wallace had, indeed, been working for the intelligence services during the 1970s and that his enforced resignation from the Ministry of Defence had been made on the basis of a false job description designed to conceal his covert role in psychological warfare. The account of his trial in itself is absolutely superb - indeed, it's difficult to imagine a better example of a detailed dissection of court-room argument in all of non-fiction. The conviction was later quashed in the light of new forensic and other evidence that raised serious questions about the dubious nature of the evidence used to convict Wallace initially. I believe there are many people in high places and within the security services who feel ill-will towards Wallace for exposing their activities.

Scandal at Dolphin Square’ provides a riveting account of the lives of a rolling maul of fascinating and complex characters.He had been part of the Army team preparing for the Widgery Tribunal into the Bloody Sunday killings of protestors in Derry, and in 2002, he testified at the Saville Inquiry into the events.

He will eventually achieve great fame as he will, no doubt, be the first Brigade officer to visit RHQ without getting salute at the main gate - as knowing him, he will surely parachute in. The Armed Forces Minister, Mr Archie Hamilton admitted that several key allegations consistently made by Wallace were in fact true. On 16 March 1976 the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, retired suddenly without any apparent reason. In 1987 Wallace appeared on the first programme of the Channel 4 discussion series After Dark alongside Clive Ponting, T. As time progressed, he was not only the main briefer for the press, but also the adviser on Irish matters to the whole Headquarters and - because of his personal talents - contributed much creative thought to the Information Policy Unit.

Well, I can tell him there was a lot of information on Kincora, but people who know about it are dying and files may be destroyed. A former Scottish national champion rower and medal-winning para-cyclist, Colin Wallace is already a British champion and international medallist in paratriathlon having only started competing in the sport in 2022. Though he has reasons enough to be bitter - the abrupt and unjust ending of a promising career in Northern Ireland, five years spent in prison on a conviction which has since been quashed - he displays no outward signs of resentment towards individuals or institutions.

When/how you got involved After 3 years taking part in Paracycling I decided to look for other opportunities and I had taken part in a few triathlons before being diagnosed with MS in 2018. Wallace joined the civil service on 15 March 1968 as an assistant information officer for the Ministry of Defence at the British Army Northern Ireland headquarters at Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn.After the Kincora story was initially exposed in the press, the Northern Ireland Secretary, James Prior, asked Sir George Terry, the Chief Constable of the Sussex Police, to carry out an investigation into the affair.

When asked on The World at One (BBC Radio 4, 18 January 1984) if the inquiry would take evidence on the alleged activities of the intelligence agencies, Prior replied that if there was any evidence, it would. Wallace has been telling the truth in this particular, there may well be validity in his general arguments and points. Evidence from Wallace was used by the Barron Report, an Irish government inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.The woman told him that she was dealing with a Kincora resident who had been in trouble with the police. He became an established information officer from 14 December 1971 and a senior information officer with effect from 27 September 1974, having first held this latter post on temporary promotion.