Article 6SPMG Veteran republican Marian Price sues Disney+ over IRA murder portrayal

Veteran republican Marian Price sues Disney+ over IRA murder portrayal

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Historical drama depicts Price carrying out 1972 killing of mother and alleged informant Jean McConville

The veteran republican Marian Price is taking legal action against Disney+ after she was depicted killing Jean McConville in its show Say Nothing. The historical drama series, which is based on the book by the award-winning writer Patrick Radden Keefe, portrays the murder and secret burial of McConville by the IRA in 1972.

McConville is known as one of the Disappeared, a group of 17 people who were abducted, killed and secretly buried by republican paramilitaries during the Troubles.

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