How To Use supergrass In A Sentence
- The programme which was intended to allow accomplices in serious crimes to turn supergrasses and give evidence in order to secure convictions was first introduced in 1997 in the wake of the Guerin murder.
- Anderson has been named by a "supergrass" convicted of conspiracy to murder who will give evidence next week. marcpen: A supergrass is a high level ex-gang member who 'turns Queen's Evidence' to become a prosecution witness. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
- This officer, in a report in the early 1990s, said the supergrass was an extremely street smart criminal who ‘will do anything if he sees a financial gain.’
- The court distinguished him from a supergrass or informer by describing him as ‘a contracted and paid agent of the FBI’ and as ‘a witness under protection.’
- It ignored the statements made by the supergrasses before they signed immunity deals under the Garda Witness Protection Programme.
- One after the other, the supergrasses had copped out, backed down, retracted. FIELD OF BLOOD
- Brian Ervine, the new leader of the political party associated with the UVF, told Spotlight that a senior north Belfast loyalist's apparent decision to become a "supergrass" could harden the position. BBC News - Home
- The two key supergrasses on the scheme were described by the judges as ‘inveterate liars’ who received money from Gardai that ‘almost certainly came from the proceeds of crime’.
- The supergrass, who obtained an immunity deal for his part in the Guerin murder, claimed that an associate collected drugs for him from one of Holland's associates, whose identity was a mystery to him.
- Lawyers for those accused of involvement in the plot say this was because the supergrass was not only involved but was an instigator of the conspiracy.
