Sean Bourke

Sean Aloysius Bourke (1934–1982) was an Irish criminal from Limerick who aided in the prison escape of the British spy George Blake in October 1966. Blake had been convicted in 1961 of spying for the Soviet Union. After the escape, Blake eventually made his way to Moscow; Bourke did too, but eventually returned to Ireland. Bourke's co-conspirators were Michael Randle and Pat Pottle.

Only Pottle and Randle were criminally charged for abetting the escape, and they were eventually found not guilty by a jury, based on their claims that they helped Blake escape because his 42-year sentence was "inhuman". Bourke was never charged over the matter, for Ireland refused to extradite him to the United Kingdom. Provided by Wikipedia