Liam Neeson under fire over revenge plot to kill a ‘black bastard’

Northern Irish actor says he walked the streets armed with cosh following rape of loved one

Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson is promoting his new film Cold Pursuit, about a father seeking revenge
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Liam Neeson has sparked a race row after revealing that he went out looking to kill a “black bastard” after a woman he cared about was raped.

The Oscar-nominated actor, from Ballymena in Co Antrim, made the extraordinary claims during an interview with The Independent to promote his new film Cold Pursuit, in which he plays a man seeking to avenge the murder of his son.

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