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Patty Hearst - a picture from the past

Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old granddaughter of the publishing magnate William Randolf Hearst was kidnapped on 4 February 1974. Two months later Hearst announced that she had joined her captors, the armed radical group, known as the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and adopted the nom de guerre 'Tania'. Hearst was arrested and convicted of armed robbery and other crimes in 1976, despite her defence lawyer's claims of brainwashing and coersion by her kidnappers
Patricia ' Patty ' Hearst
The Symbionese Liberation Army distributed this image of Patty Hearst brandishing an automatic weapon to the press to prove that she had espoused their cause following her kidnapping in 1974. Both this image and security camera stills of her robbing a bank in California made the front pages of newspapers around the world.
Illustration: Photograph: AP
The Symbionese Liberation Army distributed this image of Patty Hearst brandishing an automatic weapon to the press to prove that she had espoused their cause following her kidnapping in 1974. Both this image and security camera stills of her robbing a bank in California made the front pages of newspapers around the world.
Illustration: Photograph: AP
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