Child dies after attempt to run away
- Title
- Child dies after attempt to run away
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Feb 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:02:42
- Description
- Report on the death of 8-year-old Lester Chapman following his attempt to run away from his home in Reading. Includes interviews with Superintendent Peter East; Detective Sergeant Bob Harrington; family friend Shirley Cripps(?). Male reporter not identified (poss. Paul Woodley).
- Further information
- The Times (27/02/78), p. 1.
- Contributors
- Paul Woodley?; Peter East; Bob Harrington; Shirley Cripps(?)
- Keywords
- Deaths; Police; Children (age group); Missing persons; Lester Chapman; Reading
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LBC/IRN, "Child dies after attempt to run away". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0000200377004 (Accessed 21 Apr 2025)