LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Jail for Seven Sisters post office robber

Genre

News report

TX Date

2 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:14

Description

Report on the eight year jail sentence imposed yesterday on Alfred Thicken, one of two unarmed criminals shot by police during a post office robbery in Seven Sisters, a decision having been made not to prosecute Daniel Carey, who was left paralysed from the chest down after the shooting. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Post offices; Policing practice; Imprisonment; Trials; Robbery; Sentencing; Seven Sisters; Daniel Carey; Alfred Thicken

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