LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Marchioness disaster inquest

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Feb 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:58

Description

Lizzie Knight reports on relatives of those lost and injured in the Marchioness riverboat disaster (20/08/89) having to represent themselves at a second inquest as they will not receive legal aid. Includes comment from solicitor Stephen Gilchrist; bereaved mother Margaret Lockwood-Croft; Barbara Davis whose son survived.

Contributors

Lizzie Knight; Stephen Gilchrist; Margaret Lockwood-Croft; Barbara Davis

Keywords

Deaths; London; Civil and political rights; River Thames; Boats; Family; Inquests; Disasters (events); Legal aid; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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