Police hunt for Dr Death
- Title
- Police hunt for Dr Death
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 6 Feb 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:02:29
- Description
- Inspector Peter Woodman discusses the case of a man, labelled Dr Death, posing as a doctor and preying on elderly patients, poisoning them with false medicines. Woodman warns the public to be vigilant, and to refuse any drugs offered by strangers. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Sharp). (A man named Sidney Noble was later charged over the offences).
- Contributors
- Peter Woodman; Peter Sharp?
- Keywords
- Fraud; Crime; Police; Elderly; Drugs; Poisoning; Dr Death; Sidney Noble
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LBC/IRN, "Police hunt for Dr Death". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001500449004 (Accessed 14 Jun 2025)