Carol Wardell, building society manager, murdered
- Title
- Carol Wardell, building society manager, murdered
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
- TX Date
- 13 Sep 1994
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:01:29
- Description
- Max Cotton reports on a police hunt in Warwickshire for a gang of armed robbers after the murder of a Woolwich building society manageress in a £15,000 raid. 38-year-old Carol Wardell was abducted from her home in Meriden, her husband Gordon Wardell was left bound and gagged. Includes interview with Detective Superintendent Tony Bayliss; vox pop with neighbours. (Gordon Wardell was later arrested and jailed for life for the murder and the robbery exposed as an elaborate cover-up).
- Contributors
- Max Cotton; Tony Bayliss
- Keywords
- Homicide; Robbery; Nuneaton; Warwickshire; Carol Wardell; Gordon Wardell; Meriden; Woolwich Building Society
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LBC/IRN, "Carol Wardell, building society manager, murdered". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005600045005 (Accessed 27 Apr 2025)