Trial of Hull prison officers
- Title
- Trial of Hull prison officers
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 3 Apr 1979
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:01:27
- Description
- Paul Davies reports on the trial of twelve prison officers accused of conducting revenge attacks on prisoners following the 1976 Hull Prison riots, and of former Assistant Governor, William McComb (referred to elsewhere as Douglas McComb) for neglect of duty in failing to stop the attacks.
- Contributors
- Paul Davies
- Keywords
- Prisons; Violence; Riots; Trials; Prison officers; Prisoners; Hull Prison; William? McComb; Douglas? McComb
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LBC/IRN, "Trial of Hull prison officers". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0006600115014 (Accessed 25 Apr 2025)