Police officer held hostage at gunpoint
- Title
- Police officer held hostage at gunpoint
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 18 Jun 1987
- Year of production
- 1987
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- Duration
- 00:01:55
- Description
- Inspector Colin Handy speaks about a police officer being held hostage at gunpoint in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, after a burglary went wrong. No shots were fired and the officer, PC Bill Matthews, was eventually released unharmed. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Colin Handy
- Keywords
- Police; Hostages; Gloucestershire; Cheltenham; Bill Matthews
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