LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Christopher Craig denies evidence that killed Bentley

Genre

Interview; Special

TX Date

3 Sep 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:05:51

Description

Interview with Christopher Craig on the murder of police officer Sidney Miles which saw his accomplice Derek Bentley recieve the death penalty in 1953. Craig shot the gun but was too young to be hung and is now changing his mind about his evidence that convicted Bentley. Carole Peters interviews. Followed by actuality of a polygraph test undertaken by Christopher Craig on Thames Television’s Murder on the Roof programme (he passes it). Copyright Thames Television.

Contributors

Thames Television; Christopher Craig; Carole Peters

Keywords

Death penalty; Homicide; Television programmes; Policemen; Executions; Prisoners; Derek Bentley; Organised crime; Sidney Miles; Murder on the Roof

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