LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Colin Roach inquest venue

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

30 Apr 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:25

Description

Report on the ruling on a choice of a venue (following a dispute between coroner Dr Douglas Chambers and the GLC) for the inquest into the death of Colin Roach while in custody at Stoke Newington police station in 01/83. Includes interviews with (female) solicitor, Gareth Peirce; press statement by Lester Lewis, Hackney Black People’s Association. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Gareth Peirce; Lester Lewis

Keywords

Deaths; London; Interethnic relations; Police; GLC; Homicide; Councils; Hackney; Policing practice; Black peoples; Legal decisions; Inquests; Police stations; Stoke Newington; High courts; Colin Roach

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