LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Victor Cracknell freed after kidnapping

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

18 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:57

Description

Val Handley reports on the release of the kidnapped businessman Victor Cracknell on 18/08/89. Thirty-two year old Cracknell was under threat of death if his family didn’t pay a million pound ransom. But after a big police operation and a voluntary news blackout by the media he was released after being held in Devon. Includes press conference featuring Chief Constable Brian Hayes. Keith Rose was later convicted of the crime. Broadcast on County Sound Radio.

Contributors

Brian Hayes; County Sound Radio; Val Handley

Keywords

Devon; Police; Hostages; Surrey; Abduction; Businessmen; Victor Cracknell; Exeter

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