Title

Prison van break-out in Liphook

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

12 May 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:01:51

Description

Report on the escape of a group of six prisoners from a security coach in Liphook, Hampshire and subsequent recapture of all of them. The prisoners were being transferred from Wandsworth Prison in London to Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight. With comment from eyewitness Gordon Speke(?). Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Gordon Speke(?)

Keywords

Prisons; Hampshire; Prisoners; Escapes; Liphook

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