5-year-old shot by police in Birmingham
- Title
- 5-year-old shot by police in Birmingham
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Sep 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:02:50
- Description
- Interview with neighbour, Katherine(?) Hetherington(?), reacting to the accidental police shooting dead of 5 year-old John Shorthouse, at his home in Birmingham on 24/08/85. Male interviewer not identified. (In 1986 the officer who shot John, PC Brian Chester, was acquitted of manslaughter.)
- Contributors
- Katherine(?) Hetherington(?)
- Keywords
- Deaths; Police; Children (age group); Birmingham; Accidental death; John Shorthouse
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LBC/IRN, "5-year-old shot by police in Birmingham". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0012200063015 (Accessed 05 May 2025)