LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Peruvian showjumper jailed for importing drugs

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:50

Description

Tim Knight reports on the imprisonment of Peruvian showjumper Rene Black for cocaine import and supply; his lavish lifestyle after turning to cocaine dealing; other men involved including James Laming(?) and their claims of a horse race fixing scam and their sentences. Assistant Chief Constable Peter Sharpe talks about the case.

Contributors

Tim Knight; Peter Sharpe

Keywords

Police; Drug traffic; Horse racing; Illegal drugs; Narcotic drugs; Trials; Cocaine; Sentencing; James Laming; Patrick Fraser; Ronald Fisher; Martin Cox

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