LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Baby in drawer abuse case

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:06:42

Description

Report on the background to the case, at the end of the Baby in the Drawer trial in Manchester, and the conviction of 26-year-old David Salt for the murder of his baby daughter Charlene. Includes interviews with grandmother Dorothy Colley on Salt’s abuse of the child and his wife Gail; Director of Oldham Social Services Robert Lewis, who defends their actions. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Dorothy Colley; Robert Lewis

Keywords

Social workers; Homicide; Manchester; Social services; Child abuse; Children (family); Murder trials; Trials; Babies; Charlene Salt; David Salt

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