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35 results found for '"Fines (penalties)"' in Keywords.
Jack Dromey on union decision to fine illicit postmen (1978)
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- Interview
Jack Dromey of the Transport and General Workers Union, on the decision by the Union of Post Office Workers’ disciplinary panel to fine seven postmen a total of £1400 for the illegal blacking of...
Fookes on overcrowding in prison (1978)
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- Interview
Conservative MP Janet Fookes on overcrowding in Britain’s prisons and the benefits of weekend prisons. Fookes argues that there needs to be a change in the fines system and that anyone who is dangerous...
Policing US sport events (1980)
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- Interview
Interview at the ground with Texan Police Sergeant, Bill Ford, on policing the Astrodome in Houston during baseball and American football games with far less hooliganism than in the UK. Female interviewer...
Press contempt of court (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with a lawyer about the possibility of press publicity before a trial swaying the verdict or leading to a contempt charge, and the extent of press coverage allowed. In the context of the current...
Tough action against rioters (1981)
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- Interview
Interview with Tony Marlow MP about the need for tougher action on arrested rioters, in the aftermath of the Brixton, London riots. Male interviewer not identified.
Esther Rantzen conviction (1981)
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- News report; Interview
Report on the trial of television presenter Esther Rantzen who has been found guilty of causing obstruction while filming. Includes reaction from Esther Rantzen. Male reporter not identified.
Sunday Times fined for contempt of court (1981)
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- News report; Interview
Report on the fine imposed on the Sunday Times and its editor for contempt of court during the case of a Down Syndrome child whose parents were refusing to allow her to have lifesaving surgery. Editor, Sir...
Rape verdict causes outrage (1982)
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- News report; Interview
Report on the controversial sentencing of John William Allen, whom Judge Bertrand Richards fined two thousand pounds for raping a young female hitchhiker and accused the girl of contributory negligence....
D.A. Thomas on rape case sentencing (1982)
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- Interview
D.A. Thomas (Daniel Arthur Thomas) on contributory negligence, following the sentencing of a man named John William Allen to a two thousand-pound fine for rape. Thomas originated the term contributory...
Robin Maxwell-Hyslop on rape case sentencing (1982)
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- Interview
Conservative MP, Robin Maxwell-Hyslop on the legal case in which convicted rapist John William Allen was fined two thousand pounds for raping a hitchhiker. Maxwell-Hyslop is drafting a three-clause bill to...