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17 results found for '"Carol Orr"' in Contributors.
Murderer imprisoned for life (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the sentencing at the Old Bailey of 21-year-old jewellery salesman Mark Paul, who beat 28-year-old John Lavender to death with a baseball bat in Battersea, London. With comment from Detective...
David Yallop, screenwriter, sues BBC (1992)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Carol Orr reports on the court case won by writer David Yallop, who sued the BBC for breach of contract after being sacked in 1989. He wrote only 10 of the 104 scripts he was commissioned for.
Kings Cross firefighter awarded compensation for stress (1992)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Carol Orr reports on the compensation awarded to 44 year-old fireman, Paul Hale for stress he suffered after the Kings Cross fire. Assistant Divisional Fire Officer, John Faulkner describes Paul Hale’s...
Matrix Churchill trial acquits defendants (1992)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Carol Orr reports on the trial of three business executives of the Matrix Churchill company, accused of illegally exporting arms to Iraq prior to the Gulf War, who have been acquitted at the Old Bailey in...
Gregory Hobbins convicted of manslaughter (1992)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Carol Orr reports from the Old Bailey where Coldstream guardsman Gregory Hobbins was found guilty of manslaughter and unlawful wounding after he held his ex-girlfriend hostage, shot a neighbour and seriously...
High Court frees James Blake and Francis Hart (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Carol Orr Drivetime report on the High Court decision to free James Blake and Francis Hart, convicted in 1990 for manslaughter, after evidence against them was found to have been planted by Detective...
Defeat of High Court challenge in campaign to save Oxleas Wood (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Carol Orr reporting on the defeat of the High Court challenge by Greenwich Council, nine local residents and environmentalists to Government plans for the construction of the East London river crossing...
Call for women and ethnic minority judges (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Report on Lord Mackay (James Mackay), the Lord Chancellor’s speech calling for more women and people from ethnic monirities to apply to be judges. Includes interview with Mackay (also on his controversial...
Guildford Four police found not guilty (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the acquittal of 3 retired police officers, Thomas Style, John Donaldson and Vernon Attwell, accused of faking evidence during the trial of the Guildford Four who were wrongfully convicted of IRA...
Taylor sisters trial unfair due to prejudicial reporting (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report including interview with solicitor Michael Holmes following the appeal court decision to free two sisters, Michelle and Lisa Taylor, convicted of the murder of Alison Shaughnessy. Lord Justice McCowan...