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Police action defended (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Peter Imbert answering concerns that the police are becoming paramilitary. Argues that the police are taking a professional approach to violent crowds by being...
Gartree Prison escape (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the escape by helicopter from Gartree Prison of convicted murderer Sydney Draper and robber John Kendall. Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Cairns warning the men are armed and dangerous. Female...
Gartree Prison escape (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Sheffield taxi driver Javed Iqbal speaks to reporters on freeing a bound hostage from his car, which had been stolen in Leicestershire following escape from Gartree Prison of Sydney Draper and John Kendall.
London murder of two Iranians (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Commander George Churchill-Coleman of Scotland Yard’s Anti-Terrorist Squad on the London shooting of an Iranian man and his son. The man ran a party opposed to the current government of Iran, and the...
Double murder over eviction in Wolverhampton (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report of the shooting dead by Charles Whitehouse of bailiff Dennis Hull and court clerk Louise Winspear, who were serving an eviction order on him, before turning the gun on himself. Wolverhampton Chief...
Battersea multiple rape case (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Superintendent Derek Todd on the case of Battersea multiple rapist Patrick Chambers, sentenced to four life sentences on each count, including the circumstances leading to Chambers’ arrest. Male reporter...
Double murder over eviction in Wolverhampton (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on the shooting dead by Charles Whitehouse of bailiff Dennis Hull and court clerk Louise Winspear, who were serving an eviction order on him, before turning the gun on himself. Wolverhampton Chief...
Knife-related crime in Lambeth (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Superintendent Mike Farbrother on the reduction in the use of knives in cases of violent crime and robbery in Lambeth, as compared with the rest of London, following an educational campaign by the...
Race crime assault (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report of an assault by a gang of white youths in Stoke Newington on black Thomas Lee, who is unconscious in hospital and not expected to recover. Detective Superintendent Roger Stoodley confirming that...
Fordingbridge murders trial (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the trial of murderer George Stephenson, who with two accomplices, George and John Daly, massacred Joseph and Hilda Cleaver and three others at Burgate House, Fordingbridge. Hampshire Detective...