Fred West suicide

Title

Fred West suicide

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

3 Jan 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:27

Description

Niki Cardwell reports on the suicide of alleged mass murderer Frederick West in Winson Green Prison in Birmingham. An unidentified male interviewer talks to the West’s neighbours on Cromwell Street in Gloucester, Carol Wasley(?) and Gordon Keane(?). Rosemary West’s brother-in-law, Jim Tyler, and Fred’s brother, Doug West, talk about Fred West. Home affairs spokesmen for the Liberal Democrats, Alan Beith, and Vice-Chairman of the Prison Officers Association, John Boddington, talk about the security lapse which made it possible for Mr West to commit suicide.

Contributors

Alan Beith; Niki Cardwell; John Boddington; Carol Walsley(?); Gordon Keane(?); Jim Tyler; Doug West

Keywords

Suicide; Homicide; Murderers; Child abuse; Murder trials; Mass media; Trials; Prisoners; Sexual offences; Prison services; Michael Howard; Rosemary West; Winson Green Prison; Fred West; Gluocester

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