Cherry Groce shooting case

Title

Cherry Groce shooting case

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Jan 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:06:48

Description

Report of the trial of Inspector Douglas Lovelock in the Cherry Groce shooting case. Coverage of the circumstances of the case, in which Lovelock had led a police raid in search of Cherry Groce’s son Michael, and of the riots in Brixton which followed. Including interviews with Mrs Groce, who was left paralysed following the incident, her daughter Juliet and brother Tony Young. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Tony Young; Juliet Groce; Cherry Groce

Keywords

Interethnic relations; Police; Riots; Policing practice; Trials; Brixton; Guns; Douglas Lovelock; Michael Groce; Cherry Groce

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