Shopkeeper on James Bulger murder

Title

Shopkeeper on James Bulger murder

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Feb 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:06:22

Description

Angela Rippon FM Drivetime report on the Liverpool murder of two year-old James Bulger, who was abducted from New Strand shopping centre in Bootle and whose body was later found by a railway track, two youths having been caught on security cameras leading him out of the centre. Includes live telephone interview with Alan Tyms, owner of the butcher’s shop outside of which James disappeared whilst his mother was inside shopping. Tyms on the reaction of the centre’s shopkeepers and customers and of the wider community.

Contributors

Angela Rippon; Alan Tyms

Keywords

Crime; UK; Great Britain; Liverpool; Homicide; Children (age group); England; Shopkeepers; Abduction; Shopping centres; Butchers; James Bulger

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