Life sentence for Rohit Duggal murderer

Title

Life sentence for Rohit Duggal murderer

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Feb 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:06

Description

Tim Crook Drivetime report on the life sentence imposed at the Old Bailey on 17 year-old Peter Thompson for the fatal stabbing of 15 year old Asian schoolboy Rohit Duggal in Eltham, and the judge’s call for government action against juvenile knife crime. Includes Detective Superintendent Douglas Old(?) on claims that this had been a racist attack; interview with Duggal’s mother, and uncle Ramesh Sharma, who state justice has been done.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Ramesh Sharma; Douglas Old(?)

Keywords

London; Adolescents; Homicide; Peter Thompson; Murder trials; Trials; Young offenders; Racially motivated crime; Sentencing; Eltham; Drivetime (radio programme); Edged weapons; Rohit Duggal

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