Young man’s body found in Crawley

Title

Young man’s body found in Crawley

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; News bulletin

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1975

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Duration

00:03:06

Description

The case of Billy McPhee, found murdered in Crawley. A police pathologist at a press conference(?) describes the injuries sustained by the young man; an IRN news bulletin (read by Jon Snow) reports his death and describes his distinguishing features; the post mortem reveals a clue in the dead man’s stomach: a phone number written on a piece of paper. We also hear an interview with a Sussex Police spokesman, and part of a conversation (or re-enactment of a conversation) between officers in Crawley and Stirling. All or part of clip may be from Johnny Go Home, a Yorkshire TV programme investigating the dangers facing young people who leave home for London.

Contributors

Jon Snow

Keywords

Injuries; Crime; Scotland; Homicide; Policing practice; Television programmes; Clinical pathology; Crawley; Sussex; Stirling; Billy McPhee; Yorkshire Television; Johnny Go Home

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