Caroline Beale baby manslaughter case

Title

Caroline Beale baby manslaughter case

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

8 Mar 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:20

Description

Jeff Collins reports on arrival back in Britain of Caroline Beale, found guilty in America of killing her newborn baby Olivia; interviews with American psychiatrist Margaret Spinelli; Professor Channi Kumar, Maudsley Hospital where she’ll be treated for a year as part of her sentence; Peter Beale, father; speech by Judge Robert Hanophy defending US laws.

Contributors

Jeff Collins; Robert Hanophy; Peter Beale; Margaret Spinelli; Channi Kumar

Keywords

USA; Children (age group); Trials; Mental diseases; Manslaughter; Caroline Beale; Olivia Beale; Maudsley Hospital

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