Graham Backhouse murder case

Title

Graham Backhouse murder case

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:51

Description

Report on the Graham Backhouse case, following his life sentence for the attempted murder of his wife Margaret Backhouse, in an attempt to claim her life insurance. He also murdered his neighbour, Colyn Bedale-Taylor, at Backhouse’s farmhouse at Horton, near Chipping Sodbury, to set him up for the crime. Includes interviews with Detective Superintendent Tom Evans; Backhouse’s neighbour Derek Robinson; sexual partner Gillian Lippiatt; Martha Hodkinson, whose son David may have been the original target. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Derek Robinson; Gillian Lippiatt; Tom Evans; Martha Hodkinson

Keywords

Homicide; Murder trials; Imprisonment; Trials; Spouses; Bombs; Sentencing; Life insurance; Horton; Colyn Bedale-Taylor; Margaret Backhouse; Graham Backhouse; Farmhouses

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