Nicholas Smith on Sussex hostage ordeal

Title

Nicholas Smith on Sussex hostage ordeal

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Mar 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:34

Description

Solicitor Nicholas Smith, his son Benjamin, and school friend Alastair Crawford, talk about their ordeal after they were held hostage in their Sussex home following the shooting of a policeman. Smith tells how he and one of his sons had played chess with one of their captors. Male reporter not identified. (The kidnappers were later identified as Robert Dew and Rudolph Cooke).

Contributors

Nicholas Smith; Benjamin Smith; Alastair Crawford

Keywords

Crime; Terrorism; UK; Great Britain; Children (family); England; Hostages; Family; Sussex; Abduction; Solicitors; Chess; Nicholas Smith; Benjamin Smith; Alastair Crawford

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