Young woman stabbed to death on train

Title

Young woman stabbed to death on train

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

25 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:14

Description

Jo Withers reports on the murder of 26-year-old Deborah Linsey, who was brutally knifed to death on a London commuter train. A police spokesman says she got onto the only carriage with separate compartments and no exits except the door; BR spokesman Ian Purves says the carriage should not have been used on an off peak train; Det Superintendent Mills urges women not to travel alone in such trains.

Contributors

Ian Purves(?); Jo Withers; Detective Superintendent Mills

Keywords

Police; British Rail; Women; Trains; Personal safety; Honicide; Orpington; Deborah Linsey

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