Robert Black convicted for three child sex murders

Title

Robert Black convicted for three child sex murders

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Mark Phillips Drivetime show report on the life sentences imposed at Newcastle Crown Court on 47 year-old van driver Robert Black for the kidnap, sexual assault and murder of 11 year-old Susan Maxwell, 5 year-old Caroline Hogg and 10 year-old Sarah Harper, and the possibility he was also involved in the 1978 disappearance of 12 year-old Genette Tate. Includes reaction from the mothers of Susan and Sarah, Liz Maxwell and Jacki Harper; criminologist Dr Terence Morris arguing the murders may have stemmed from sexual abuse Black received in a children’s home; Deputy Chief Constable Hector Clark on the verdict and Black.

Contributors

Terence Morris; Mark Phillips; Liz Maxwell; Hector Clark; Jacki Harper

Keywords

Homicide; Children; Murder trials; Trials; Newcastle; Sentencing; Sexual offences; Abduction; Drivetime (radio programme); Sarah Harper; Robert Black; Susan Maxwell; Caroline Hogg; Genette Tate

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