PC shot dead in Ilford - Response

Title

PC shot dead in Ilford - Response

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Apr 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

William Roncon reports on the response to the shooting dead of PC Philip Walters in Ilford, London and injuring of partner PC Derek Shepherd yesterday including calls for police to be armed. Includes interviews with local resident and eyewitness, Jo(?) Baker; Superintendent Barry Vincent; Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Condon announces a full inquiry and offers condolences; Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, Mike Bennett; Ilford’s Labour MP, Mike Gapes.

Contributors

William Roncon; Paul Condon; Jo(?) Baker; Mike Bennett; Mike Gapes; Barry Vincent

Keywords

London; Homicide; Metropolitan Police; Policemen; Firearms; Sentencing; Ilford; Philip Walters; Derek Shepherd

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