Armed robbers caught in police ambush sentenced

Title

Armed robbers caught in police ambush sentenced

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

3 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

Two members of an armed robbery gang, who survived an ambush by police marksmen, have been sentenced to ten and fifteen years jail. Armed officers had been staking out an abattoir in Shooters Hill, Plumstead, in July last year, and the gang walked straight into their trap. Old Bailey correspondent Tim Crook reports. Contributions from Scotland Yard Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Brian Worth, and eyewitness Mary Peckover. For AM programme.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Brian Worth; Mary Peckover

Keywords

Deaths; London; Crime; Policing practice; Weapons; Trials; Robbery; Sentencing; Plumstead; Arrests; AM (radio programme)

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