Police procedure and mistaken identity

Title

Police procedure and mistaken identity

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1976

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Duration

00:07:43

Description

Two interviews with anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain about his arrest on charges of theft based on the evidence of eye-witness reports. He says it is a case of mistaken identity and is trying to change police procedures in similar future cases. The male interviewer in the 1st part is not identified. The interviewer in the 2nd part is Bob Holness.

Contributors

Bob Holness; Peter Hain

Keywords

Police; Criminal law; Anti-apartheid movements; Policing practice; Identity; Peter Hain; Arrests

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