Ruling against holding 2nd Marchioness disaster inquest

Title

Ruling against holding 2nd Marchioness disaster inquest

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:02:53

Description

Report on the High Court deiciding not to order a further inquest into the Marchioness riverboat disaster on the River Thames despite a petition by relatives. With reaction from Margaret Lockwood Croft, who lost her son on the boat; Eileen Dallaglio, who lost her daughter. Tim Crook reports.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Eileen Dallaglio; Margaret Lockwood Croft

Keywords

Deaths; London; Legal decisions; River Thames; Boats; Family; Inquests; Disasters (events); High courts; Marchioness; Marchioness disaster (1989)

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.