Joseph Elliot walks free after stabbing

Title

Joseph Elliot walks free after stabbing

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

14 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:46

Description

Report on the controversial acquittal of 19-year-old Joseph Elliot, killer of Robert Osborne(?), as he claimed self-defence. Elliott was slashing car tyres when Osborne confronted him. With reaction from widow Diane(?) Osborne(?); local Streatham residents June and Bert Beard and Mark Impey; local MP and shadow Attorney General John Fraser; local Reverend Angela Mynott; Maureen Mitchell, Elliot’s guardian. Mark Phillips reports.

Contributors

John Fraser; Mark Phillips; Diane(?) Osborne(?); June Beard; Bert Beard; Mark Impey; Angela Mynott; Maureen Mitchell

Keywords

London; Homicide; Murder trials; Trials; Vandalism; Criminal justice system; Verdicts; Right to justice; Streatham; Joseph Elliot; Robert Osborne(?)

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