Newborn baby snatched from Nottingham hospital

Title

Newborn baby snatched from Nottingham hospital

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

3 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:58

Description

David Kermode reports on the case of Abbie Humphries, a newborn baby who was snatched from Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Abbie was just four-hours old when she was taken by a bogus nurse who said she was taking her for a hearing test. Includes emotional appeal by her parents Karen and Roger Humphries for her return; interviews with David Edwards, Chief Executive of Queen’s; Michael Howard, Home Secretary; Marvin Vaswan(?), consultant paediatrician at Queens.

Contributors

Michael Howard; David Kermode; David Edwards; Karen Humphries; Roger Humphries; Marvin Vaswan(?)

Keywords

Hospitals; Nottingham; Babies; Abduction; Abbie Humphries; Queen’s Medical Centre

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