Chelsea football fans acquitted

Title

Chelsea football fans acquitted

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:33

Description

John Taylor reports on the collapse of a court case at Knightsbridge Crown Court, London, against a group of Chelsea football hooligans known as the Headhunters, due to the alleged falsification of police evidence. The eight acquitted were: Chris Henderson; Stuart Glass; Jeremy Bodkin; Martin Huggins; Giles Whitbread; Lee Elmer; Mark Smith; Mark Baldwin. The trial was the second such case to fail in a week following the acquittal of eleven West Ham fans at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Southwark, London. Includes interviews with Chris Henderson; Jeremy Bodkin; Mike Bennett, Metropolitan Police Federation; Brian Hilliard, Police Review magazine.

Contributors

John Taylor; Mike Bennett; Chris Henderson; Jeremy Bodkin; Brian Hilliard

Keywords

Sport; Crime; Social problems; Police; Metropolitan Police; Association football; Hooliganism; Policing practice; Trials; Chelsea Football Club; West Ham Football Club

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