Schizophrenic killer gets 3 years probation

Title

Schizophrenic killer gets 3 years probation

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Report on the reconvening of court by Judge Henry Pownall to explain the sentencing of schizophrenic Paul Gordon to 3 years probation in a mental hospital for the robbery and murder of 83-year-old William Horsley(?) after media stories on the lenient sentence. With comment on the hearing and plans for appeal from niece of the murdered man Ellen Hall and Detective Inspector Ron Lamb. Tim Crook reports from the Old Bailey.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Ellen Hall; Ron Lamb

Keywords

Press; Psychiatric hospitals; Homicide; Murder trials; Mass media; Trials; Assault; Judges; Sentencing; Probation; Appeals; Schizophrenia; Paul Gordon; William Horsley(?); Henry Pownall

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