Marchioness disaster trial fails to reach verdict

Title

Marchioness disaster trial fails to reach verdict

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

14 Apr 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:04:35

Description

Legal affairs correspondent Tim Crook reports on the aftermath of the Marchioness disaster on the River Thames and the trial of captain Douglas Henderson of the Bowbelle tanker that hit the Marchioness where the jury has failed to reach a verdict. Includes survivors talking after the accident; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaking at the scene; comment on the trial result from Eileen Dallaglio, mother of a victim; Michael Caplan, lawyer for the captain; Simon Hughes local MP.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Simon Hughes; Tim Crook; Eileen Dallaglio; Michael Caplan

Keywords

Deaths; London; Legal procedure; Trials; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Ship captains; Accidental death; Verdicts; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Douglas Henderson; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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