Tyneside gunman charged

Title

Tyneside gunman charged

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

1 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:30

Description

A 22 year-old man has been charged in connection with shootings at Monkseaton on Tyneside. Robert Sarton will appear at North Shields Magistrates Court tomorrow. One man, Kenneth Macintosh(?), was killed, and two men and a woman are lying seriously wounded in hospital following yesterday morning’s rampage. James Matthews reports; Conservative MP Neville Trotter is seeking a meeting with Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, on gun laws; hospital spokesman Michael Scargill provides an update on the condition of the survivors; John Sampson, an ambulanceman at the scene, calls for a ban on privately-owned firearms.

Contributors

Neville Trotter; James Matthews; John Sampson; Michael Scargill

Keywords

Deaths; Injuries; Crime; Law; UK; Hospitals; Homicide; England; Tyneside; Guns; Firearms; Monkseaton; Robert Sarton; Kenneth Macintosh(?); North Tyneside Hospital

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