Joy Gardner verdict

Title

Joy Gardner verdict

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

15 Jun 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:01:54

Description

William Roncon reports on the acquittal of two police officers at the Old Bailey of the manslaughter of illegal immigrant Joy Gardner in North London on 28/07/93. Detective Sergeant Linda Evans and PC Colin Whitby have been cleared, and the case against John Burrell dropped. We hear Myrna Simpson, Joy’s mother, speaking outside the Old Bailey, also Claude Moraes from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, and Mike Bennett from the Police Federation.

Contributors

Claude Moraes; William Roncon; Mike Bennett; Myrna Simpson

Keywords

Deportation; Police; Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants; Immigrants; Trials; Police Federation; Manslaughter; Joy Gardner; Linda Evans; Colin Whitby; John Burrell

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