Falklands hospital fire trial

Title

Falklands hospital fire trial

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:04:23

Description

Report on the trial and acquittal of self-confessed arsonist soldier Clive Shorters for setting fire to Port Stanley’s King Edward 7th hospital in the Falkland Islands which killed patients. Previous convictions were kept from the jury. Shorters is being held in a mental hospital. Includes interview with Shorters’ solicitor Steven Jennings who believes his client is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Steven Jennings

Keywords

Deaths; Legal procedure; Fires; Hospitals; Trials; Mental diseases; Falklands War (1982); Falkland Islands; Army personnel; Wars (events); Arson; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Fire damage; Clive Shorters

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