Carol Wardell, building society manager, murdered

Title

Carol Wardell, building society manager, murdered

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:57

Description

Mark Phillips reports on fears in the banking and building society sector over security and staff safety and the police hunt in Warwickshire for a gang of armed robbers after the murder of a Woolwich building society manageress in a £15,000 raid. 38-year-old Carol Wardell was abducted from her home in Meriden, her husband Gordon Wardell was left bound and gagged. Includes statement by police spokesman, Roger Coleman; interviews with David Blake, head of corporate affairs at the Woolwich Building Society; BIFU spokesman, Noel H owell. (Gordon Wardell was later arrested and jailed for life for the murder and the robbery exposed as an elaborate cover-up).

Contributors

Noel Howell; Mark Phillips; Roger Coleman; David Blake

Keywords

Occupational health and safety; Homicide; Building societies; Banks; Security measures; Robbery; Criminal investigation; BIFU; Nuneaton; Warwickshire; Carol Wardell; Gordon Wardell; Meriden; Woolwich Building Society

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