Plastic bullet death lawsuit

Title

Plastic bullet death lawsuit

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Jul 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:04

Description

Report on Cathleen Stewart taking the case of her 13-year-old son Brian Stewart being killed by a plastic bullet by the British army in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1976 to the European court. Includes interviews with Cathleen Stewart on the sequence of events and poor training of soldier involved; and MEP for London South Inner Richard Balfe on possible police use of plastic bullets on UK mainland. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Richard Balfe; Cathleen Stewart

Keywords

Armed forces; Northern Ireland; Police; Homicide; Children (age group); Military training; Weapons; Europe; Guns; Soldiers; Belfast; Lawsuits; EC; Brian Stewart; Turf Lodge

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