Planning inspector shot dead in Butsfield

Title

Planning inspector shot dead in Butsfield

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Jun 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:37

Description

Mary Wimpress reports on the police search of a house where a council official has been shot dead. Planning inspector Harry Collinson had gone to the illegally-built bungalow at Butsfield in County Durham to order its demolition. Police officer Stephen Campbell and BBC reporter Tony Belmont were wounded. Includes reaction from Superintendent Stan Hegarty; Ann Taylor, journalist and eyewitness; Keith Murray, Hethrington Council. (Albert Dryden was later charged and jailed for life for the murder). Broadcast on Metro Radio.

Contributors

Ann Taylor; Metro Radio; Mary Wimpress; Stan Hegarty; Keith Murray

Keywords

Homicide; Councils; Planning authorities; County Durham; Planning control; Harry Collinson; Butsfield; Stephen Campbell; Tony Belmont; Albert Dryden

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