Trial over miners’ strike killing

Title

Trial over miners’ strike killing

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 May 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:16

Description

Report on the court case of Anthony Williams, Dean Hancock and Russell Shankland, striking miners who are on trial after throwing a concrete block from a motorway bridge and killing taxi driver David Wilkie. With comment from the mother of two of David Wilkie’s children, Carol Phillips(?); his boss, Jeff Tree; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; local Miners Lodge secretary, Bill King; police chief David East. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David East; Bill King; Carol Phillips(?); Jeff Tree

Keywords

Deaths; Strikes; Labour disputes; Miners; Homicide; Taxi drivers; Coal miners; Trials; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Taxi services; Anthony Williams; Strikes (events); David Wilkie; Dean Hancock; Russell Shankland

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