Boy held for 22 hours in Leeds siege

Title

Boy held for 22 hours in Leeds siege

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:11

Description

Report on a siege at Lupton Avenue, Gipton, Leeds, after armed police surrounded a house where a man believed to have a revolver held 12-year-old Patrick Beecher hostage for 22 hours. Speaking are: Zena(?) Brown, eyewitness; Superintendent Ken Horner; Peter Smith, eyewitness; Sean Phillips(?), family friend. Male reporter not identified. (The gunman was later identified as Geoffrey Hayes).

Contributors

Peter Smith; Zena(?) Brown; Ken Horner; Sean Phillips(?)

Keywords

Crime; Police; Children (age group); Hostages; Sieges; Guns; Leeds; Patrick Beecher; Geoffrey Hayes

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