Bowbelle skipper trial jury fail to reach verdict

Title

Bowbelle skipper trial jury fail to reach verdict

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

31 Jul 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:21

Description

Press statement by Michael Caplan, solicitor for Douglas Henderson, captain of the Bowbelle dredger which collided with the pleasure boat, Marchioness, on the River Thames on 20/08/89 with the loss of 51 lives. The comments come following the end of the retrial of Captain Henderson when the jury failed to reach a verdict.

Contributors

Michael Caplan

Keywords

London; Trials; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Verdicts; Ship masters; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Douglas Henderson; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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