Eyewitness account of police foiling armed robbery

Title

Eyewitness account of police foiling armed robbery

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:01:40

Description

Female eyewitness (not identified but prob. Mary Pecover) gives press interview on the police foiling an armed robbery at an abattoir in South London (police had been lying in wait at the abattoir where two of the robbers were shot dead). She made tea for some of the police officers involved as they sat atop one of the robbers to detain him.

Further information

The Guardian (10/07/87), pp. 1 & 2.

Contributors

Mary Pecover?

Keywords

Deaths; London; Police; Firearms; Abattoirs; Robberies; Nicholas Payne; Michael Flynn; Shooters Hill

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