David Evans to be questioned over Brenda Evans murder

Title

David Evans to be questioned over Brenda Evans murder

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:07

Description

Mark Gayer(?) reports on a police investigation into a twelve year-old unsolved murder. Convicted sex killer David John Evans is to be quizzed by police about the murder of seventeen year-old Brenda Evans in the Cheshire village of Poulton on 07/10/77. The farm worker is now beginning a life sentence after being found guilty of murderiing fifteen year-old Anna Humphries following an attempted rape in his car. Includes interview with Trevor Humphries, father of Anna Humphries, who advocates bringing back capital punishment; Detective Superintendent Gareth Jones, about a call for an inquiry into the Anna Humphries murder, made by Dr John Marek MP.

Contributors

Gareth Jones; Mark Gayer(?); Trevor Humphries

Keywords

Crime; Police; UK; Great Britain; Homicide; Children (age group); Members of Parliament; Policing practice; England; Wales; Rape; Chester; Cheshire; Anna Humphries; Penley; David John Evans; Brenda Evans; Poulton; John Marek

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