Pensioner dies after mugging

Title

Pensioner dies after mugging

Genre

Interview

TX Date

20 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:00:46

Description

Interview with Detective Chief Inspector Bill Hose, appealing for witnesses to the murder of a retired Salvation Army major. Leslie Watkinson was assaulted and robbed near to his home in Woods Road in Peckham. He collapsed and died soon after. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Bill Hose

Keywords

London; Crime; Elderly; Homicide; Personal safety; Robbery; Mugging; Pensioners (older people); Witnesses; Peckham; Leslie Watkinson; Older people

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