Search for double murderer - landlady interview

Title

Search for double murderer - landlady interview

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:24

Description

James Matthews interviews Carlton Miniott guest-house landlady, Doreen Corner, about her meeting with a murder suspect known as David Kerr. The telephone interview follows the murders of 88 year-old Jack Shuttleworth, in Ingleton, North Yorkshire, and 55 year-old Margaret McOnie, a widow whose body was found on moors near Tongue, Sutherland. The search for the murderer is being concentrated in Lancashire, after he was spotted in the seaside resort of Morecambe. (The suspect, who used many aliases but mainly David Kerr, was later named as Brian Newcombe, aged 51, a motor mechanic from the Nottingham area. He committed suicide while awaiting trial on 13/11/89).

Contributors

James Matthews; Doreen Corner

Keywords

Crime; UK; Great Britain; Yorkshire; Homicide; England; Jack Shuttleworth; Ingleton; Margaret McOnie; Tongue, Sutherland; David Kerr; Brian Newcombe

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