Fugitive Brian Newcombe arrested

Title

Fugitive Brian Newcombe arrested

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:39

Description

Maria Duarte reports on the arrest of the fugitive Brian Newcombe (alias David Kerr). He was detained at a guest house in Mansfield and is now being interviewed after an officer spotted a car which police had been alerted to look out for. Newcombe, of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, is wanted in connection with the murders of Jack Shuttleworth, a pensioner, in North Yorkshire and Margaret McOnie, a widow, in Glasgow. Includes interview with Detective Superintendent Ian Peacock. Broadcast on Pennine Radio.

Contributors

Pennine Radio; Ian Peacock; Maria Duarte

Keywords

Police; Homicide; Murderers; Criminals; Criminal investigation; Arrests; Brian Newcombe; Mansfield

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