Peter Topping on Hindley legal case

Title

Peter Topping on Hindley legal case

Genre

Interview

TX Date

4 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:34

Description

Interview with former Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Topping, who led the reopened inquiry into the Moors murders. He denies that he is cashing in on Myra Hindleys’s confessions following reports that the child murderer wants to sue him for publishing details in his autobiography of confessions she made in her prison cell. Topping says she may have other reasons for deciding to take legal action. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Peter Topping

Keywords

Administration of justice; Law; Police; Homicide; Manchester; Murderers; Autobiographies; Myra Hindley; Moors murders; Saddleworth Moor; Ian Brady; Peter Topping; Moors (habitats)

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