Father on trial for child cruelty commits suicide
- Title
- Father on trial for child cruelty commits suicide
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
- TX Date
- Aug 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:04:03
- Description
- Report on the apparent suicide of Peter Brophy prior to the summing up by Judge Nina Lowery at his trial for child cruelty. Brophy, 30, and his wife Kathleen,34, had denied cruelty to 6-month-old Michael. Includes precis of court evidence. Speaking are: Detective Constable Ronald Thornton; Detective Chief Inspector Peter Flint; female spokesman for Hammersmith and Fulham Council (not identified). Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Ronald Thornton; Peter Flint
- Keywords
- Suicide; Child abuse; Children (family); Trials; Parents; Babies; Peter Brophy; Michael Brophy; Kathleen Brophy
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