5-year-old shot by police in Birmingham

Title

5-year-old shot by police in Birmingham

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Aug 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Interview with Labour Party home affairs spokesman Alf Dubs, reacting to the accidental police shooting dead of 5-year-old John Shorthouse, at his home in Birmingham on 24/08/85. Female reporter not identified. (In 1986 the officer who shot John, PC Brian Chester, was acquitted of manslaughter.)

Contributors

Alf Dubs

Keywords

Deaths; Police; Children (age group); Birmingham; Policing practice; Firearms; Accidental death; John Shorthouse

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