Handsworth rioters sentenced

Title

Handsworth rioters sentenced

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:25

Description

Report on sentencing at Birmingham’s law courts of the first groups arrested during the Handsworth riots of 09/85. The first offender to be sentenced was John Sheen, aged 27. Includes interview with a male eyewitness (not identified) to the violence that flared at the hearing. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Birmingham; Riots; Imprisonment; Trials; Handsworth; Sentencing; John Sheen

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