Jack Slipper reacts to Ronnie Biggs abduction

Title

Jack Slipper reacts to Ronnie Biggs abduction

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:49

Description

Telephone interview with Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Slipper on the abduction of Ronnie Biggs. The convicted train robber was kidnapped in Brazil and taken to Barbados in a failed effort to extradite him. Slipper says Biggs should return to Britain to complete his 30-year prison sentence. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Jack Slipper

Keywords

Deportation; Crime; Police; Criminals; Robbery; Brazil; Abduction; Great Train Robbery (1963); Barbados; Rio de Janeiro; Ronald Biggs

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