Ronnie Biggs released in Barbados

Title

Ronnie Biggs released in Barbados

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:49

Description

Report on train robber Ronnie Biggs and the unsuccessful attempt made to extradite him from Barbados. Includes an interview by Paul Cable who speaks to Ronald Leslie, who helped Biggs escape from Wandsworth Prison in 1965; interview with Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Slipper, who says he wants Biggs to return to Britain voluntarily; vox pop on the kidnap and sentence of Ronnie Biggs. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Jack Slipper; Paul Cable; Ronald Leslie

Keywords

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

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