Gangster Henry MacKenney gets life sentence

Title

Gangster Henry MacKenney gets life sentence

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Nov 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:09:49

Description

Report on the life sentence in the murder trial of gangster Henry MacKenney (aka Big H) at the Old Bailey in London with details of judge’s words and headlines read out, and looking back at the case and his life. And on the verdicts on the co-conspirators. Includes interview with Commander Frank Cater (heavy background noise); Mike Fielder, Sun reporter. Male and female reporters not identified. Narrator not identified (poss. Kevin Murphy?).

Contributors

Kevin Murphy?; Frank Cater; Mike Fielder

Keywords

London; Crime; Homicide; Murderers; Murder trials; Imprisonment; Trials; Conviction; Criminal investigation; Sentencing; Organized crime; Verdicts; Press coverage; Dead bodies; John Childs; Terence Eve; Robert Brown; Henry MacKenney; Ronald Andrews; Terry Pinfold; Leonard Thompson; Paul Morton-Thurtle; Frederick Sherwood; George Brett; Terry Brett

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