Highbury gunmen siege

Title

Highbury gunmen siege

Genre

Interview

TX Date

11 Dec 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:01:09

Description

Barbara Groom interviews 15-year-old Steven Cook, eyewitness to a siege in Highbury, North London, where an armed police unit forced two young gunmen holed up in Blackstock Road to surrender, five hours after they looted a liquor store with a shotgun.

Contributors

Barbara Groom; Steven Cook

Keywords

London; Crime; Police; Criminals; Sieges; Guns; Firearms; Highbury; Off-licences; Blackstock Road

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