New Cross fire inquest

Title

New Cross fire inquest

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

9 Jul 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:02:17

Description

Tim Crook reports on an inquest into a fire in New Cross, South London, on 18/01/81 where 13 young black people died during a birthday party. The jury returned an open verdict but the victims’ relatives believe the fire was started deliberately in a racist attack. Includes interviews with relatives: Velvetina Francis, mother of Gerry Francis and Ena Gooding, mother of Andrew Gooding; campaigner John La Rose. (The victims were: Humphrey Geoffrey Brown, Peter Campbell, Gerry Paul Francis, Andrew Gooding, Roseline Henry, Patricia Johnson, Patrick Cummings, Owen Thompson, Steve Collins, Lloyd Hall, Glenton Powell, Yvonne Ruddock, Paul Ruddock).

Contributors

Tim Crook; Velvetina Francis; Ena Gooding; John La Rose

Keywords

Deaths; London; Fires; Adolescents; Black peoples; Inquests; Racially motivated crime; Arson; Verdicts; New Cross; New Cross Fire (1981); Andrew Gooding; Gerry Francis; Velvetina Francis; Ena Gooding

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