Ron Smith on daughter Helen’s death

Title

Ron Smith on daughter Helen’s death

Genre

Interview

TX Date

15 Aug 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:06

Description

Ron Smith on the death of his daughter, Helen Smith, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He explains how he brought her body back to Britain so that an inquest might be carried out. He has been witholding his local rates from Leeds City Council (as a means of getting a court hearing?), and today appeared in the witness box. Female interviewer not identified. see Further Information.

Further information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Smith_(nurse)

Contributors

Ron Smith

Keywords

Deaths; Crime; Political protests; Homicide; Mass media; Saudi Arabia; Community charge; Inquests; Leeds City Council; Helen Smith; Jeddah; Bob Cryer; Johannes Otten; Richard Arnot; Giles Shaw

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