Gail

Title

Gail

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:18:38

Description

BRMB special programme on the case of 16-year-old pregnant woman Gail Kinchen, fatally wounded in Rubery, Birmingham last June by police marksmen Thomas Sartain and Gerald Richards while attempting to arrest her armed lover David Pagett, written and presented by Brian King. And on decisions to send armed police into the siege building, hold an internal police inquiry and to try Pagett for Gail’s murder. Includes archive extract of press conference with West Midlands Chief Constable Sir Philip Knights; interviews with Pagett’s mother Amy Jones; Gail’s aunt Mary Myers; Pagett’s solicitor Ash Karim; West Midlands Police Committee Chairman Ron Wootton; Selly Oak MP Anthony Beaumont-Dark; barrister Rudy Narayan. Studio production by Chris Evans.

Contributors

Rudy Narayan; Brian King; Philip Knights; BRMB Radio; Anthony Beaumont-Dark; Chris Evans; Amy Jones; Ron Wootton; Mary Myers; Ash Karim

Keywords

Police; Adolescents; Homicide; Birmingham; Murder trials; Policing practice; Trials; Hostages; Policemen; Guns; Firearms; David Pagett; Gail Kinchen; Rubery; Thomas Sartain; Gerald Richards

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