Central News East: 04.11.1987: Northampton Arson

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Summary

Malcolm Munro reports that a man has allegedly phoned the Northampton Chronicle and Echo newspaper admitting starting a fire which killed two elderly people and left a child critically injured.

Year:

1987

Duration:

0:01:30

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Interview with Detective Superintendent Ron Beards who says that they are taking the call to the newspaper office very seriously. Views of house in Northampton gutted by fire (in which Florence Pennell and Cyril Fensome died). Close up of bottle that children had been playing with (this was originally thought to have been a petrol bomb but that theory has now been disproved). Close up of Chronicle and Echo newspaper showing still of the two victims.


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