ATV Today: 13.01.1977: Escaped convict

Summary

Bev Smith talks to the head of Derbyshire CID about the escaped convict William Hughes.

Year:

1977

Duration:

0:02:40

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Hughes from Boythorpe in Derbyshire was being transferred yesterday from Leicester Prison to court in Chesterfield when he overpowered and stabbed two prison guards in a taxi and escaped on foot across Beeley Moor. Interview with the head of Derbyshire CID Alfred Horobin who describes Hughes as a very violent man. He asks the public to report any sightings but not to try to have a go at him. Horobin points out his route on a map.


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