A compilation of news items relating to the second inquest into the death in police custody of Liddle Towers held at Bishop Auckland in October 1978. Sheila Matheson interview those involved including Liddle’s mother and the family solicitor as well as the lawyer representing the police officers involved. Tony Cook attends a press conference held by Sir Stanley Bailey, Chief Constable of Northumbria Police. Outside Bishop Auckland Town Hall Sheila Matheson speaks with Mrs Mary Towers, mother...

A compilation of news items relating to the second inquest into the death in police custody of Liddle Towers held at Bishop Auckland in October 1978. Sheila Matheson interview those involved including Liddle’s mother and the family solicitor as well as the lawyer representing the police officers involved. Tony Cook attends a press conference held by Sir Stanley Bailey, Chief Constable of Northumbria Police. Outside Bishop Auckland Town Hall Sheila Matheson speaks with Mrs Mary Towers, mother of the late Liddle Towers, about this second inquest into her son’s death. She believes more has come out of this inquest than the previous one. Sheila speaks with the coroner in charge of this new inquest who is not satisfied with the result. The jury didn’t have all the evidence in front of them, but will be working to present it to the country that Liddle Towers had told people before he died that he had been beaten up in the police cells. [Blank] Interview with the lawyer representing some of the police officers involved, he hopes this verdict will overcome some of the propaganda against his clients over the past three-and-a-half years. He believes all the evidence has now come to light; he believes this is the end of the Liddle Towers case. Tony Cook attends a press conference with Sir Stanley Bailey, Chief Constable of Northumbria Police following the end on the inquest He is in agreement with the verdict of ‘misadventure’. [Blank] Interview with a member of the Liddle Towers Action Group who says it is now for the public to decide about what it has heard in the inquest. He believes an inquest in not the proper forum for such information but rather a full inquiry. The action group needs time to consider its next move as a lot still needs to be explained. [Blank] Continuation of the press conference with Sir Stanley Bailey, Chief Constable of Northumbria Police in which he discusses a hostility campaign in the media against the police which is based on innuendo and unsubstantiated allegations. This is the end of the matter as far as he is concerned. He doesn’t believe a public enquiry would take the case any further