A Public Mischief: Regina v Baker and Crawley: Part 1

Name: A Public Mischief: Regina v Baker and Crawley: Part 1
Director: Gerry Mill
Released: 1973-01-31
Duration: 30 min
Cast: John Alkin, Bernard Gallagher, Richard Colson, André van Gyseghem, Julian Somers

S2 E13 January 31, 1973 0h 30m

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Overview

Town Hall corruption is exposed in this case, as two employees of Fulchester Borough Council are charged with fraudulently purchasing land which was at the centre of a planning permission wrangle. The land was then quickly re-sold at a much higher price than that originally paid by the council employees to the previous owner, a local market gardener, who claims that he only sold his land when he was informed that a new motorway by-pass would run through his farming land. Did the Council employees use their inside knowledge for their own financial gain?