Arresting Radio
From today’s California Chronicle; Sam, the Man in the Know
http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/139090495
Q: What was the only on-air arrest? (asks) Geoff Martin, Motherwell
A: The Capital Radio show PDQ was hosted by John Stonborough. In March, 1983, he interviewed Derek Barnes about his minicab firm. When accused of fraud, Barnes tried to walk out but ex-policeman JS made a citizen’s arrest. Since it was sub judice, the episode could not be broadcast until the following October when Barnes was jailed for four years at Reading Crown Court.
What Sam doesn’t know is that Barnes wrote to me from Reading jail and asked for a ‘cassette’ of the programme, which he had missed. What I want to know is why a chap living in Motherwell, Glasgow presumably, is writing to a Californian news web-site?