Black Panther [DVD] [2018]

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I ended up doing nothing else for about two years. I was pretty well on it full-time until the conclusion of the court case at Oxford Crown Court. Despite the inevitable publicity resulting from the controversy, the film did not really take off in Britain. Neilson began his murder spree with a string of violent post office robberies, but in 1975 he touched the nation's nerve when he kidnapped Lesley from her bed in Highley, near Bridgnorth, and demanded money from her wealthy family. What we are trying to show is the ugly environment in which a psychopathic killer can be created, and in which he can exercise his strange domination over his family," he said at the time. Their pain is treated with discretion," said board secretary, James Ferman. But Mr Smith's widow Vera did not agree. She said at the time: "If they were going to cash in on it - that's all it is - they could have left it a reasonable time.

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Another journalist who covered the kidnapping was Tony Bishop, the district chief reporter for our sister paper, the Express & Star. Many local authorities stopped the film from being shown, but in reality, there was probably no need. Former Star photographer Graham Gough recalls how the film was made in the utmost secrecy, although he still managed to snatch a picture in Castle Hill, Dudley, where Neilson issued instructions to Lesley's family. Graham Gough's on-set picture of Donald Sumpter playing killer Donald Nielson Arrangements were made to pay a ransom but various circumstances conspired against a successful handover. At one stage Lesley was forced to make a tape recording, in which she sounded calm.

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The first two rows were full of evidence bags. At one point, I think it was his defence who handed him the sawn-off shotgun and asked him to show how he stood with this gun during the post office raids. He went all the way round the court in an arc with the gun levelled. He trained it round to everybody in court. As one, they went to the floor. Almost as a reflex action, you went down as it came towards you. The ammunition was in a bag not far away. But the Home Secretary was told he had no powers to stop the film, and the British Board of Film Classification granted it an X-certificate. It had been until quite recently a mining community and was quite tight-knit. There was a deal of suspicion surrounding everyone really." The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa. (less)

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Bill died a year or two ago and one of my friends told me he was still a bit troubled about his involvement in the Lesley Whittle kidnap, but if the police had been a bit more co-operative and said, 'Look Bill, hold on for 24 hours', he would have complied." Kidnapping was almost unknown in England. I think at first the police thought it was some kind of prank being played by Lesley or her college friends (Lesley was a student at Wulfrun College in Wolverhampton), but they pretty soon did realise it was serious and turned all kinds of resources onto it."Culture & Lifestyle Explore the MCU with 'THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE AN OFFICIAL TIMELINE' - Available Now After the discovery of Lesley's body, her killer was to remain at large for many months. It was not until December 11, 1975, that Neilson was caught – essentially by chance – by two police constables near Mansfield. We were driving the wrong way down a one-way street when a police car came behind us with its blue light flashing. It turned out that these were the two coppers who earlier that evening had apprehended Donald Neilson. Purely by chance we got an exclusive interview with them. The film sparked uproar, and was banned by most local authorities in the region, including Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Worcester. They wouldn't allow any pictures to be taken on the set. I just went round the corner, and leaned over a fence to do a shot."