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PODCAST: Jersey's Police Chief on responding to twin tragedies

PODCAST: Jersey's Police Chief on responding to twin tragedies

Friday 06 January 2023

PODCAST: Jersey's Police Chief on responding to twin tragedies

Friday 06 January 2023


Investigations are now underway into the island’s twin tragedies, one in St. Ouen’s Bay, and one on Pier Road, which together claimed 13 lives.

The sinking of the L’Ecume II trawler came first, followed just a few days later by the major explosion at Haut du Mont. Some basic details of both have so far emerged, but there is clearly much more to come.

Each one of those was a major incident for the island’s emergency services, but putting them both together just a few days apart has stretched the island’s resources to the limit.

So how did they cope, and what do the coming months hold for them?

On this episode of the Bailiwick News Podcast, Rod McCloughlin puts these questions to Police Chief Robin Smith...

You can read a fuller interview with Robin Smith in the Jersey Evening Post tomorrow... For a limited time only: subscribe to the digital edition for just 39p per edition.

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