A Public Mischief (1) Crown Court : Season 2 Episode 16
TV-14 ITV 25m int(0)
Aired: February 7th, 1973 @ 7:00 PM EST on ITV
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?