VERY SCARCE ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTO IN CONNECTION WITH - THE BID TO KIDNAP PRINCESS ANNE AND CAPTAIN MARK PHILLIPS: POLICE WITH METAL DETECTORS IN THE MALL.

THIS IS A RARE ORIGINAL 6.5" X 8.5" APPROXIMATELY SYNDICATION INTERNATIONAL - BLACK/WHITE PRESS PHOTOGRAPH OF: POLICE WITH METAL DETECTORS IN THE MALL - 1974

PRESS DETAILS ON REVERSE OF PHOTOGRAPH: POLICE SEARCH FOR CLUES AFTER MALL SHOOTING. AS 26-YEAR-OLD IAN BALL MADE A BRIEF COURT APPEARANCE ON THIRSDAY (21-3-74), CHARGED WITH THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF PRINCESS ANNE'S BODYGUARD, DETECTIVE INSPECTOR JAMES BEATON, POLICE WERE BUSY FOLLOWING UP VARIOUS LEADS IN THEIR SEARCH FOR CLUES FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S INCIDENT WHEN THE PRINCESS'S CAR WAS AMBUSHED IN THE MALL. NEAR THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING, POLICE COMBED THE AREA WITH METAL DETECTORS, LOOKING FOR BULLETS. MEANWHILE, FLYING SQUAD OFFICERS VISITED A NORTH LONDON ACCOMMODATION ADDRESS AGENCY IN CROUCH END, WHICH IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN USED AS AN ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE BY BALL, UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME. PS: POLICE WITH METAL DETECTORS IN THE MALL. DATED MARCH 1974 -THE DATE WHEN THIS WOULD HAVE APPEARED WITHIN THE PRESS.

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