LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Winston Silcott case quashed

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

25 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:35

Description

Phil Edwards reports from the Court of Appeal in London following the quashing of the conviction of Winston Silcott who was jailed for his participation in the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in the Broadwater Farm Riots in London in 1985, cases of 2 other men are still being considered. Includes reaction from local MP Bernie Grant.

Contributors

Phil Edwards; Bernie Grant

Keywords

London; Homicide; Corruption; Riots; Policing practice; Legal decisions; Policemen; Appeals; Verdicts; Keith Blakelock; Broadwater Farm; Tottenham; Miscarriages of justice; Courts of Appeal; Winston Silcott; Mark Braithwaite; Engin Raghip

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