LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Keith Blakelock PC murdered in riots

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:45

Description

Interview with Elizabeth Blakelock on the death of her husband, PC Keith Blakelock, in the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, London (06/10/85). Male interviewer not identified. (Winston Silcott, Mark Braithwaite and Engin Raghip were later convicted of the murder but following an appeal acquitted).

Contributors

Elizabeth Blakelock

Keywords

London; Interethnic relations; Violence; Homicide; Murderers; Riots; Policemen; Keith Blakelock; Broadwater Farm; Tottenham; Residential estates

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