Drug convictions overturned amid police corruption and racism claims

Title

Drug convictions overturned amid police corruption and racism claims

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Mar 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:48

Description

Angela Rippon FM Drivetime show report on the quashing by the Court of Appeal of the drug convictions of Rennie Kingsley, Ida Oderinde, Dennis Tulloch and Everard Brown, due to evidence given by the Stoke Newington police officers being accepted as unreliable as they are currently under investigation for corruption. Includes reaction from Kingsley and Oderinde; Graham Smith of the campaign to free the four black people stating they all felt let down by the white police and judicial systems. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Graham Smith; Rennie Kingsley; Ida Oderinde

Keywords

Interethnic relations; Police; Hackney; Corruption; Illegal drugs; Black peoples; Criminal justice system; Appeals; Drivetime (radio programme); Stoke Newington; Insitutional racism; Rennie Kingsley; Ida Oderinde; Dennis Tulloch; Everard Brown

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