Conviction quashed after police evidence disproved

Title

Conviction quashed after police evidence disproved

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

25 Mar 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

Tim Crook reports on Anthony Wellington having his conviction for armed robbery quashed by the Appeal Court after new evidence came to light of West Midlands Serious Crime Squad police forging a confession. With comment from Anthony Wellington’s lawyer Charles Royal and Police Complaints Authority spokesman Jeff Crawford.

Contributors

Tim Crook; Jeff Crawford; Charles Royal

Keywords

Crime; Police; Corruption; Policing practice; Imprisonment; Appeals; West Midlands; Miscarriages of justice; Anthony Wellington

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