Police officers cleared of fabricating evidence in Winston Silcott conviction

Title

Police officers cleared of fabricating evidence in Winston Silcott conviction

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

26 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:08:17

Description

Peter Deeley reports on reaction after two Metropolitan Police officers were cleared at the Old Bailey of fabricating evidence in the murder case of Constable Kevin Blakelock in the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, North London (06/10/85). Graham Melvin and Maxwell Dingle were acquitted of faking interviews with Winston Silcott. He was jailed for life in 1987 for the murder of PC Blakelock. Includes interviews with Winston’s brother, George Silcott; Mike Bennett, Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation. Broadcast on LBC Drivetime.

Contributors

Peter Deeley; Mike Bennett; George Silcott

Keywords

London; Homicide; Metropolitan Police; Corruption; Riots; Murder trials; Police personnel; Trials; Broadwater Farm; Tottenham; Old Bailey; Kevin Blakelock; Winston Silcott; Drivetime (radio prgramme); Graham Melvin; Maxwell Dingle

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