Frank Crichlow, Notting Hill club owner, is cleared of drug charges

Title

Frank Crichlow, Notting Hill club owner, is cleared of drug charges

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

22 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:26

Description

Simon Bowden reports on the acquittal of Frank Crichlow, Notting Hill cafe owner, following his trial in a case in which more than sixty policemen testified that heroin and cannabis had been found in his possession. Frank Crichlow, who runs the Mangrove Club in Westbourne Grove, claims he was the victim of a police conspiracy. His supporters are calling for a public inquiry and for the senior policeman in charge of the investigation, Chief Superintendent Clive Pearman, to be sacked and for the other officers to be suspended, disciplined, or charged with perjury. Includes interviews with Frank Crichlow; Joel O’Loughlin, Black Caucus group; Superintendent Ian Hutchinson; John Cheddar Mills, dance promoter; Carol Scott of the Mangrove Community Association.

Contributors

Carol Scott; Simon Bowden; Frank Crichlow; Joel O’Loughlin; Ian Hutchinson; John Cheddar Mills

Keywords

London; Police; UK; Great Britain; Cannabis; Notting Hill Carnival; Illegal drugs; Policing practice; Trials; Heroin; Notting Hill; Verdicts; Frank Crichlow; Mangrove Club; Clive Pearman

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