Winston Silcott case quashed

Title

Winston Silcott case quashed

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

25 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:17

Description

Press interview with lawyer Andrew Hall, following the quashing at the Court of Appeal in London of the conviction of his client Winston Silcott who was jailed for his participation in the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in the Broadwater Farm Riots in London in 1985. Calling for a change in police procedure to prevent similar cases in the future.

Contributors

Andrew Hall

Keywords

London; Legal procedure; Police; Homicide; Riots; Policing practice; Legal decisions; Appeals; Verdicts; Keith Blakelock; Broadwater Farm; Tottenham; Miscarriages of justice; Courts of Appeal; Winston Silcott

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