Broadwater Farm lifers bailed

Title

Broadwater Farm lifers bailed

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:23

Description

Interview with Mark Braithwaite, following his freeing on bail, along with Engin Raghip, at the Law Courts in London. The two men were serving life sentences for murdering PC Keith Blakelock during the 1985 Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, North London. Braithwaite talks about the joy of spending Christmas with his family. They now seem likely to have their sentences overturned by the Court of Appeal in London. Broadcast on LBC Newstalk. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

LBC Newstalk; Mark Braithwaite

Keywords

London; Legal procedure; Homicide; Riots; Trials; Policemen; Keith Blakelock; Broadwater Farm; Tottenham; Courts of Appeal; Apeeals; Mark Braithwaite; Engin Raghip

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