Broadwater Farm appeal verdict

Title

Broadwater Farm appeal verdict

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

29 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:07

Description

Press interview with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Peter Imbert, following the quashing of the cases of Winston Silcott, Mark Braithwaite and Engin Raghip. The three men were serving life sentences for murdering PC Keith Blakelock during the 1985 Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, North London. Imbert says he’s re-launching the hunt for the killers and he deeply regrets the wrongful convictions. Broadcast on LBC Newstalk FM Breakfast show.

Contributors

Peter Imbert; LBC Newstalk

Keywords

London; Legal procedure; Homicide; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Trials; Policemen; Criminal investigation; Appeals; Keith Blakelock; Broadwater Farm; Tottenham; Miscarriages of justice; Courts of Appeal; Winston Silcott; Mark Braithwaite; Engin Raghip

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