Man Arrested In Connection with Keith Blakelock Murder: Broadwater Farm In Pictures
THE Murder of Keith Blakelock in the Tottenham Broadwater Farm riots in 1985 shocked. Cynthia Jarrett, 49, collapsed and died after a police raid on her home. The catalyst for a riot. PC Blackelock was hacked to death. Pc Richard Coombes survived. A 40-year-old man has been arrested over the murder. This would make the man 16 years old at the time of the killing. In 1978, Winston Silcott, Mark Braithwaite and Engin Raghip were convicted of murder. In 1991, the men were released. In pictures:
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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Condon (left) stands with Liz Blakelock (glasses), the mother of murdered policeman Keith Blakelock, as they witness a wreath being layed at his memorial in Muswell Hill in London, on the 10th anniversary of the Bridgewater Farm riots, in which Pc Blakelock was killed. Standing beside Mrs Blakelock is Peggy Spinlaw, who tends the memorial regularly.
Posted: 9th, February 2010 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
