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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PC Richard Coombes stil bears a four inch L-shaped scar on his right cheek from when he tried in vain to save his colleague PC Keith Blakelock who was killed during the riots on the Broadwater Farm Estate in Tottenham, north London. * PC Coombes is speaking at a press conference following the announcement that he is to receive the Queen's Gallentry Medal.
Posted: 9th, February 2010 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
