Detectives cleared over Silcott case

The Independent - London;  July 27, 1994 ;     445 words ......would be allowed. Det Ch Supt Melvin, who had been suspended...were delivered. Det Ch Supt Melvin, 52, and Det Insp Dingle...public justice and Det Ch Supt Melvin also denied perjury...an interview by Det Ch Supt Melvin with Silcott, which was...convicted of the murder ...

19 years on .. does this garden hold the key to Pc Blakelock's...

The Mirror (London, England);  September 29, 2004 ;     328 words ......Weapons were discovered at the time but Pc Blakelock's helmet has never been found. It is...was very confident of finally bringing Pc Blakelock's killers to justice. He added: This...current residents are not suspects. Pc Blakelock's widow Elizabeth said yesterday from...

Detectives `fabricated Silcott evidence'

The Independent - London;  June 29, 1994 ;     549 words ......justice. Det Chief Supt Melvin also denies perjury...London, during which PC Blakelock had been brutally murdered. Det Chief Supt Melvin and Det Insp Dingle...those standing over PC Blakelock and struck him with...true and Det Chief Supt Melvin gave ...

Key `witness' was not called to give evidence

The Independent - London;  July 27, 1994 ;     616 words ......Silcott played a leading role in PC Blakelock's murder. One said: "Silcott was...cutting the police officer." Det Ch Supt Melvin and Det Insp Dingle did not give...cleared on appeal of the killing of PC Blakelock but still in prison for another murder...the indentation is there." Det ...

Scotland Yard faces pounds 500,000 legal bill over Silcott

The Independent - London;  November 12, 1999 ;     350 words ......prosecution after his conviction for murdering PC Blakelock, 40, was quashed in the Court of Appeal...1987 of being part of a mob that hacked PC Blakelock to death during the Broadwater Farm...caused a furore among Met officers and PC Blakelock's family. Scotland Yard said the ...

BBC blasted for interviewing killer.(News)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  February 26, 2004 ;     257 words ......key witness in BBC2's film Who Killed PC Blakelock? He was convicted and then cleared on...proper process. A former colleague of PC Blakelock said: As far as everyone in the Metropolitan...substantiated that fact he was not there when PC Blakelock was murdered. PC ...

'They butchered Keith Blakelock and they wanted to butcher me' In the week...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  October 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ......born baby son. On October 5, 1985 he, Pc Blakelock and 10 colleagues, all members of serial...now infamous Broadwater Farm riots. Pc Blakelock, a 40-year-old father of three, whose...re-opened the case into the murder of Pc Blakelock and the attempted murder of Pc Coombes...

Pc Blakelock and killer who always said he was innocent.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  September 27, 2002 ;     516 words ......Silcott was set up by the police over Pc Blakelock's murder after he had become a thorn...separate witnesses who said Silcott hacked Pc Blakelock to death. No one has ever been convicted...jail on bail for Smith's murder when Pc Blakelock was killed and that the high-profile...

THIS IS OUR FINAL CHANCE OF JUSTICE; Blakelock son probe hope.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  December 4, 2003 ;     295 words ......was convicted but later cleared of PC Blakelock's death. His solicitor Tony Murphy said...identify murder suspects. Father-of-three PC Blakelock, was 40 when he died on Broadwater Farm...reasonable chance of bringing a prosecution. PC Blakelock's widow, Elizabeth Johnson, who is ...

Silcott's inquiry call into PC's murder

The Northern Echo;  March 3, 2004 ;     333 words ......In the BBC2 documentary, Who Killed PC Blakelock? , last night, Mr Silcott said he had...policeman had been killed." At the time of PC Blakelock's murder, Mr Silcott, 44, was on bail...the murder and was in prison when the PC Blakelock trial was heard in court. Last night...

Night the mob took over Broadwater.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  December 3, 2003 ;     377 words ......Queen's Gallantry Medal, could not save Pc Blakelock. We could see long knives, lots of them...stand-off. It was only when news of Pc Blakelock's death spread that the rioters dispersed...by 14 witnesses. He was convicted of Pc Blakelock's murder along with Engin Raghip and...

TV drama angers murdered PC's son.(News)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  March 19, 2004 ;     256 words ......stage but were keen to press ahead. But PC Blakelock's son, Lee, said the family wanted the...shelved. It was almost 20 years ago that PC Blakelock was killed when violence erupted in...boxer. In the documentary - Who Killed PC Blakelock? - Silcott called for a public inquiry...

BROADWATER FARM HERO BEGS FOR pounds 40 GLASSES; AS SILCOTT GETS pounds...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  October 17, 1999 ;     235 words ......being wrongly convicted of murdering PC Blakelock. Mr Coombes - said to be utterly devastated...Silcott's award - was attacked with PC Blakelock by a mob on the Broadwater Farm estate...slashed by the same weapon used to kill PC Blakelock - his injuries so terrible his three-year...

19 years on, garden is dug up in hunt for weapon which killed PC...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 29, 2004 ;     651 words ......investigation is just a stone's throw from where PC Blakelock, 40, was stabbed to death by a mob armed...been dumped in the garden following PC Blakelock's murder. Speculation was mounting that...Worlingworth - is the third into the death of PC Blakelock. Winston Silcott was ...

Pc's killer will be caught - widow.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 4, 2003 ;     252 words ......but did not know its exact details. Pc Blakelock, a 40-year-old father-of-three, was...as a result of a three-year review of Pc Blakelock's case, they had identified 'new lines...a new investigation into his murder. Pc Blakelock died after confronting a baying mob...