Court quashes 1972 robbery convictions of three black men
July 7, 2021
LONDON: A member of the “Stockwell Six”, who was jailed on the word of a corrupt police officer nearly 50 years ago, has said he has finally been vindicated after his name was cleared by the Court of Appeal.
Cleveland Davidson was just 17 when he and five friends, all young black men, were arrested on the London Underground while on a night out on February 18 1972.
The Stockwell Six were accused of trying to rob British Transport Police officer Detective Sergeant Derek Ridgewell, who was in plain clothes and had previously served in the South Rhodesian, now Zimbabwean, police force.
1970s convictions of three black men overturned by Court of Appeal
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Stockwell Six: Convictions of three black men from 1970s overturned by Court of Appeal
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