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How many people did DS Derek Ridgewell fit up? The sheer scale of his depravity, and his targeting of men of colour, is only now becoming clear
Basil Peterkin and Saliah Mehmet were convicted on evidence from the ‘dishonest, corrupt and racist’ detective sergeant Derek Ridgewell
The ex-British Rail Workers were framed and jailed by a 'clearly racist and corrupt' detective.
The workers both died with their convictions hanging over them. Each had been sentenced to nine months in prison in 1977 over the theft of parcels from the London goods depot where they worked.
Two men have had their convictions posthumously quashed after almost 50 years of campaigning.