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Basil Peterkin and Saliah Mehmet were jailed in 1977 for robbing the British Rail depot and protested their innocence to their graves, as the Court of Appeal today overturned their convictions ....
Scots bent copper was at centre of police stitch-ups that landed at least nine innocent men behind bars Derek Ridgewell was named at the Court of Appeal as the officer who falsely accused a group of black men of robbing him on the London Underground. Updated Derek Ridgewell Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time.More info ....
First published on Sat 1 May 2021 05.00 EDT As Line of Duty completes its sixth and possibly final series, just how close to reality was it? As it happens, the end of the run coincides with the publication of Rot at the Core, an in-depth investigation into the life and times of one of Britainâs most spectacularly corrupt police officers, whose career ended in disgrace before his death in a prison cell. The authors are a former detective superintendent, Graham Satchwell, who investigated corruption in his own force, and Winston Trew, a victim of the bent officer, whose wrongful conviction from nearly 50 years ago was only recently overturned. ....