Half-century convictions linked to racist officer quashed
Two men have had their convictions posthumously quashed after almost 50 years of campaigning.
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Two men have had their convictions posthumously quashed after almost 50 years of campaigning.
Basil Peterkin and Saliah Mehmet had their decades-old convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal.
Two British Rail workers jailed for theft almost 50 years ago have had their convictions quashed posthumously after it emerged they were set up by a racist police officer.
Basil Peterkin and Saliah Mehmet had their decades-old convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal.
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