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A fourth member of the so-called Stockwell Six, a group of friends accused of trying to rob a corrupt police officer from Bromley nearly 50 years…

DS Derek Ridgwell’s actions led to at least two miscarriages of justice, the Stockwell Six and Oval Four

In the 1970s a corrupt officer gave false evidence at trials of groups of young black men.

In the 1970s a corrupt officer gave false evidence at trials of groups of young black men.

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 Britain’s 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...