Men falsely jailed by corrupt police officer have convictions quashed | UK News
The ex-British Rail Workers were framed and jailed by a 'clearly racist and corrupt' detective.
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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.
British Rail workers Basil Peterkin and Saliah Mehmet died without clearing their names after racist Detective Sergeant Derek Ridgewell (pictured) framed them for theft from a south London site.
Two British Rail workers have had their convictions for theft quashed at the Court of Appeal after they were jailed on the word of a corrupt police officer.
Two men jailed on the word of a corrupt police officer with a history of racism have been posthumously cleared at the Court of Appeal.