Engin Raghip

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	4
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Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	1991
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Tottenham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Engin Raghip was a co-defendant of Winsont Silcott and Mark Braithwaite. Wrongly convicted of murdering a man during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, north of London in 1985. Court of Appeals quashed the conviction in 1991 as unsafe because the police tainted the evidence used against him."
Conviction Caused By:	Police tainted the evidence to make him appear guilty.
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Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	23
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Fresh Search For Blakelock Killers, Rosie Cowan, The Guardian, London UK, September 29, 2004"
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Engin Raghip

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1991

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Tottenham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Engin Raghip was a co-defendant of Winsont Silcott and Mark Braithwaite. Wrongly convicted of murdering a man during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, north of London in 1985. Court of Appeals quashed the conviction in 1991 as unsafe because the police tainted the evidence used against him."

Conviction Caused By:

Police tainted the evidence to make him appear guilty.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

23

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Fresh Search For Blakelock Killers, Rosie Cowan, The Guardian, London UK, September 29, 2004"

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"http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,2763,1314998,00.html"

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