Winston Silcott

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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:	"Winston Silcott was co-defendant of Mark Braithwaite and Engin Raghip. The three men were 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. Awarded £17,000 in compensation for his wrongful conviction, and then in 1999 was awarded an additional £50,000 compensation by London's Metropolitan Police for its role in his wrongful conviction."
Conviction Caused By:	Police tainted the evidence to make him appear guilty.
Innocence Proved By:	Court of Appeals quashed the conviction as unsafe in 1985.
Defendant Aided By:	"Stafford Scott,who was twice wrongly arrested in the murder of policeman PC Blakelock and successfully sued the police for his treatment while incarcerated, headed the campaign to free Winston Silcott."
Compensation Awarded:	"£67,000"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	""A Chronology of Injustice""
Information Location 1:	http://allwomencount.net/EWC%20LAW/Chronology.htm
Information Source 2:	"Winston Silcott, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock, will be released from prison next week."
Information Location 2:	http://www.mojuk.org.uk
Information Source 3:	"Widow of Policeman Killed in Riot Makes Appeal, Reuters, October 10, 2005"
Information Location 3:	http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-06T063206Z_01_MCC623383_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CRIME-BRITAIN-BLAKELOCK.xml&archived=False
Information Source 4:	"Broadwater Farm - 'It's a period of healing', Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal, October 5, 2005"
Information Location 4:	http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/tottenhamjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=TWGJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newstwgj&itemid=WeED05%20Oct%202005%2011%3A30%3A29%3A850
Information Source 5:	"1999 - Police Award Silcott Damages, BBC, October 15, 1999"
Information Location 5:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/15/newsid_3109000/3109931.stm
Book About Case:	""A Chronology of Injustice: The case for Winston Silcott's conviction to be overturned," compiled by Niki Adams, Crossroads Books, London, $10."
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Winston Silcott

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:

Conviction Caused By:

Police tainted the evidence to make him appear guilty.

Innocence Proved By:

Court of Appeals quashed the conviction as unsafe in 1985.

Defendant Aided By:

"Stafford Scott,who was twice wrongly arrested in the murder of policeman PC Blakelock and successfully sued the police for his treatment while incarcerated, headed the campaign to free Winston Silcott."

Compensation Awarded:

"£67,000"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

""A Chronology of Injustice""

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Information Source 2:

"Winston Silcott, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock, will be released from prison next week."

Information Location 2:

Information Source 3:

"Widow of Policeman Killed in Riot Makes Appeal, Reuters, October 10, 2005"

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Information Source 4:

"Broadwater Farm - 'It's a period of healing', Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal, October 5, 2005"

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Information Source 5:

"1999 - Police Award Silcott Damages, BBC, October 15, 1999"

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Book About Case:

""A Chronology of Injustice: The case for Winston Silcott's conviction to be overturned," compiled by Niki Adams, Crossroads Books, London, $10."

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