Murder & homicide · 1985 · 1980s

Murder of Keith Blakelock

During the Broadwater Farm riot in Tottenham in 1985, PC Keith Blakelock was hacked to death. Three men were convicted in 1987 but their convictions were overturned in 1991; no one has been successfully prosecuted for his murder.

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