Tottenham Riots Pc Blakelock

Despite numerous investigations no one has ever been convicted of his murder. In the riots that ensued pc blakelock 40 was killed on the housing estate. A court artist drawing of nicholas jacobs who is accused of murdering pc keith blakelock during the 1985 tottenham riots.
tottenham riots pc blakelock

Twenty nine years after his shocking murder the widow of pc blakelock sat head bowed in court as jurors were told how a rampaging mob tried to chop his head off.

Tottenham riots pc blakelock. The legacy of the broadwater farm riot natalie smith revisits the broadwater farm riot of 1985 the killing of pc keith blakelock and the case of the tottenham 3. It was one of the main triggers of the riot in a context where tension between. Members of a violent mob that surrounded pc keith blakelock during riots in tottenham 29 years ago were given immunity from murder to become key witnesses against a man accused of stabbing the. Pc keith blakelock was stabbed to death in the broadwater farm riot in tottenham north london on 6 october 1985.

Thirty years ago pc keith blakelock was stabbed in the broadwater farm riots in tottenham north london. After police baton charges officers were forced back by rioters. Keith henry blakelock a london metropolitan police constable was murdered on 6 october 1985 during rioting at the broadwater farm housing estate in tottenham north londonthe riot broke out after cynthia jarrett died of heart failure during a police search of her home and took place against a backdrop of unrest in several english cities and a breakdown of relations between the police and. On october 5 1985 he pc blakelock and 10 colleagues all members of serial 502 a unit of the metropolitan police were attacked by a 300 strong mob during the now infamous broadwater farm riots.

It is alleged he admitted his part in the officers death to another. The events of the day were dominated by two deaths. The first was that of cynthia jarrett an afro caribbean woman who died the previous day due to heart failure during a police search at her home. It was a death that led to disorder.

But what caused the riot. As they retreated pc blakelock tripped and fell and. Cynthia jarretts son floyd was arrested in north london whilst driving his car. The broadwater farm riot occurred on the broadwater council estate in tottenham north london on 6 october 1985.