London,United Kingdom — Appeal court judges in London on Tuesday overturned the convictions of three black men for attempting to rob a corrupt police officer nearly half a century ago.
The Court of Appeal cleared the trio following a referral by a criminal cases review commission and comes just over a year after the acquittals of four men in a similar case.
The latest ruling is the third time convictions have been overturned based on the tarnished evidence of discredited British Transport Police officer Detective Sergeant Derek Ridgewell.
The three men — all aged between 17 and 20 at the time — and three friends were accused of trying to rob Ridgewell in 1972 on the London U…
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