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Home Secretary reconsiders Broadwater Farm verdict

01 January 1991

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Home Secretary reconsiders Broadwater Farm verdict
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According to the Observer, the Home Office's review of the PC Keith
Blakelock murder case was prompted by representations from the
Environment Minister, Mr. Michael Portillo, MP for Enfield Southgate,
the constituency in which Engin Raghip lived. Mr. Portillo's
submissions include new psychological evidence about Mr. Raphip which
describe him as having a very low mental age and contradicts a
psychological report, which indicated he had average intelligence, made
at the time of his original trial. Mr. Raghip, it is understood, has
now been examined by a third psychologist who supports the defence view.
The Home Office inquiry, it is believed, is also looking into the
decision by the officer-in-charge of the case, Detective Chief
Superintendent Graham Melvin, to refuse access to solicitors during
interrogation.
Home Office Minister, Mr. John Patten, says that the Home Secretary
will decide as soon as possible whether to dismiss the new evidence,
refer the cases back to the Court of Appeal or recommend a free or
conditional pardon. Engin Raghip and Mark Braithwaite have also
appealed to the European Court of Human Rights and a determination by
the European Commission is said to be imminent. (Times 2.11.90, Mail
2.11.90, Independent 2.11.90, Observer 4.11.90)

IRR Police-Media Bulletin, no 65. Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke
Street, London WC1X 9HS

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