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Men accused of stealing mail bags 50 years ago finally have convictions quashed

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The Independent UK · Sep 22

Two men arrested by corrupt police officer finally have convictions quashed after 50 years

Ridgewell framed innocent young black men for his own crimes

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Court quashes 1976 theft convictions over link to corrupt London police officer

Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emerged

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

Man jailed based on corrupt officer’s evidence has name posthumously cleared

Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, had his convictions for theft and conspiracy to steal quashed.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Law should change to allow review of cases of jailed officers, lawyer says

Errol Campbell was posthumously cleared almost 50 years after being convicted, with the case against him led by a discredited officer.

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Errol Campbell: Man cleared posthumously over south London theft conviction by corrupt officer

He was previously found guilty in April 1977 and sentenced to a total of 18 months’ imprisonment

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Final member of Stockwell Six has conviction referred to Court of Appeal

Ronald De Souza was with five other young black men who were all arrested on the London Underground while on a night out on February 18 1972.

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Case of last wrongly convicted Stockwell Six member referred to court of appeal

Ronald De Souza was arrested in 1972 with five friends and charged with attempting to rob corrupt police officer DS Derek Ridgewell

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025

Police launch scholarship following corrupt cop’s framing of innocent Black men

Exclusive: The move comes decades after a BTP detective framed and helped imprison Black people during the 1970s for crimes they had not committed.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024

‘I just went bent’: how Britain’s most corrupt cop ruined countless lives

How many people did DS Derek Ridgewell fit up? The sheer scale of his depravity, and his targeting of men of colour, is only now becoming clear

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024