Final ‘Stockwell Six’ Convictions Overturned Following Corrupt Officer Derek Ridgewell’s Investigation
The remaining convictions of members of the "Stockwell Six" have been overturned at the Court of Appeal nearly fifty years after they were wrongfully convicted by a corrupt British Transport Police officer, Derek Ridgewell. Ronald de Souza, who was convicted in 1972 as part of a group of six Black men falsely accused of assaulting British transport police, had his conviction overturned today. Errol Campbell, wrongly convicted in 1977 of theft and conspiracy to steal from a London goods depot, also had his conviction quashed following investigations into additional cases involving Ridgewell. Both men were wrongfully convicted by Ridgewell, an officer now identified as responsible for multiple miscarriages of justice. The total number of convictions involving Ridgewell that have been overturned has reached 13. Ridgewell was arrested and jailed in 1980 for stealing over ยฃ1 million worth of goods. Despite […]