Stockwell Six members in the clear – 50 years after bent cop fitted them up

STOCKWELL

Three black men jailed nearly 50 years ago on false allegations of attempting to rob a corrupt police officer finally had their convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal today (tue). Courtney Harriot, Paul Green and Cleveland Davidson, now in their 60s, were arrested while travelling on the Tube from Stockwell station in February 1972. The trio, along with three friends, then aged between 17 and 20, became known as the ‘Stockwell Six’. They stood trial at the Old Bailey…

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