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Sum it Up! #52

March 21, 2014 By Alice

Sum it Up!

Sum it Up! #52 starts with the release of Sture Bergwall. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, “In a series of trials between 1994 and 2001, Sture Bergwall was convicted of eight murders, despite there being no forensic evidence or witness statements, and confessed to many more. But Bergwall, 63, later recanted his confessions, saying he made them […]

Filed Under: Sum it up! Tagged With: #crimechat, Broadwater Farm Riots, DNA, Expert Testimony, False Confessions, Jannie & Marinus Stegehuis, Jody Ewing, Keith Blakelock, Miscarriage of Justice, Robert Boulin, Sture Bergwall, Sum it Up!

Jacobs scheduled for Plea Hearing

November 7, 2013 By Alice

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Nicholas Jacobs appeared for a Plea and Case Management Hearing  at the Old Bailey. He is charged with the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock who was butchered during the Broadwater Farm Riots in 1985. Pc Blakelock and his colleague Pc Richard Coombes were attacked during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham in 1985. Coombes  was seriously […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Broadwater Farm Riots, Forensics, Keith Blakelock, Knife Attack, Nicholas Jacobs, Pc Richard Coombes, UK

Trial started for 1985 Blakelock murder

July 24, 2013 By Alice

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Trial started for 1985 Blakelock murder, something we did not think we would see any time soon. Nicholas Jacobs will stand trial for this murder. Blakelock was 40 when he died. he was married with three children. Three men – Winston Silcott, Mark Braithwaite and Engin Raghip – were convicted in March 1987 of Pc Blakelock’s […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Broadwater Farm Riots, Keith Blakelock, UK

Update: Keith Blakelock

January 8, 2011 By Alice

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Fantastic news in the case of Keith Blakelock: “Police have launched a fresh investigation into the murder of a police constable who was killed in riots in north London more than 18 years ago, Scotland Yard said. Pc Keith Blakelock was hacked to death during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham in October 1985. A fresh […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Broadwater Farm Riots, Cruelty, DNA, Forensics, Identification, Keith Blakelock, Pc Keith Blakelock, UK

Latest on the Blakelock Murder

October 25, 2010 By Alice

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Following in his father’s footsteps, Lee Blakelock is now also a police officer, serving with Durham Constabulary, UK. He was eight years old when his father was killed. Pc Blakelock and his colleague Pc Richard Coombes were attacked during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham in 1985. Coombes  was seriously injured but survived. They were trying […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Broadwater Farm Riots, Keith Blakelock, UK, Unsolved Homicide

Arrests in 1985 Blakelock case

October 6, 2010 By Alice

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Pc Keith Blakelock (40), married with three children, was murdered by a machete-wielding gang during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, north London, in October 1985. Detectives believe that now the net may finally be closing in on the killers and revealed that ten people – ages 42-52 – have been questioned in recent months. […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Keith Blakelock, UK, Unsolved Homicide

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On March 31, 2016, an evidentiary hearing was held to request touch DNA testing. On July 18, 2016, Judge Whitehead denied that request.

On November 23, 2016, an appeal was filed with the Florida Supreme Court. On April 21, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court denied the request for touch DNA analysis.

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In March 2015, the Connecticut State Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard lapointe. On Oct 2, 2015, International Wrongful Conviction Day, Richard was set free. The judge ruled that he cannot be retried for the 1987 rape-murder of Mrs. Bernice Martin. Richard Lapointe died on Aug 4, 2020 of Covid19 complications.

In 1987, someone killed Bernice Martin. I hope that she will not become a forgotten file.
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