Rosie Cowan and Vikram Dodd
Thursday December 4, 2003
The Guardian


October 5 1985 Cynthia Jarrett, 49, collapses and dies during police raid on her home in Tottenham, north London.


October 6 Riots break out after peaceful demonstration by Mrs Jarrett's relatives. PC Keith Blakelock, 40, approached by mob, dies from machete wounds.


October 13 Winston Silcott, 26, charged with murder of PC Blakelock. Engin Raghip, 19, charged on December 13 and Mark Braithwaite, 18, on February 10 1986.


March 19 1987 All three convicted of murder and sentenced to life.


November 25 1991 Appeal court overturns Silcott's conviction following doubt over police evidence. Silcott also serving life for stabbing to death amateur boxer Tony Smith and remains in jail.


December 5 Raghip's and Braithwaite's convictions quashed by appeal court.


July 26 1994 Former Det Chief Supt Graham Melvin and Det Insp Maxwell Dingle cleared at Old Bailey of fabricating evidence in Blakelock case.


October 15 1999 Silcott receives £50,000 in out-of-court settlement with Met. Met does not admit liability.


January 2000 PC Blakelock's murder under review by Met.
October 17 2003 Silcott released after serving 17 years for Smith's murder.




Does anybody remember Cynthia Jarrett? I read everywhere now that she died from a heart faliure. But I distinctly remember a report saying she was shot by a trigger happy policeman who burst into the room whilst on a raid.

Tell me - are we being hoodwinked?

When people talk about the riots, is it more about P.C Blakelock then Cynthia?

Even a while backour teacher was trying to tell us that all the riots were about unemployment!

Tell us what you think about the whole event.

Athaba: I think you're confusing Cythia Jarrett with Cherry Groce( 2nd Brixton riot) when they burst into her house looking for her son armed to the teeth. They shoot her and permenantly disabled her in the process. Turns out the son wasn't even there at the time.

Cythia Jarrect if Memory serves me well, was an Illegal immigrant who they attempted to deport, she died when they attempted to restrain her. Yes i remember her still and the events that took place afterwards..

Thanks for that Kunjufuand now that you mentioned it, I do vaguely remember the event you posted.

Still begs the question - arewe being hoodwinked then? Why don't we remember Cherry Groce?

Are they focusing too much on Blakelock?

I understand they changed the firearms training procedure and that the policemanwas cleared- is it enough?

Still would like people's views.

@Athaba/Kunjufu. Sorry to clarify. Got to correct slightly

1. Jarret was the mother of them teefing boys on Broadwater, which led to DC Randall and his boys to illegally enter her home and the shock etc led to heart failure and the big kick off....


2. Cherry Groce is Brixto as K said. Woman got shot and crippled when the police was looking for another teefing boy son...

3. Joy Gardner was beaten and suffocated and branded the most violent woman the police have ever dealth with to cover up their abuse of her.

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@Athaba because who is educating, memorialising and institutionalisng these important historical incidents?. Where are our leaders who play a vital role in educating and reinforcing stuff? Sure it has not failed your attention these are all black women...

So in the absence of these leaders. Thanks god people like you raise these things....Someone has to.

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FredBlack: just to echo Athaba's thoughts, thanks for the correction.

@Kunjufu. No probs. I couldn't remember Joy Gardner but consulted something I wrote on the deaths of African[Jamaican] women at hands of the police.

By the way just remembered to thank you for some info you gave me concerning Legali etc. Some time ago we were discussing the issue of gun crime etc and its real or perceived nature. It stimulated me to do some proper work rather than long post. One of the things I produced is under consideration right now from the gods and high and mighty.

Many thanx

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Yeh I remember all those events esp: Cynthia Jarrett as I was @ my friends house talking to his mum (RIP)& it came on the news & we watched together..

Cherry Groce & Joy Gardner 3 middle age black women injured/killed mainly due to their own childrens wrong doings & subsequently anything you hear now as was pointed out only mentions the police..Is it any wonder the Met still cant get enough support from black people, as they continue to omit/pass the buck 7 not want to talk/clarify/clear up incidents properly that have happened..

Roger Slyvester

New Cross Fire

To name two off many..

In each case, the white media considered it necessary to draw attention to the "size" or "weight" of the African woman who had been killed.