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Tottenham community representatives told police and prosecutors yesterday to shape up after a man was acquitted on "farcical" charges of murdering PC Keith Blakelock in the 1985 Broadwater Farm riot.
Nicky Jacobs was found not guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.
Mr Jacobs, 16 at the time of the incident, was the seventh person to be charged with the officer's murder but no-one has been brought to justice for the killing.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
