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Groce family take fight for legal aid to Downing Street
Cherry Groce suffered paralysis after 1985 accidental police shooting
THE family of a woman shot and paralysed by police nearly three decades ago, triggering the 1985 Brixton riots, took their battle for legal aid to Downing Street yesterday.
Cherry Groce was paralysed below the waist when she was accidentally shot by police seeking her son Michael during an early morning raid on her home. She died in April 2011, having spent 26 years in a wheelchair.
Her family presented a petition of more than 129,000 signatures at Number 10, demanding legal aid for her inquest this summer.
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