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Bradford youth vindicated

01 September 1995

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Four Asian youths, whose arrests sparked rioting in the Manningham district of Bradford in June, have had charges of assault and threatening behaviour thrown out of court (see Statewatch vol 5 no 3). Magistrate Guy Hodgson said that there were "serious doubts" about the reliability of the prosecution evidence after independent eye-witness accounts of the arrests contradicted police statements. The outcome supports the widely accepted view that the arrests of the four youths - for playing football in a cul-de-sac - followed by assaults on members of their family, triggered the rioting that lasted for two days and caused over ?1 million worth of damage. After the riot the Police Complaints Authority announced that they would be investigating 18 complaints about police behaviour. The four men are now expected to take legal action for compensation against West Yorkshire police.

Police Complaints Authority press release 8.9.95; Guardian 7.10.95.

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