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M25 Three Campaign

01 November 1992

On the night of 15-16 December 1988, three masked men committed a series of violent robberies off the M25 in Surrey, which left one man dead and another wounded. Following the robberies, based on evidence from the victims, police issued a televised appeal stating that they were looking for two white men and a black man in connection with the crimes.

After a six week trial in 1990 three black men, Raphael Rowe, Michael Davis and Randolph Johnson were convicted of murder and robbery. All three men have consistently protested their innocence and Rowe and Davis both had alibis which demonstrated that they could not have been at the scene of the crime.

During the trial the main witnesses (who were originally suspects) against the three men admitted their involvement in the crimes. They admitted stealing the car initially used by the attackers, owning the air pistol used in the attacks and supplying and disposing of the masks used in the attacks. None of them were charged with any criminal offence.

The Campaign is also questioning breeches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and the judge's summing up.

The M25 Campaign can be contacted c/o Miss J Rowe M25 Three Campaign 105 Fearnley House Vestry Road London SE5 8JX. Tel. 071 703 8975 or 071 738 7477.