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UK: M25's Raphael Rowe on hunger strike

01 March 1997

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Raphael Rowe, one of the M25 Three, who was jailed after a series of violent robberies that left one man dead in 1988 (see Statewatch, vol 2, no 6, vol 3, nos 2 & 4), has started a hunger strike at Maidstone prison. He decided to refuse food after Home Office ministers reneged on promises to refer his case to the Court of Appeal. Raphael's case for appeal has been under review since 1994, and he was given assurances that it would be dealt with before the new Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) took over on March 31. However, the Home Office went back on their promise and has informed Raphael that his case has been passed to the new body, which "inevitably means there will be some further delay before a decision is made on your representations..." Members of the M25 Three Campaign believe that the move is a cynical government manipulation designed to appease the law and order lobby in the run-up to the general election. The M25 Three Campaign can be contacted at: 28 Grimsel Path, London SE5 0TB; website.

M25 Three Newsletter (undated); South London Press 28.2.97., 2 & 11.4.97; Guardian 4.4.97.

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