sharp This vicious sentence handed down by the Manchester Crown Court harsher than many sentences for those con victed of manslaughter! At press conte ence the hearing Robert's father said that his showed clear signs of hav#• aller his arrest a black eye, and cuts and bruises on his head and face. Robert said the police did it.
Moss Side resident, Jenner Boult, spoke She datened that defence of Robert was speaking to and a neighbour prior to his arrest, when police hit him with a truncheon abused him and dragged him away. But Robert was shock'? He allegedly threw a Moss young and in the Moss Side area, so the judge pronounced him guilty.
same day Robert Gittings was sent to jail for six years for a crime he didn't commit, the Greater Manchester Council's committee of inquiry into the Moss Side riots, called for an official inquiry into 'police overreaction' to the riots But it's not just the police who have 'overreacted' the riots.
Crown Court last week Judge Raymond Dean the behaviour and words Bradford magistrates had put indirect pressure on defendants to plead guilty order to be released from custody.
Tarlochan Gat-Aura Bradford had a £75 fine for using threatening behaviour aside after he claimed that he had only pleaded guilty because he felt sure that otherwise he would be kept custody.
Countless other defendants the TOLS nave made similar claims of being pressured INLO pleading for crimes they never committeen This is the first time that courts have recognised the justice of their complaint More than a thousand mainly young people were rounded up police swoops up and down the country after summer's riots. Some, like the Bradford 12, face possible CUllspiracy charges.
It is time for the labour movement make voice heard in defence of these victims police repression and vengeance. 'He's young - he'll do to make up the numbers hoto: GM COOKSON
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SEVENTEEN year old Robert Gittings has gone to jail for six years. What did he do to deserve this rather long 'short
petrol bomb in last summer's Side riots. Robert claimed in court that he took no part in the riot.
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