The pair were also paid around £5,000 in 1994 as a reward for helping police and for ‘the disruption to their lives which were turned upside down’. They were granted immunity from prosecution because they had not used weapons. ![]() Their case hinged on the evidence of three men who claim they saw Jacobs, who was 16 at the time, stabbing the policeman.īut the evidence of trio, who appeared under the pseudonyms John Brown, Rhodes Levin and Witness Q, was riddled with inaccuracies and mocked by the defence.Īll three have addictions to alcohol or drugs – or both – and have an array of criminal convictions which further hampered their credibility.īrown and Levin admitted kicking the policeman repeatedly as he was stabbed by a baying mob shouting ‘kill the pigs’. Widow: Elizabeth Johnson at the Old Bailey for the verdict
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