英国上诉法院撤销了Christopher Poulter和Kevin Biggs在1976年的盗窃罪定罪1。两人当时分别仅21岁和18岁，因伦敦Clapham货场盗取13个邮袋案被判有罪，但实际上是遭到腐败警察Derek Ridgewell的伪证陷害1。这是与Ridgewell不当行为相关的第14和15起被撤销的定罪案件1。
Ridgewell在1980年因盗窃超过100万英镑商品被监禁7年1。律师Jenny Wiltshire指出，英国运输警察在Ridgewell被定罪后仅4年就知晓他的腐败行为，却未采取相应行动1。本案由刑事案件审查委员会在2024年提交上诉法院处理1。遗憾的是，Kevin Biggs已于2004年去世，未能看到自己的定罪被撤销1。
Britain's Court of Appeal has overturned the theft convictions of Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who were wrongfully imprisoned for nearly five decades following perjured evidence from a corrupt police officer 1. Poulter and Biggs, who were 21 and 18 years old respectively when convicted in 1976 for stealing 13 mail bags from a Clapham depot in London, have now had their cases heard in 2024 following a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission 1. This ruling marks the 14th and 15th convictions overturned in connection with the misconduct of Derek Ridgewell, the police officer whose fabricated testimony led to their imprisonment 1.
Ridgewell was himself imprisoned for seven years in 1980 after being convicted of stealing goods valued at over one million pounds 1. The officer had systematically falsified evidence against numerous young Black men over his career. Biggs died in 2004 without witnessing his exoneration, while Poulter lived to see justice restored 1. According to lawyer Jenny Wiltshire, British Transport Police became aware of Ridgewell's corruption just four years after his 1980 conviction, yet failed to take action to review the cases he had tainted 1.
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