Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.

Murder of Keith Blakelock

1985 murder in England

Keith Henry Blakelock QGM, a London Metropolitan Police constable, was murdered on 6 October 1985 during the Broadwater Farm riot in Tottenham, north London. The riot broke out after Cynthia Jarrett died of heart failure during a police search of her home, and took place against…