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In the new podcast, Brixton: Flames on the Frontline, Winston Trew (voiced by Peter Bankole) shares his story of being attacked and arrested by a corrupt police officer in the lead up to the 1981 Brixton riots.

He said: 鈥淩ight there and then, the only difference between me and George Floyd was there weren鈥檛 any mobile phones around to record him strangling me.鈥�

Winston spent eight months in prison for attempted theft and assaulting a police officer. It later emerged he had been framed by a corrupt police officer from the British Transport Police.

His conviction was not overturned until 2019 - 47 years later.

British Transport Police Deputy Chief Constable Adrian Hanstock said: 鈥淚 apologise unreservedly for the distress, anxiety and impact this will have undoubtedly caused those who were wrongly convicted.鈥�

He added: 鈥淥ver the intervening 45 years there have been significant changes in how all forces, including British Transport Police, identify and investigate police misconduct.鈥�

Find out how Winston鈥檚 story - and others like it - led to growing anger before the 1981 Brixton riots in this new podcast, available on 麻豆社 Sounds.

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