Oval Four cleared 47 years after being framed by detective

The young black men were jailed on false theft charges

Winston Trew, Oval Four
Winston Trew was one of four men jailed for eight months following the incident at Oval tube station
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Three men jailed in 1972 in a highly controversial case have had their convictions overturned after being found to have been framed by a corrupt police officer.

Winston Trew, Sterling Christie, George Griffiths and another man, all of them black, spent eight months in prison after being accused of stealing handbags at London's Oval underground station, earning them the nickname the “Oval Four”.

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