Scotland Yard Detective confesses to "Framing" three innocent people: This was the moment a policemen got his man It was the prelude to a "frame-up". For the man making the arrest is Detective Sergeant Grant Smith who has confessed to "planting" evidence on suspects to further his career. The scene is Twickenham Rugby ground on November 5th, 1969. The young man being held is Mangalsinh Jadeja, a Kenyan Asian, a student at Southampton University at the time. Jadeja, who was taking part in an anti-apartheid demonstration, was later convicted of having an offensive weapon - a knife. He was fined £20 and ordered to pay £8 costs. Detective Sergeant Smith aged 32, admitted that that he planted the knife on Jadeja to insure conviction. In a statement to his superiors Sgt. Smith has admitted his guilt saying "I could not live with my conscience'. a report on the affair has been demanded by the Home Secretary Roy Jenkins. Photo shows Detective-Sergeant Grant Smith (right) who has confessed to "framing" three people, pictured as he arrested one of them, Mangalsinh Jadeja, during an anti-Springboks demonstration in 1969.
Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 08-08-1974.
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