Winston Silcott on the Broadwater Farm Estate, in a bid to reduce youth crime in the area. In March 2007, he was found guilty of theft from shops for a second time since his release from prison. After his initial arrest he was held in police cells for two days for failing to reveal his real address. Winston Silcott Winston Silcott (born 1959) is a British citizen of Caribbean (Montserrat) parents, who, as one of the "Tottenham Three", was convicted in March 1987 for the murder of PC Keith Blakelock on the night of 6 October 1985 during the Broadwater Farm riot
Food riots in the Middle East the 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots. Egypt experienced food riots in 1977 and 1984. On Sunday, October 1, 1984 Egyptians in the Kfar el-Dewar industrial outside of Alexandria rioted and fought with police for eight hours. The rioters, who were said to number in the hundreds, "pelted police with stones, overturned carts in the town market, and smashed shop windows," according to one news report. The police reported that one person was killed, 13 people were injured, and 40 people (including police) were arrested. Food riots hit Jordan in 1989 and 1996. At the beginning of 1989, Jordan defaulted on debt