Apartheid protesters’ convictions quashed in London after 51 years

Trio convicted of public order offences in 1972 but their protest had been infiltrated by an undercover officer

The criminal convictions of three anti-racism campaigners have been overturned after it was disclosed that senior Scotland Yard managers told an undercover police officer to lie in their trial.

The trio were convicted of public order offences five decades ago when they took part in a protest against South Africa's apartheid regime.