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| Description | David Oluwale was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1930 and served an apprenticeship as a tailor. He thought his prospects would be better in England and hid on board SS Temple Bar in 1949 which was a cargo ship destined for Hull. When the ship docked in Hull he was arrested. Oluwale was considered a British subject and not an illegal immigrant, but he was charged as a stowaway under the Merchant Shipping Act. He was sentenced to 28 days imprisonment. Following his release from prison Oluwale headed to Leeds. In 1953 he started to suffer from hallucinations and spent the next 8 years in High Royds Hospital. After he was released he had trouble holding down a job and from time to time was homeless. He was to return to High Royds in 1965 for a further 2 years. Upon his release he again became homeless and lived on the street. It was during this time that he first came into contact with Sergeant Kenneth Kitching and Inspector Geoffrey Ellerker in Leeds. Several officers but mainly Kitching and Ellerker were to subject Oluwale to months of violence. They would make him do "penance" on his hands and knees during which they kicked away his arms so that his head would hit the floor, urinate and racially abuse him. On the 17th April 1969 Kitching and Ellerker beat Oluwale for sleeping in a shop doorway, he managed to escape the officers and ran off towards the River Aire where his body was found down river some 2 weeks later. He was to be buried in a paupers grave in Killingbeck cemetery his death put down to an accident. In 1970 a young police recruit heard gossip about how Kitching and Ellerker had treated Oluwale and reported them. Inspector Geoffrey Ellerker and Sergeant Kenneth Kitching went on trial for the manslaughter of Oluwale. At the trial the judge described Oluwale as dirty and filthy and directed the jury to find Kitching and Ellerker not guilty of manslaughter. The jury returned unanimous verdicts of guilty relating to four assaults which took place between August 1968 and February 1969. Ellerker was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and Kitching to 27 months. Oluwale's death resulted in the first successful prosecution of British police officers for involvement in the death of a black person. |
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| Author | Mark Stevenson |
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