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Colin Sylvester Roach: suspicious death at Stoke Newington Police Station on 12 January...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 28/21
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This record is about the Colin Sylvester Roach: suspicious death at Stoke Newington Police Station on 12 January... dating from 1983 Jan 1 - 1989 Dec 31 in the series Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, General (GN Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 28/21
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1983 Jan 1 - 1989 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Colin Sylvester Roach: suspicious death at Stoke Newington Police Station on 12 January 1983. With photographs
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GN91/83/10
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 77 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Policing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16834138/
Series information
MEPO 28
Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, General (GN Series)
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