Ronald DeSouza

Year of crime:
1972
Year conviction was overturned:
2025

Ronald DeSouza was convicted of attempted robbery, alongside. It has now been shown that a police officer who worked on his case was corrupt and falsely accused mostly young black men of theft and robbery offences.

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  • Offence: Robbery / burglary
  • Jurisdiction: England & Wales
  • County: Greater London 
  • Ethnicity: Black
  • Gender: M
  • Offence convicted of: Attempted robbery
  • Year of crime: 1972
  • Year of initial conviction: 1972
  • Year conviction was overturned: 2025
  • Post Office Case: N
  • Tried with others: Y
  • Crown argued case at CofA: No
  • Retrial: No