Former pickets Ricky Tomlinson (better known these days as TV’s Jim Royle) and Terry Renshaw, together with Andy Warren (son of deceased picket Des Warren) will visit the CRCC offices in Birmingham seeking to overturn what they have always claimed to be a political conspiracy and miscarriage of justice.
After the national strike, 24 trade unionists were put on trial in Shrewsbury and became known as the Shrewsbury Pickets. Several were sent to jail. Ricky Tomlinson was sentenced to two years after being found guilty of 'conspiracy to intimidate'.
Terry Renshaw, a Shrewsbury Picket and Ucatt activist, said: “I believe we will finally see justice and prove that this was a political trial. The government can’t have it both ways by denying it was political and still refusing nearly 40 years on to release all documents appertaining to the trials as it would threaten the national security of the country”.
Ucatt general secretary Steve Murphy said: “For nearly 40 years the pickets and their families have been trying to clear their names and overturn the grave injustice they suffered. The CCRC needs to act quickly on this case and right this wrong.”
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