the Tottenham Three
/ðə ˌtɒtnəm ˈθriː/
/ðə ˌtɑːtnəm ˈθriː/
- the name given to three young men who in 1987 were sent to prison for life for having taken part in the murder of a policeman during violent events on the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, north London. After a campaign of protest, they were officially declared innocent of the crime in 1991, when it was shown that some of the police evidence against them had been false. Together with similar cases at the time, this caused concern in Britain about dishonest behaviour by the police and about whether the legal system was fair.
托特纳姆三人队（Tottenham Three）：这个名字取自1987年因在伦敦北部托特纳姆郡Broadwater Farm居住区发生的暴力事件中参与杀害一名警察而被判终身监禁的三名年轻人。经过抗议运动，他们于1991年被正式宣布无罪，当时有证据表明，针对他们的一些警察证据是虚假的。与当时的类似案件一起，这在英国引起了人们对警察不诚实行为以及法律制度是否公平的关注。