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Thursday, 18 October 2018

Retrial ordered for black activist Michael X – archive 19 October 1967

19 October 1967: A retrial was ordered in the case against Michael Abdul Malik, leader of Britain’s Black Muslims, amid confusion over jurors

A retrial was ordered for Michael Abdul Malik, known as Michael X, leader of Britain’s Black Muslims, by the Recorder, Mr R. C. Hutton, at the Reading Quarter Sessions yesterday on a race-hate charge.

This followed an application by Mr Kenneth Jones, QC, for the prosecution, who said that from what Malik had said he had intended to object to a juror on Tuesday.

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