Criminal records of striking miners 'should be erased'

Coalition of unions, campaigners and lawyers want complaints relating to entire 1984 strike examined Calls to erase the criminal records of the estimated 7,000 men detained and "falsely charged" during the miners' strike have been made by campaigners demanding a fresh inquiry into the policing of the dispute. As the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigates allegations of assault, perjury and misconduct in a public office during the "Battle of Orgreave" – the pivotal 1984 clas...