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Elkin Pianim, the Ghanaian businessman who set up the New Nation newspaper. He was married to Elisabeth Murdoch the daughter of media mogul Rupert. They have one daughter.
 
Dr Mike Phillips - academic, author and brother to Trevor Phillips, former chair of the Commission for Racial Equality.

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Pirate Multimedia - London based film production company. Founded in 1996 by Robert Andre and Paul Sealy. Pirate is one of the few Afro-Caribbean run film production companies in the United Kingdom. Their first foray into movie making came in 1997 with the ten minute short Deadline swiftly followed by Honesty (1998) and Third Eye (1998). In 2004 they released a feature length version of 'Honesty' entitled The Best Policy to a critical mauling before embarking on the so-called erotic thriller Sister Sinner in 2005. Pirate employs a staff of eight from various ethnic backgrounds.

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Hope Powell- former England international and now England women's football coach.

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Michael Powell (d) - the six officers charged over his death in custody were cleared in August 2006. A jury at Leicester Crown Court found four of them not guilty of misconduct and two not guilty of battery. Powell, 38, a father of three, had been struck by a patrol car, then arrested after a struggle in Lozells, Birmingham in 2003. The Police had been called by his mother, who was concerned he was having a breakdown. He was taken to a police station in neighbouring Handsworth. He collapsed while in custody and was taken to City Hospital, where he died in the early hours. 

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The Preddie Brothers - The teenage killers of Peckham schoolboy Damilola Taylor had a series of convictions and a street reputation before finally being found guilty in the Taylor case (09 August 2006) . Ricky Preddie, 19 (right), had 24 offences to his name. Danny Preddie, 18, had conspiracy to commit robbery amongst other things. According to police sources: "whenever there was a robbery, one or other of the Preddies was involved." The brothers, brought up in Peckham gained a reputation for violence at an early age. Both were at the Old Bailey before Damilola's death, charged with indecent assault, accused of assaulting two girls aged 10 and 12 in a park in 1999. The case was thrown out.

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Kiyan Prince (d) - was a budding footballer with London club QPR. He was stabbed to death in May 2006 some 50 yards away from his school ( The London Academy Edgware ) whilst according to reports he was attempting to break up a fight. Kiyan aged 15 is the son of former British light-heavyweight boxer Mark Prince. A 16-year-old was arrested and charged in connection to the incident

   
 

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