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"Fatal Protest: A 'Riot'?" - another Play penned by Colin Bobb-Semple, presents a tragic Courtroom Drama for Film, TV and Stage. * The police raid the London home of a woman of African-Caribbean descent; * She collapses whilst in police custody and dies; * Her grandson, a law student, and over 1,000 students and others, assemble outside the police station and protest about police brutality, harassment, stop and search and deaths in custody; * A group of police officers, mounted on horseback, charge towards the protesters to disperse them; * In the melee, some protesters and police officers are injured; * The protest becomes a violent confrontation, allegedly a riot; * A mounted police officer sustains a fatal injury. The play is a dramatic representation of the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey homicide trial of the deceased woman's grandson, and its tragic consequences.