In 1972, police in Trinidad discovered a burned-down commune with the bodies of Joe Skerritt and Gale Benson. The property was rented by Michael de Freitas, also known as Michael X, a prominent figure in the UK's Black Power movement. De Freitas was later found in a Guyanese rainforest, charged with two murders, and ultimately hanged in Trinidad.
When police in Trinidad showed up to investigate at the scene of a burned down commune in 1972, they quickly realised they were looking at the work of seasoned criminals. As far from an open and shut case of arson as was possible to imagine - what emerged from the scene would be even more sordid - and ultimately end the life of one of Britain's most notable black activists. Concealed within the burned-down ruins within a shallow grave was the body of Joe Skerritt.
According to the Who Is Michael X podcast, produced by Hamza Salmi, like many in the Windrush generation brought over to rebuild the country after the Second World War, de Freitas came armed with his British passport and with an expectation he would be welcomed. The opposite was the case.
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