Keith Blakelock

Keith Blakelock

Blakelock was born on 28 June 1945 in Sunderland. He joined the Metropolitan Police on 14 November 1980 and was assigned to a response team in Hornsey before becoming a home beat officer in Muswell Hill, north London. At the time of his death, he was married to Elizabeth Blakelock (later Johnson), with three sons, Mark, Kevin and Lee. Lee Blakelock, eight years old when his father died, became a police officer himself, joining Durham Constabulary in 2000. PC Blakelock is buried in East Finchley Cemetery.