Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes | UK news | The Guardian

The British have always kept great records - a boon for researchers with the time and inclination to trawl through archives. But interesting revelations of our colonial master destroying records of their brutality...
 
Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes | UK news | The Guardian

Records were destroyed not just to protect the United Kingdom's reputation, but to help protect the British government from litigation from freedom fighters mistreated in their fight to expel the colonising forces.