I've been on Google for ages but can't find what I want. In around 1988 I bought a tape from Our Price on a whim because they were playing it over the speakers and it was awesome. Can't remember the name of the artist but it is a guy who is well known for doing soundtracks and kinda like David Holmes. The track was called, I think, 'Cycle Of Violence' and on the same album there was a dub reggae version of the 007 theme music.
The track itself makes harrowing listening to as it consists of a young female newsreader relating the newstory about a young black man being broken out of prison by a mob who then lynch him and set fire to him even while he protests his innocence.

It would have you in tears and I really want to find another copy if anyone can identify it

Found it!

Album: Soul Murder Artist: Barry Adamson Tract: A Gentle Man of Colour

Not on Youtube

Found it by remembering his other album had Moss Side in the title

Racked my brains for nothing! Haha, at least it gave me a fair distraction from doing coursework

Thanks for looking, I tried googling for ages and got nothing before I remembered the connection to Moss Side

Soul Murder is a great album btw