Tag Archive: YUSEF ABDULLAHI

System Failures

Author: Satish Sekar January 17, 2015 0 Comments

False Impressions The prosecution team in the Lynette White murder trial included two Queens Counsels, led by David Elfer. The other became Mr Justice Roderick Evans. Elfer failed to understand Stephen Miller’s vulnerability and used a confession that was false,…
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Truth and Justice, Unfit for Purpose

Barry Dock, Brynley Samuel, can of worms, confessions, David Elfer QC, Lord Taylor, LYNETTE WHITE, Mr Jusatice (Sir Oliver) Popplewell, Mr Justice (Sir John) Laws, Mr Justice (Sir John) Leonard, Mr Justice McNeill, Mr Justice Roderick Evans, PACE, PAUL DARVELL, SANDRA PHILLIPS, severance, Sir David McNeill, South Wales, STEPHEN MILLER, THE CARDIFF FIVE, the Cardiff Three, THE COURT OF APPEAL, THE CPS, the Darvell brothers, WAYNE DARVELL, YUSEF ABDULLAHI

Bluff and Bluster

Author: Satish Sekar January 17, 2015 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 13th 2012) Bluff Yusef Abdullahi had a strong alibi. It was treated not as a possible indicator of innocence, but as a guide to what the prosecution had to be undermine. It was,…
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Truth and Justice, Unfit for Purpose

alibi, disclosure, Dyfed-Powys Police, Ian Massey, John Cooper, LYNETTE WHITE, prison informer, THE CARDIFF FIVE, THE CPS, TONY PARIS, YUSEF ABDULLAHI

Beyond Doubt

Author: Satish Sekar January 16, 2015 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 11th 2012) The Suspension of Disbelief There is no longer any credible doubt that the Cardiff Five1 are innocent, but they always were. It should not have required the conviction of the real…
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Articles, Truth and Justice, Vindication

David Elfer QC, Dr Gisli Gudjonsson, EGREGIOUS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, forensic science, JOHN ACTIE, LYNETTE WHITE, RONNIE ACTIE, STEPHEN MILLER, THE CARDIFF FIVE, the Cardiff Three, THE LYNETTE WHITE INQUIRY, TONY PARIS, vulnerable, YUSEF ABDULLAHI

The Forgotten Victimsʼ Rights

Author: Satish Sekar December 30, 2014 3 Comments

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (December 30th 2014) Referral The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) recently announced that it would investigate the conviction of Jordan Cunliffe. Then just 15 Cunliffe was convicted of the shocking 2007 murder of salesman…
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After-care, Just Tariffs

(Baroness) Helen Newlove, Adam Swellings, ANGELA PSAILA, Code of Practice for Victims, Garry Newlove, JEFFREY GAFOOR, Joint Enterprise, Jordan Cunliffe, LEARNNE VILDAY, Louise Casey, LYNETTE WHITE, MARK GROMMEK, RONNIE ACTIE, Stephen Lawrence, Stephen Sorton, THE CARDIFF FIVE, THE CCRC, THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION, Victims' Commissioner, YUSEF ABDULLAHI

The Rights of the Forgotten Victims – Undue Leniency

Author: Satish Sekar November 21, 2014 0 Comments

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 31st 2009) Absurd The victims of crime (or their family) have the right to give statements about the impact the crime has had upon them to the judge before he or she decides…
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Just Tariffs

FITTED IN: THE CARDIFF 3 AND THE LYNETTE WHITE INQUIRY, GAFOOR, JOHN ACTIE, LYNETTE WHITE, Mr Justice Royce, RONNIE ACTIE, STEPHEN MILLER, tariff, THE CARDIFF FIVE, THE CARDIFF FIVE: INNOCENT BEYOND ANY DOUBT, the Cardiff Three, TONY PARIS, vindication, YUSEF ABDULLAHI

“Satish is a dedicated investigator with a passion for justice, both to correct miscarriages to absolve the innocent, and to identify and bring the true perpetrator(s) to account. His dogged determination and indefatigable efforts to explore overlooked or disregarded facts and possibilities, and to publish his findings publicly, have made a significant contribution to the Criminal Justice System in Britain and abroad.”

Robert (Bob) Parsons (Forensic Chemist/Alcohol Toxicologist, Indian River C…

Bob Parsons

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“Satish is an experienced and able author and investigative journalist with a long track record in campaigning against miscarriages of justice. He continues acting as a pressure group to alleviate the problems which those wrongfully convicted suffer in the long term, even after they have been vindicated. He is also actively involved in anti-racism initiatives, particularly in football, and seeks to improve racial equality by increasing the sporting opportunities available for disadvantaged gro…

Dave Barclay

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“Satish is an author of ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry‘ and the recently published “The Cardiff Five: Innocent Beyond Any Doubt“. He is also a journalist, academic, researcher and expert, especially for those who have suffered miscarriages of justice. Although at times, Satish is highly critical of the criminal justice system, he only challenges from a position of desiring improvement for the benefit of all, whether they be the investigator or the investigated. Members…

Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera

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“Satish is a dedicated investigative journalist who worked hard to investigate the background to the jailing of the Cardiff Three for the 1988 murder of Lynette White. The success of their appeal against their convictions is largely down to his hard work. He wrote the story of this case and his subsequent campaign to have the case reinvestigated in his book ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff Three and the Lynette White Inquiry’. I wanted to write about the forensic aspects of the case in my book Cold…

Liz Porter Sunday AgeAustralia

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