Tag Archive: THE CARDIFF FIVE

A Travesty of Justice

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 31st 2009) Ludicrous When sentencing the real murderer of Lynette White to life imprisonment in July 2003, Mr Justice (Sir John) Royce told Jeffrey Gafoor: “You allowed innocent men to go to prison…
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Unaccountable

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (July 21st 2013) Unjustifiable The Crown Prosecution Service was established over a quarter of a century ago. Among its high profile and spectacular failures is the Lynette White Inquiry. Its Code for Crown Prosecutors…
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Incapable of Belief

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 24th 2009) Absurd The Cardiff Five is far from the only miscarriage of justice case from the 1980s and 90s that involves lying witnesses and proven malpractice by police, but it is the…
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So Who’s Next?

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (December 24th 2008) Perjury Under Duress Mark Grommek, Learnne Vilday and Angela Psaila were sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment for perjury on December 19th. They are the first witnesses to be convicted of perjury…
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Obligations

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 25th 2011) Abolished The late Yusef Abdullahi would not be compensated for his ordeal despite his undoubted innocence if he had been wrongfully convicted now. The Cardiff Three (Abdullahi, Stephen Miller and Tony…
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