Tag Archive: David Elfer QC

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

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

“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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“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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