Tag Archive: the Code for Crown Prosecutors

CPS – Culpable. Pathetic. Shameful.

Author: Satish Sekar January 17, 2015 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 19th 2012) Coded For the last quarter of a century the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was supposed to have provided independent scrutiny on decisions over whether or not to prosecute. It had powers…
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Truth and Justice, Unfit for Purpose

CPS, Darren Hall, Dic Penderyn, Ellis Sherwood, Hywel Hughes, Michael O'Brien, miscarriage of justice, PACE, Penderyn methods, Presumed Guilty: The Death of the Justice, THE CARDIFF FIVE, the Code for Crown Prosecutors, THE CPS, THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE, THE LYNETTE WHITE INQUIRY, the Newsagent's Three

Lessons Ignored

Author: Satish Sekar December 12, 2014 0 Comments

Tragedy Three days before she was due to stand trial accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice Eleanor de Freitas committed suicide. Last year she had accused a man1 of rape. The investigating officers believed her, but lacked…
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Unfit for Purpose

Allison Saunders, Chapter 4: Independent Eyes, CPS, criteria, Crown Prosecutors, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, Eleanor de Freitas, FITTED IN: THE CARDIFF 3 AND THE LYNETTE WHITE INQUIRY, Metropolitan Police, openness, private prosecution, public interest, rape, Sir Keir Starmer, Suffiecy of Evidence, the Attorney General's Office, the Code for Crown Prosecutors, THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE, the DPP

“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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“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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