Marginal Benefits – Judge for yourself

Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry

We are disappointed that in his judgement of the case brought by Graham Mouncher and others for compensation, the judge hearing that case Mr Justice Wyn Williams chose to attack Satish Sekar and his book Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry. Clearly some profoundly disagree with Williams’ opinion (see below). We prefer to let readers judge whether it was beneficial or not for themselves.

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The Fitted-In Project

“(This book) contains all the material for a devastating indictment of the adversarial system of justice as now practised. The facts speak for themselves. The police did behave badly; but … the human capacity for self deception is so strong that the police can, and do, convince themselves of the truth of what they would like to believe. I am also of the opinion that a judicial element should be introduced into police investigations at an early stage, as in France and to a limited extent in Scotland.
The English legal system is not concerned with the proof of innocence but with proof of guilt. This is why the Court of Appeal did not make any findings as to the innocence of the three appellants”. The late (Sir Frederick) Lawton (Barrister and later judge, Lord Justice)

“To have proved three convictions wrong; to have helped secure the release of the wronged men; to have worked successfully for the detection of the perpetrator of the crime and help secure a conviction; and to have then been part of the largest investigation ever of what went wrong in a miscarriage of justice, which resulted in the arrest of thirty-four people including twenty police officers involved in the original case, is a qualification unique to Satish Sekar. He is obviously a genius.” Tim Gopsil (Editor of the Journalist)

“He [Christopher Coutts] never succeeded in explaining to me why Mr Sekar enjoyed the status he was afforded during the course of LW3. For all intents and purposes Mr Sekar was treated as if he was a victim. His book was supplied to all the investigators engaged in LW3. For my part I can see no justification for the special status which was afforded to Mr Sekar and only marginal benefits to be derived from the investigators reading his book”. Mr Justice Wyn Williams (The judge in the police compensation case)

“The impact was tremendous. Had there been no book, there would have been no enquiry. The book was much in the vein of Emile Zola’s J’accuse, which started an almost similar enquiry a hundred years back.” Professor Anil Aggrawal (Forensic Pathologist – India)