
The Cardiff Five
Innocent Beyond Any Doubt
Satish C. Sekar(Author)
Waterside Press
2nd Edition
Published on 15. November 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-1-909976-52-8 (ISBN)
Description
This fresh edition of Satish Sekar's classic work brings events up to date as at 2017 and includes matters that the author was prevented from publishing sooner. Among other things it deals with the collapse of the 2011 trial of police officers and others concerning the original miscarriage of justice in this case and in a new Epilogue calls for a Truth and Justice Commission.
The author shows how this extreme miscarriage of justice destroyed families, divided communities and undermined confidence in the criminal justice system. The book takes the reader from the sadistic killing of Lynette White in Cardiff in 1988, via the subsequent investigation and trial to the aftermath of the folding of the 2011 trial over `lost' documents that later materialised. But above all, it deals with the hard scientific facts of the first vindication case of the DNA-age.
The author shows how this extreme miscarriage of justice destroyed families, divided communities and undermined confidence in the criminal justice system. The book takes the reader from the sadistic killing of Lynette White in Cardiff in 1988, via the subsequent investigation and trial to the aftermath of the folding of the 2011 trial over `lost' documents that later materialised. But above all, it deals with the hard scientific facts of the first vindication case of the DNA-age.
Reviews / Votes
`One of the most important books ever written about criminal justice'- Michael Mansfield QC; `No-one is better suited to explaining and unravelling the complexities'- Duncan Campbell; `Tireless work and extraordinary insight'- Bob Woffinden.More details
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Winchester
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909976-52-8 (9781909976528)
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11/2017
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06/2012
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Persons
Satish Sekar is a freelance journalist and researcher. His work includes that for the feature film In the Name of the Father, Panorama, Trial and Error, Law in Action, Today and Channel 4 News. He has written for the Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph and other newspapers including Private Eye. He is the founding Director and CEO of the Fitted-in Project and a consultant on forensic issues where he has been involved in various high profile issues, including police complaints, reform and DNA-testing.
Content
Foreword by Michael Mansfield QC; Introduction; 1.Pressure - A Force to be Reckoned With; 2.Advances in Forensic Science; 3.The Unit: Unsolved and Unresolved Homicides; 4.The Review Process; 5.Committed - The Investigation After Hacking; 6.The Scientific Evidence; 7.Identifying the Killer and the Implications; 8.The Arrest and Aftermath; 9.Guilty - History is Made; 10.Characteristics of a Killer; 11.Lessons - Profiling Gafoor; 12.Tariffs - Protecting the Guilty; 13.The Power of Vindication; Original Conclusion; Epilogue: The Final Obfuscations; Appendix 1 - Judicial Murders in Cardiff; Appendix 2 - Some Further Injustices; Some Frequent Abbreviations; Index.