Satish Sekar

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Satish C. Sekar (born September 1963) is a British author and journalist, and a consultant in forensic evidence.[1] Sekar has specialised since the 1990s in investigating miscarriages of justice.[2] His work has been published in newspapers including The Guardian, The Independent and Private Eye, and he has also worked for television documentaries including Panorama and Trial And Error. He has worked on a number of high-profile cases in the UK including the Cardiff Newsagent Three, Gary Mills and Tony Poole (wrongly convicted in 1990 for the murder of Hensley Wiltshire), the M25 Three, and Michelle and Lisa Taylor (wrongly convicted in 1992 for the murder of Alison Shaughnessy). In 1992, his work helped overturn the convictions of the Cardiff Three and while researching a book about the case, Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry, he uncovered errors in the original evaluation of forensic evidence from the crime scene. His submissions to the Home Office about the DNA evidence were instrumental in reopening the case and the eventual extraction of a DNA profile which led to the arrest and conviction of the real killer, Jeffrey Gafoor, in 2003.[3] The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology said that Sekar's "extraordinary work on the case of the Cardiff 3 [put] academic criminology to shame."[4]

Early life

Sekar was educated at Reynolds High School, Acton, and Thames Polytechnic. He has one brother, Chandra Sekar, a barrister specialising in criminal, employment and human rights law.

Bibliography

  • Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry (1997)
  • The Cardiff Five: Innocent Beyond Any Doubt (2012)

References

  1. ↑ "The Cardiff Five". Waterside Press. 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Justice delayed is still justice". The Journalist (National Union of Journalists). 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2012. 
  3. ↑ "The Lynette White Case: How advances in DNA tests can trap killers from tiny clues". Western Mail (Cardiff). 5 July 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2012.   – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Dixon, David (1 December 2003). "Police Reform: Building Integrity". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology. Retrieved 25 November 2012.   – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)

External links

  • The Fitted-In Project — Campaign group founded by Satish Sekar and dedicated to highlighting miscarriages of justice and promoting policy changes in the criminal justice system.
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