Chief Writer

Satish made his name with extraordinary story of the Cardiff Five and the Lynette White Inquiry. A journalist since 1990 he has been published in several media, including the Independent and the Guardian. He has appeared on radio and television as well and worked on the acclaimed feature film In the Name of the Father. His first book Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry made history several times. His next book is due to be published this year.

Satish began working on justice issues in 1990. His greatest success is the incredible case of the Cardiff Five (Yusef Abdullahi, Stephen Miller, Tony Paris and the cousins John and Ronnie Acrie). His work contributed to the successful appeal. He then persuaded the authorities to look for the real killer, along with Lynette’s mother Peggy Pesticcio. His book (see below) had a great impact when it was published in 1998.

The case continued to make history as the real murderer Jeffrey Gaffoor was caught and punished – the first time a miscarriage of justice had been resolved in Britain by the conviction of the real murderer. Witnesses have been jailed for perjury and thirteen serving or retired police officers face trial for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in 2011.

Satish has worked on several other successful cases. These include the Tamil Two (Samuel Kulsaingham and Premaraj Sivalingham), Raphael Rowe and Michael Davis of the M25 Three, Gary Mills and Tony Poole and the Taylor Sisters (Michelle and Lisa).

Expertise:

• Consultancy on forensic science issues in case of Neil Sayers for Steven Bird –funding was approved by Legal Services Commission.
• Recommendations included ground breaking experiments to prove whether maggots could have survived the fire. Legal aid was granted for these experiments to be conducted. The experiments were conducted successfully in Valencia in 2009. Recommendations also included further research on forensic pathology and DNA to be conducted by renowned experts in2010.
• DNA, including data-basing
• Forensic Pathology
• Fire Issues

Current Forensic Science Research:

• Revolutionary techniques in artificially controlled fire reconstruction and forensic botany.

Books:

Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry published independently by the Fitted-In-Project in July 1998.

This book was reviewed extensively, including in The Times Literary Supplement, among many others. It has helped to make legal history in Britain several times. Within a year of publication it resulted in the Lynette White being actively re-opened by a new unit established to resolve unsolved and unresolved homicides.

In July 2003 the real murderer, Jeffrey Gafoor pleaded guilty to Lynette’s murder. This was the first time in British history that a miscarriage of justice was resolved by the conviction of the truly guilty. It resulted in the only investigation of possible criminal conduct in a miscarriage of justice anywhere in the world. In December 2008 three original witnesses were jailed for eighteen months and in 2009 fifteen people, including thirteen former and serving police officers were charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The trial will begin in the spring of 2011.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission – Hope for the Innocent? edited by Michael Naughton. Chapter 6: The Failure of the Review of the Possible Wrongful Convictions Caused by Michael Heath. The unabridged version is published by the Fitted-In Project as Next Time the Fire at www.fittedin.com

Beyond Doubt to be published in February 2011
Vindication to be published in 2011
Journalism, Consultancy and Lecturing:

Satish has worked in television, film and radio, including In the Name of the Father, BBC1’s Panorama and Channel Four’s Trial And Error. His on camera appearances include BBC2’s Black Ink and Channel 4 News. His work on radio consists of Radio 4’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Series), You And Yours, Today, Law In Action, among others.  Print media work includes articles for The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Express, Private Eye, The Western Mail, The Guardian Online and The Times Online.

He is the Founder and chief feature writer of the Fitted-In Project and also Empower-Sport Magazine.1 Satish is the Director of the Fitted-In Project and also Empower-Sport Ltd. both of which are not for profit companies limited by guarantee. Satish has also guest lectured at Lincoln University, Nottingham Trent University and Portsmouth University. Clients of his consultancy work includes Ken Livingstone (then Mayor of London) on police reform, police complaints mechanisms and DNA data-basing, the renowned solicitors Gareth Peirce and Steven Bird. He also worked for Birnberg Peirce and Magrath & Co. on the case of the Newsagent’s Three (Michael O’Brien, Ellis Sherwood and Darren Hall).

Research and Interests:

Satish has researched several miscarriage of justice cases. These include the Cardiff Five, Gary Mills and Tony Poole, the Newsagent’s Three and currently the extraordinary case of Neil Sayers.2 He has also researched issues of aftercare for victims of miscarriage of justice, an ignored failing in the tariff system, the use of sport in aftercare and also crime prevention.

He has a wide range of interests that include: history, current affairs, travel, films, reading, writing (fiction), football, cricket, forensic science and legal issues.