22 Years later: Justice for the Cardiff Three.

In the late 1980 and 90s much of my work was around fighting for justice for those wrongly convicted of crimes. Back then the police favourite modus operandi was to ‘fit people up’ if there was a lack of compelling evidence.

Officers would lie and plant evidence to secure their convictions at any price. People will remember the iconic miscarriage of justice campaigns such as the Tottenham 3 or the M25 3 and cases such as the Birmingham 6 campaigns.

The most notorious case for me was the case of the Cardiff Three campaign. I was fortunate enough to be involved in this campaign and provided support through the radical black network the National Black Caucus. I became involved after being contacted by one of the families involved.  

Working alongside an outstanding community activist and relentless force of nature Satish Sekar we toured the country highlighting the injustice suffered by those arrested. Satish learned every aspect of forensic science to help in disproving the crowns case, he assessed every line dot and comma of the evidence pointing out inconsistencies in witness accounts, timings and many other evidential flaws he came across.

Today in an unprecedented move eight retired South Wales Police Officers and two civilian staff are being sent to trial charged with conspiracy to pervert the cause of justice that saw three innocent black men go to jail for a murder they did not commit. Those men came to be known as the Cardiff Three. Another four will go to trial late this year. This is the biggest trial of police officers ever seen in British history.

The Cardiff Three were convicted of the murder of Ms Lynette White a white prostitute who was murdered in Wales, Cardiff in the early hours of February 14,1988.

At the time of the murder witnesses saw a white man covered in bloodstains near the scene in the early hours of that morning. In addition the police had strong evidence to suggest a white paedophile with a string of convictions for violent sexual assault was responsible. They chose to ignore that evidence.

Lynette suffered a brutal death after being repeatedly stabbed mutilated and slashed. The murder was gruesome and bloody. For some inexplicable reason rather than focusing on looking for the white man seen at the scene of the crime, the South Wales Police began to change the focus of their investigation.

Nine months later eight people, seven of them black, were arrested. All were tested for blood found at the scene of the murder but with no positive result. Three were released.

One of the five was Steve Miller, from Brixton. He had made a confession as a result of being worn down by oppressive interview tactics. Miller finally gave them what they wanted after his 19th interview with police and he implicated his acquaintances.

Five men were in the dock.  Of these, two cousins, Ronald (who has since died R.I.P.)and John Actie, were acquitted whilst the rest, Yusef Abdullahi, Tony Parris, and Steve Miller who all came to be known as the Cardiff Three were convicted and jailed for life at Swansea crown court in November 1990.

Three weeks after they were convicted of murder, Geraldine Palk, was murdered in the Fairwater district of Cardiff, two miles from Bute Town. In an almost copy cat murder she had been horribly stabbed 83 times and just like Lynette, she suffered deep slash wounds to her chest, throat and wrists.

At that point we turned to the radical human rights solicitors Birnbergs and campaigning barrister Mike Mansfield QC to fight the case in the courts and we set about winning the case in the court of public opinion.

We toured the entire country alongside Malik Abdullahi, brother of Yusef and Lloyd Parris brother of Tony. We set about highlighting the fact that there was no forensic evidence associating the Cardiff Three with this murder despite the gruesome and bloody nature of the murder. We began to attract the attention of serious campaigning journalists. The BBC Panorama Team covered the case in their series Unsafe Convictions.

First point we made was that Steven Miller had a very low IQ and had been oppressively coerced into a confession as a result of police harassment.

Second, that a prison informer, Ian Massey, who claimed Mr. Parris had confessed to the murder whilst on remand in Cardiff prison was a liar. Mr. Parris had witnesses that he was collecting glasses at the Bute Town's Casablanca nightclub. Peter Scott, who ran it, was adamant he was there that night.

We pointed out that at the original trail two white women Angela Psalia and Leanne Vilday both prostitutes who claimed to have been forced by the Cardiff Three to take part in the grisly murder of Lynette White were not credible. Miss Psalia was in custody for 42 hours before she made her statement. First they said they found the body of Lynette and called the police before then claiming that they were forced to mutilate her body by the Cardiff Three.

The original trial judge was not impressed and had in fact told the jury, that in his view these women were not credible witnesses. They were subsequently jailed for perjury.

It then emerged that a number of critical alibi witness statements to which the defence were entitled were not given to them before the original trial. Then we discovered the killer blow to the case against the South Wales Police. There was crucial forensic DNA evidence at the scene of Lynette’s murder that did not belong to any of the Cardiff Three and that evidence was withheld from the defence team.

In June 1991 after a nationwide campaign and dogged legal work we managed to get the case referred to the Court of Appeal. In 1991 I arranged for the Rev Al Sharpton to lead a march of the campaign in Cardiff attracting worldwide publicity for the case. Billy Power of the Birmingham 6 Campaign spoke out, David Rose of the Observer wrote extensively, the Voice Newspaper and Caribbean Times newspaper pushed the campaign.

After four more years of campaigning the Cardiff Three were eventually released on appeal in 1994. Later their convictions were quashed.  In 2003 a security guard, Jeffrey Gafoor, 38, from Llanharan, south Wales, pleaded guilty to the murder of Lynette White after he had been linked to the killing as a result of DNA developments.

The lives of the falsely accused were ruined destroyed by the actions of South Wales Police and the trails of these officers will bring little comfort to the families of the Cardiff Three.

Yusef Abdullahi, one of the three men wrongly jailed, sadly died in January this year aged 49 due to a burst ulcer.  

Nevertheless justice is about to be served and I for one feel good having played a small part in making that happen.

Lee Jasper

From left to right: Tony Paris,Stephen Miller and Yusef Abdullahi

Education System Failing Black Students

England’s system of education is failing to tackle race inequality. That's the stark finding of a recently published report. Of course black communities have longed complained about racism in the English education system. This report confirms that when it comes to the issues of discrimination in education, the chronic lack of opportunity in caused by discrimination is alive and flourishing in English schools.

The research, The Barriers to Tackling Racism and Promoting Equality in England’s Schools, published by the National Union of Teachers and the race equality campaigning group Show Racism the Red Card found that huge numbers of teachers and pupils had seen serious racist incidents such offensive and derogatory name calling, racist bullying and gross stereotyping.

The report confirms that despite the views of some in the black community such as Tony Sewell, Katherine Berbalsingh structural inequalities on the grounds of race are still a major issues in English schools. Both pupils and teachers are reported to have witnessed racist behavior that they felt unable to deal with. They also reported that schools generally ignored most racial incidents.

The impact on the perception of black children of the nature of justice and equality is informed by their experience of differential justice meted out in schools. Far from having a ‘ chip on their shoulder” black children’s views about the nature and fairness of British society is shaped by the racism they encounter in schools.

Black and Asian students suffered the greatest but asylum seekers were also suffering with pupils mimicking the public and political debate in the press. Pupils were found to be targeting asylum seekers as scapegoats and identified them being responsible for all of societies problems.

The research involving a questionnaire to over 148 teachers and pupils concluded that around 83% of teachers questioned said they had witnessed deeply worrying racist attitudes or behavior amongst their students. Teachers spoke of name-calling, comments, jokes, racist bullying and stereotyping of different races by pupils of all ages.

Not surprisingly in a culture where the educational environment is poisoned with racism, such attitudes were not restricted to pupils. Of those questioned 31% said they had seen similar behavior amongst teachers. In some cases, they used racist terminology, or had lower expectations of ethnic minority pupils.

The report states there were many "teachers with racist attitudes, for example those who were dismissive of the Asian pupils due to perceived language issues". Teacher expectations has a massive effect on the educational performance of black children and research after research has proven that challenging low teacher expectations is absolutely critical to improving the educational performance of black children. Surprisingly 39% of those teachers questioned said they had not received any training in tackling racism.
Nearly all teachers said that if they witnessed a racist incident they felt confident that they would report it.

Nevertheless the report concluded: "There was evidence of a lack of action against racist attitudes and behavior and a lack of understanding of the mechanisms and reasons for reporting racist incidents.
The research highlighted a deep reluctance among teachers to report incidents where it was felt that the racism was unintentional.

Ged Grebby, chief executive of Show Racism the Red Card, said: "The research highlights that there is a huge gap in the current teacher training provision when it comes to preparing teachers to tackle racism and embed equality. Teachers need to be empowered with skills and knowledge in order to be better equipped to deal with these issues in schools."

Lee Jasper

(First published at Operation Black Vote http://www.obv.org.uk/)

Demetre Fraser (AKA T. Dot) funeral postponed

 

 

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URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: As you may know, Demetre's funeral was scheduled to be held on 4th July but it has been postponed. This is because the family are arranging for an independent pathology report in order to challenge the forensic evidence that has been made available to them. We will keep you updated. On behalf of Demetre's family, thank you for your support at this most difficult time.

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Kingsley Burrell: Birmingham march for justice

Britain is a country that is deeply divided by race. Not of course the crude racism of the Deep South antebellum but the echoes of the polite genteel racism that nevertheless produces hard structural inequalities is as real today as it ever was. The collusion with racism and the maintenance of inequalities based on skin colour regardless of citizenship or talent continues to blight the lives of millions of black people.

We are all sailing on the good ship Britannica Meritocracy but a few stroll on the upper sunlit decks taking in the fresh sea air while others labour to serve them on the middle decks. The majority of us sweat, bleed and toil in the steaming hot putrid slave galleys deep in the stinking bowls of the nation. Those of us who are forced to inhabit this rarely seen underworld of racism, poverty, political, social and economic exclusion rarely feel the warm sunshine of justice and opportunity on our faces.

Thus it has always been and maybe will remain so evermore. No starker contrast can there be between the black and white peoples of this nation. A nation divided by race and class, by faith and by gender. This happy isle of consumer fed contentment; fine rhetoric that extols our 1000-year-old democracy and the primacy of the rule of law is a racist nation hiding deep inequalities and flagrant abuses of human rights. Our battle with racism starts at the point of conception and only ends when we die.

Death is non discriminatory. Whatever our status or wealth, death comes to us all eventually and the great equal opportunities leveller in the sky renders all men and women equal in the final analysis.
However for black people even in death the inequalities and injustices can make themselves apparent. Take the case of two recently reported suicides in the news of late. One is Christopher Shale close friend of the Prime Minister and chairman of Cameron’s constituency party and the second is Demetre Fraser aka T. Dot a 21 unemployed black youth from Peckham.

Tragically Mr Shale was initially reported to have taken his own life at Glastonbury and then following further investigation is thought to have suffered a heart attack.

Avon and Somerset Police sealed off the area immediately preserving the crime scene and forensically examined everything looking for any evidence of fowl play. They worked diligently to eliminate all potential possibilities and great care was taken to interview potential witnesses. A model investigation you may say and you would be right.

The second reported suicide of late and one that attracted virtually no press coverage is the case of a 21-year-old black man known on the road as T. Dot. He is reported to have been visited by the West Midlands Police on a routine visit. There was no warrant for his arrest and he was simply waiting to return to London after being on bail for a charge that had been dropped. T. Dot was simply waiting for the police to tell him he can go home.

The police visited his 11th floor flat in a high rise block in Birmingham and what happened next was bizarre. The police version of events is that they knocked on his door and heard shuffling inside. They say they then went back downstairs and as they emerged on the ground floor they saw T. Dot prostrate on the ground.
Their version of events was that T. Dot killed himself and committed suicide.

The scene was not forensically examined. Despite strong evidence of a violent struggle having taken place at the entrance of T. Dot's 11th floor flat and on 8th floor where a women hearing commotion opened her front door only to be told to shut it immediately and stay in doors by a police officer. Broken glass everywhere and lots of blood that was later cleaned up within minutes of the T. Dot's death.

Nothing was done to interview neighbours who heard shouting “No no…they are trying to kill me”.
The IPCC have said they are not investigating and handed the case back to West Midlands Police despite the overwhelming potential evidence of fowl play.

Two cases handled completely differently, two men an upper middle class wealthy white man and the other a poor ghetto rug rat. One demands press attention and professional policing the other gets no press coverage and the forensic scene is immediately washed down with Dettol. It smacks of a whitewash.

This is despite the fact that the police are already in the dock over the suspicious deaths of Smiley Culture and Kingsley Burrell the later who died after coming into contact with the aforementioned West Midlands Police. Birmingham has become the black male deaths in custody capital of the UK.

There can be no starker illustration of the disparity between black and white rich and poor. Whatever the protestations of the police there is as I have written here before a strong whiff of apartheid like justice in the way the police treat black suspects and victims of crime.

Institutional racism of the police is reflected in the British press. Contrast the media coverage with Shale and T. Dot.

If that does not convince you then maybe the fact the death of two police dogs received more press coverage than the death of a young T. Dot will illustrate my point further.

Wall to wall coverage in the printed press, mainstream news coverage and blanket coverage on the radio was given to the death of these dogs. It seems as if the British press have no interest in the black community and that black life is considered cheap in newsrooms around the country. Put simply the death of police dogs are more important than that of a black youth from Peckham South East London.

This weekend Saturday 2nd July will see the second national demonstration against black men dying in custody. On Saturday we march in relation to the death of Kingsley Burrell. Sadly the march in Birmingham will now take place against the backdrop of the death of T.Dot.

Returning to my earlier nautical analogy according to the captain of the good ship Britannica Meritocracy all is well. There will be those who stroll around the top deck oblivious as to what happens in the bowel of the ship.

That’s where we sit in growing malevolence and anger; where we remain unseen, unheard and largely unnoticed by those above. When rebellion breaks out no doubt it will be surprise to all.

You have been warned. Our community is at boiling point and to calm down that heated sense of outrage we need the cooling balm of justice. The mantra in black communities all over the country is best represented by the quote from Rev Martin Luther King who said:

“Without justice, there can be no peace. He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.”

That’s why were marching again, that’s why we are asking people to sign our petition demanding a public inquiry into all suspicious deaths in custody. That’s why we demand justice as a human right.

I will be marching on Saturday will you?

Lee Jasper

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Demetre Fraser: Outrage at new death in police custody

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Demetre Fraser, R.I.P.

A startling development: the tragedy of Black male deaths in police custody continues after yet another black man ends up dead after contact with the West Midlands Police.

Demetre Fraser a 21 year old black man is from Peckham south east London and represents the second highly suspicious death in the custody and care of West Midlands Police force following on from the controversial death of Kingsley Burrell. The recent deaths in police custody of Smiley Culture aka David Emmanuel, Kingsley Burrell and now Demetre will inflame police community tensions, already stretched to breaking point.

Demetre was temporarily staying in Birmingham's Druids Heath area. He was on bail as a result of a petty assault charge after a dispute with his girlfriend. That compliant was subsequently withdrawn. His bail conditions were that he was to reside outside of London and on the 31st May at around 9 am West Midlands Police visited Demetre for what should have been a simple routine tag check. He was outside of his curfew time and there was no requirement for him to be home at that time.

The official version of events is that during the visit from two West Midlands Police officers Demetre committed suicide by jumping from the 11th floor of the high-rise block where he was staying temporarily.
His mother Ms Jossette Fraser who says that neighbours reported to her that they heard a huge commotion on the morning Demetre died, and that there is clear evidence of a desperate struggle taking place on the 11th and 8th floor rubbishes that version of events.

Ms Fraser said; "I received the call from the Police that my son was in hospital and immediately rushed to Birmingham within the hour of my arrival my son had died in theatre. I am beside myself with grief and have had to have medication from my doctor to cope.

They are trying to tell me my son jumped off an 11th floor balcony and killed himself. Why? His girlfriend had withdrawn the charge against him and he knew that. He was waiting for the Crown Prosecution Service or the Police to formally tell him so he could come home to Peckham.
He was reunited with his girl and looking forward to coming home and his friends spoke to him every day. My boy was happy and was just waiting for the charges to be dropped so he could come home."

She added; "My family and Demetre's friends are all in a state of deep shock and disbelief. His girlfriend is beside herself and we are demanding that West Midlands Police immediately suspend the two officers concerned whilst we get to the bottom of what actually happened.

"The idea that my son committed suicide is some sort of sick joke. Black men are not safe in Police custody Demetre, Smiley Culture and Kingsley Burrell proves that.
My son was popular and well known in Peckham he was a very pleasant young man. Everybody who met him liked him. It is clear from what I have been told that the Police and my son were involved in a violent struggle that led to his death. His body shows no obvious signs of having dropped 11 floors and there are huge contradictions in what the police say happened and what local neighbours say they heard and saw."

The case had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission who has bizarrely referred the matter back to West Midlands Police. That will result in the police investigating the police which is entirely unacceptable.

A national march organized by the family of Kingsley Burrell will take place in Birmingham on the 2nd of July, and the Demetre family will be in attendance and plan to speak at the demonstration.
Demetre's mother said; "I cannot rest until I get justice for my son and I appeal to everyone to support the demonstration and help us get justice for Demetre, Smiley Culture and Kingsley."

Maxi Hayles from Birmingham Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit who recently lost all their funding and are running solely on volunteer effort expressed the outrage and frustration of the local community.
"The black community is outraged that yet another young black man has died at the hands of the West Midland Police force. They need to immediately suspend the officers involved in Demetre's case. We have just lost Smiley then Kingsley Burrell and now within weeks this young man.
How much more can we take? The West Midlands Police is out of control and we are reliving the worst days of the 1980's all over again."

Supportors for the family said;"We have a real problem with West Midlands Police force. Black men are not safe in their hands and what happened to Demetre follows a consistent pattern. Black man gets arrested in Birmingham, black men dies in suspicious circumstances, no one is held to account no one is found guilty. Black life seems cheap in Birmingham.

The IPCC have got this completely wrong and should not allow the West Midlands police to investigate themselves. The West Midlands Police Authority should insist on an IPCC supervised investigation.
In truth we need a public inquiry into all suspicious deaths in custody as called for by the Smiley Culture and Kingsley Burrell campaigns. There is a real crisis of confidence and black community police relations are severely strained. No one believes the police, no one has any confidence in them, and no one trusts them.

Black deaths in custody has become a national scandal and the march on the 2nd July is our opportunity to demonstrate that we will not simply sit back and watch racist police officers act with impunity".
The family are asking for public support at the funeral of Demetre. The family plans to walk from the family home in Southwark to the cemetery.

Mourners are asked to gather at Barville Close, London SE4 at 9.00am on the 4th July to accompany the body of Demetre to his final resting place at Nunhead Cemetery.

Jossete appealed for the public to support her in this hour of grief. "I want the public to come and walk with us out of love and respect for my son and in pursuit of justice. I ask that you attend the march in Birmingham and support the call for an independent inquiry into all suspicious deaths in custody. Enough is enough our boys are not safe in the hands of the police and justice must be done "

MARCH 4 JUSTICE: JULY 2ND IN BIRMINGHAM - DETAILS http://justiceforkingsleyburrell.blogspot.com/2011/06/march-4-justice-july-2nd-in-birmingham.html

NB March transport details: Coach leaving Brixton at 7am July 2nd, call Bella Blake on 07789 685 208, a few places are available for £11 each.

Lee Jasper

The dawning of a new approach - Black Men In the Community

On a rainy Saturday morning I attended the Black Men In the Community Conference wondering what would be the focus of such an event and whether they could avoid the trap of yet another long discussion on the problems faced by black men with very little focus on practicable solutions. It's refreshing for me to attend events at which I have the opportunity to sit back relax and reflect.

The conference took place in a lovely church and 350 people attended the event. Organized by Paul Lawrence and Tony Harrison of the Life Skills Training Consultancy the event was extremely well managed and ran on time.

Reflecting the degree of general concern within black communities the event was standing room only. The debate focused on the empowerment of black men in a society where racism, poverty and disadvantage act as barriers to success.

I did not get the complete overarching narrative that I had hoped for. There was very little in the way of broad context setting and no real discussion on the impact of the economic downturn on communities or any detailed economic analysis of the situation faced by black men. None of that was really evident although one of the speakers Bishop Wayne Malcolm hit the nail on the head when he urged that ” If the man wont give you a job then create a job of your own”. For me the conference, despite the lack of clear political narrative. nevertheless was an overwhelming success.

Despite this I have to say I was very impressed by the all the speakers who referenced their contributions with power point slides quoting everyone from Malcolm X to Henry Highland Garnet
The presentations were excellent and on point all emphasized the need for collective action on the issues of the day and expressed a determination to work together to address the challenges faced by black men.

Matilda McCattram from the Black Mental Health UK gave a powerful tour de force of the issues facing black people within the field of mental health. Her presentation was one of the best I have seen in recent times. Concise to the point, packed full of information and a clear political agenda for change.

Bishop Wayne Malcolm was irrepressible and his dynamic presentation of his convictions and core beliefs was a joy to behold. The Bishop offered simple solutions of “do for self “ variety and personally challenged the audience to develop economic opportunity as means of addressing the serious challenges we face. He repeated the mantra that we need to move beyond rhetoric and adopt a paradigm shift ensuring we unlock the latent black entrepreneurship in the community.

Katherine Birbalsingh probably one of the most high profile speakers tapped into the audience concerns about the parlous state of some state schools and the miseducation of black children. Her delivery was crisp, she executed the delivery extremely well and the audience for the most part loved what she had to say about the necessity of parental responsibility and the need for a school that catered for the needs of black boys.

Sonia Brown was a revelation speaking directly to the brothers in the house she laid down a serious challenge for conscious black men to “ reclaim your mind, reclaim your dignity and your place in family”

Ray Lewis, Boris Johnson’s right hand man gave what has to be said a typical Boris type performance. He is a master communicator and effectively set out the challenges facing black men in a way that was both engaging and entertaining. His comments showed great insight , were erudite and very funny.

Viv Ahmun gave the conference clear direction outlining his belief about the necessity of building strong communities by ensuring that we work together to maximize economic opportunity and provide real leadership to our young people. He introduced Levi Blake a fabulous young man who had left the ‘road’ to change his life around and appealed for adults to positively support young people by providing them with more examples and opportunities of economic and political success.

Principally one of the core objectives focused on pulling together national consortium’s of organizations and individuals that will bid for public sector contracts. The rationale was that only by encouraging economic independence can the issues under discussion be sustainably addressed.

Announcing the formation of the “Black Men in the Community Group” the organizers want to champion collaborative working and promote the importance of ensuring communities play a key part in developing and delivering their own services. In short, the entrepreneurship of black communities, black organisations and black individuals, is central to the group’s collective vision of a healthier and safer environment for future generations.

Going forward the group hopes to provide a link between the commercial sector, third sector, grass roots organisations and large third sector providers. It further aims to play a leading role in enabling black communities to develop the hard and soft skills needed to successfully operate as a business collective.

Finally, it aims to challenge unemployment amongst black men by highlighting the key pitfalls for any entrepreneur and by encouraging fresh approaches to training and education within the family and community.

All in all a brilliant day. I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and will be supporting the work of this important group going forward. Working in unity across party political boundaries is a real necessity and I have to say that the conference did much to dispel my concerns about being a black Tory event. What I found were people committed to the cause of raising up black men and in that regard these issues are too important to be caught in the cross fire of party politics. I will be supporting the work of the group going forward I hope you will too.

Lee Jasper


(First published at OBV - Operation Black Vote: the home of black politics)
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NO TO CUTS, NO TO RACISM - BARAC SUPPORTS THE 30TH JUNE STRIKES

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Cuts to pensions, jobs and pay have a disproportionate impact on black workers, families and communities. BARAC is calling on everybody to come out and protest on 30th June and support the PCS, NUT, UCU and ATL unions taking strike action in defence of pensions, pay and jobs. Across the UK there will be picket lines, marches, rallies, picnics and festivals taking place for you to participate in or why not organise your own BARAC action on the day. It's essential for us as black people to be out on the streets expressing our anger at these ideological cuts that are driving us into deepening poverty. We need to fight for our futures and fight for the futures of the next generation. Forcing people to work longer for their pensions at a time of rising unemployment will further limit the options for employment for young people.

No To Cuts, No To Racism! Everybody Out on 30th June.

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