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JUSTICE
FOR KEVAN THAKRAR |
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JOIN
THE PROTEST Monday
16 Feb, 12 noon HM Prison Service |
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Kevan Thakrar Urgently Needs Your Support!
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Kevan Thakrar was wrongly convicted of murder in 2008. In 2010
he was found not guilty of attacking three prison officers and vindicated by
evidence that showed he acted in self-defence after months of racial,
physical and psychological abuse. Any court ruling that goes against prison
officers is VERY unusual. Kevan continues to be
held in isolation in the prison services 'Close Supervision Centres' more
than five years later, no doubt as retribution for his court victory. [See
more info about Kevan’s wrongful conviction and
fight for a new trial below]. |
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Organized by Justice for Kevan Thakrar. For
more info:
www.justiceforkevan.com www.facebook.com/JusticeForKev
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Please write
letters of support to: Kevan Thakrar, A4907AE |
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Kevan Thakrar was wrongly convicted of murder and attempted
murder in 2008 under “joint enterprise”, the legal rule which means that any member of a group can be
convicted of a crime,
regardless of whether they committed it. Kevan
wasn’t present when the murder took place, but he was sentenced to
life with a minimum of 35 years in jail. He was aged 20. ·
The description of the assailant given by witnesses was
nothing like Kevan. One of the victims, who the
prosecution accused Kevan of having stabbed,
initially falsely identified other people in two line-ups. Even when
testifying during the trial, she said she could not be sure the
identification of Kevan was correct. ·
False statements from people who never appeared in
court, who live in Cyprus, and who had never met Kevan,
were used to convict him. After the trial those people retracted their
statements. ·
There was no DNA, cell-citing or forensics to put Kevan at the scene of the crime. Evidence that Kevan was elsewhere at the time was never presented in
court. Kevan’s alibi witness was threatened by
police to stop him testifying. He was then charged with assisting an
offender, a charge that was dropped once Kevan was
found guilty. ·
A family member of one of the victims who gave evidence
against Kevan was himself believed to be involved
in the murders. After he received a low sentence for dealing in large
quantities of drugs, questions were raised about whether he was offered a
deal to incriminate Kevan. ·
Two trials were abandoned because of jury bias. In the
third, a juror knew one of the investigating police officers who gave key
controversial testimony in court. ·
Kevan was assaulted by
prison staff just before trial so had to attend court with serious injuries.
In March 2010, Kevan himself was charged with
assaulting prison officers, and put in solitary confinement but
was subsequently found not guilty of the assault. ·
Kevan has been held ever
since in solitary confinement – under “close
supervision” in the British version of “supermax”,
locked in his cell for 23 hours a day. For
a more detailed description of this gross miscarriage of justice, please go
to justiceforkevan.com What you can do: 1. Write to the Secretary of State for
Justice and Criminal Cases Review Commission (http://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/ccrc) demanding a review of the
case. 2. Publicise Kevan’s
case by printing this leaflet for distribution and raise his case and the
issue of solitary confinement of prisoners in the press/call-ins/blogs and
list serves. 3.
WRITE
TO KEVAN AND TELL HIM WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO SUPPORT HIS CASE AT THE FOLLOWING
ADDRESS: (He’s recently moved) Kevan Thakrar A4907AE |
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For more information
about this protest contact www.facebook.com/JusticeForKev Circulated by Payday
men’s network www.refusingokill.net |
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