AT LONG LAST! After nearly nine years of wrongtur imprisonment, salar Ram has been granted an appeal.
Satpal was the victim of a racist legal system since.
The granting of an appeal. to be bears at the Court of Appeal on 20 October, is an admission that there were serious errors in the original trial. Now the courts are endorsing what Satpal and this supports have said all along -that Saipal's conviction and imprisonment are the result of a shameful mistrial. A key issue is that Satpal's barrister was expireet in taring to advise a plea of self-defence.
The appeal will also address the lack of interpreters for Bengali-speaking witnesses witnesses in the origi nal trial which meant that the full facts of the case were The judge acted as translator despite having no knowledge of the Bengali language. • Contact the campaign on (0121) 507 1618. (0114) 235 2618 or (0171) 837 1450.
By Simon Deville THE LAST FEW months have been marked by a significant increase in racism from the state The launch of "Operation