This letter was actually posted October 10, 2001



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October 9, 2001


Dear Sir,

I write with reference to your comment in the House of Lords on 
December 14, 1999, that the case of Satpal Ram was not murder, 
but nevertheless he is in gaol. The enclosed pamphlet gives you 
the facts about the case of rightly convicted murderer Satpal 
Ram. This may sound immodest but apart from the original press 
reports - of the murder of Clarke Pearce and Ram's conviction - 
and the brief law reports, the only journalist who has ever 
reported honestly on this case is myself.

Last month, the Guardian published an in-depth article on the 
case by one Simon Hattenstone, who spent a year researching it 
yet made no mention - whether out of gullibility or venality - of 
the fact that Ram stabbed his victim in the back with a flick 
knife, cursed him as he lay dying, then fled the scene of the 
crime in a drunken rage with the murder weapon still in his hand. 
The most important documents in this case: the pathologist's 
report and the Court of Appeal judgments, bear this out, as does 
all the reliable eyewitness testimony.


Yours sincerely,
A Baron