Stephen Jakobi Explained

Stephen Ronald Jakobi OBE (born 1935) is an English writer and human rights lawyer who is a former chief executive of Fair Trials Abroad (now Fair Trials), which he founded in 1992.[1] [2]

Jakobi, who was born in Ealing, London in 1935 to German-Jewish parents, Gerdy and Julius Jakobi, was brought up there and in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. When his parents divorced in 1945, he went to live with his father and was sent to boarding school at Malvern College. He graduated from Clare College, Cambridge in 1956[3] after doing National Service. He has a law degree from the University of Cambridge and an MA in creative writing from the University of Roehampton. He worked in industry before qualifying as a solicitor and was in private practice as a criminal lawyer before founding Fair Trials Abroad. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2005.[1] [4] [5]

He and his wife Sally, a retired Jungian analyst, married in 1964 and live in Ham[6] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.[7] They have a son, Nicholas, and a daughter, Francesca,[8] who is a published novelist[9] and a journalist with the Financial Times.[10]

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  1. News: Campbell . Duncan . Duncan Campbell (journalist). 15 May 2006 . Jakobi steps down after 16 years championing fair trials abroad . 16 May 2022 . The Guardian.
  2. 28 February 2008 . Emotional journey . Trevalyen, Lucy. 16 May 2022 . The Law Society Gazette.
  3. Web site: 2022 . The Stephen Jakobi Human Rights Prize, Clare College . . 16 May 2022.
  4. News: 31 December 2004 . Stephen Jakobi: Legal eagle with bite . 16 May 2022. .
  5. Web site: Stephen Jakobi . 15 May 2022 . Pen and Sword Books.
  6. News: 28 May 2002 . MP backs Ham based human rights charity . . 16 May 2022.
  7. News: Barrera . Priscila . 16 April 2015 . Stephen Jakobi releases memoirs highlighting memorable human rights cases . . 16 May 2022.
  8. Web site: Drew . James . 27 May 2003 . Freedom fighter: Stephen Jakobi . 16 March 2022 . Politico.
  9. News: Jakobi . Francesca . 1 June 2018 . I wrote a novel about my family. What could go wrong? . . 16 May 2022.
  10. News: Apostolides . Zoë . 30 March 2018 . Bitter by Francesca Jakobi – the taste of regret . . 10 December 2022.
  11. Smith . Roger . 8 June 2015 . BOOK REVIEW: Freeing The Innocent: from Bangkok Hilton to Guantanamo . The Law Society Gazette. 21 July 2022.
  12. In the mind of a female serial killer by Stephen Jakobi – review. 21 July 2022. Holdsworth, Victoria. On: Yorkshire Magazine.

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