CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF FALSELY ACCUSED CARERS AND TEACHERS
VOL 2/7
FACTION
FALSELY ACCUSED CARERS AND TEACHERS INFORMATION OPINION AND NEWS
NO JUSTICE
FOR ANVER
SHEIKH
IN MAY 2002 Anver Daud Sheikh, a
Yorkshireman and former British soldier
found himself in York Crown Court facing
allegations that he had sexually abused
two boys who had been in his care in a
childrenʼs home more than twenty years
previously.
There was no evidence other than the
testimony of the two men who made the
allegations. But nor, twenty years after
the alleged incidents, was Anver able to
produce an adequate
defence. Like countless “a very grave and
other care workers trapped
by similar retrospective fundamental error
allegations all he could
say was that the offences
by the police ...:
alleged against him had
never happened. The jury, faced by two
highly prejudicial complaints, declined
to believe him. He was convicted and
sentenced to eight years.
A re-trial was ordered after Anver appeared
before the Court of Appeal. After hearing
legal argument, Lord Justice Kennedy
determined there should be a retrial and
released Anver on bail. Today the jury in
this second trial found him guilty.
Of his own re-investigation of the case,
Mark Newby says: ʻIt was quick and
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January 2005
RETRIAL JURY BRINGS
IN GUILTY VERDICT
simple. In our view the police had
failed to investigate the allegations
of abuse from former residents
impartially. This is a very grave and
fundamental error by the police and
AND CRUEL
we will be calling for a thorough
review of how the investigation
took place.ʼ
INJUSTICE
These trials have cost the British
taxpayer hundreds of thousands
CONTINUES
of pounds. They have cost Anver
Sheikh untold misery TONY BURKE – APPEAL
and years in gaol
Seven weeks after his appeal
and all based on
what? Evidence? hearing Tony was informed that,
No! Allegations,
thatʼs what. He was
with some concessions, his appeal
overall had failed.
condemned by a
corrupted system which has allowed
police to leave aside the traditional For all who know Tony, and for all
methods of gathering evidence who are aware of the details of the
of a crime to gain convictions by case, this judgement represents the
gathering allegations and using latest cruel injustice to have been
them as ʻevidenceʼ. Shame on
them, shame on those who make inflicted upon him and his family.
malicious allegations and shame on In spite of this devastating set back
the politicians who made the laws we know that Tony will continue in
which allowed these miscarriages of his resolve to fight for justice and in
justice and who fail to address them turn we will continue to offer all the
to this day. support that we can.
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 HEROES THE ALL PARTY GROUP
MPs and Peers who have expressed concern
E D I T O R I A L
Usually, we have a Letter from Rory,
and who are kept informed
the Chairman of FACT, but this issue
is being printed days prior to the next
David Amess Southend West
Committee Meeting in Birmingham so
Tim Boswell Daventry
Kevin Brennan Cardiff W
his letter, which normally summarises
David Cameron Witney
the meeting will be in the next issue.
Claire Curtis-Thomas Crosby
Wayne David Caerphilly Forgive my undilutable joy at the
Sue Doughty Guildford departure of David Blunkett, our
Huw Edwards Monmouth erstwhile Home Secretary. I make no
Edward Garnier QC Harborough apology for expressing utter delight and
Fabian Hamilton Leeds NE especially so considering the manner of
Evan Harris Oxford W his departure. He suggested that false
Nigel Jones Cheltenham allegations were to blame. Oh dear!

Baroness Paul Keetch

Jim Knight
Hereford
South Dorset I well remember being actually
frightened of the legislation and attitudes
WILLIAMS
Edward Leigh Gainsborough
John MacDougall Central Fife of Michael Howard when he was Home
Alice Mahon Halifax Secretary. Blunkett, however, was even
John McDonnell Hayes & Harlington more scary. I have never seen such an
I was born in 1930, and for 35 years was Kevin McNamara Kingston Upon Hull assault on the civil liberties of the people
a member of the Labour Party. As Shirley Tony McWalter Hemel Hempstead of this country. He and his Department
Williams I entered journalism in the 1950s, Austin Mitchell Gt Grimsby and his Party studiously ignored the
became General Secretary of the Fabian Eddie OʼHara Knowsley recommendations of the Home Affairs
Society in 1960, and in 1964 was elected Diane Organ Forest of Dean Select Committee on Allegations of
MP for Hitchin. I was a member of the John Pugh Southport Abuse, they introduced the Regulation
Wilson and Callaghan Governments in the Ken Purchase Wolverhampton NE of Investigatory Powers Act which gives
1960s and 1970s, culminating in my period Alan Reid Argyll & Bute unprecedented powers to the State to spy
as Secretary of State for Education and Iris Robinson Strangford on those whom it likes to call ʻcitizensʼ
Science, and Paymaster General, from 1976 Philip Sawford Kettering yet who remain ʻsubjectsʼ. ID Cards are
to 1979. I lost my seat in the 1979 election. Barry Sheerman Huddersfield on their way and I have no doubt their
John Smith Vale of Glamorgan use will affect us all in ways we shall
By 1980 it was clear that the Labour Party Martin Smyth Belfast regret.
was veering into left-wing extremism, and Ian Stewart Eccles
in 1981 I co-founded the Social Democratic Bill Tynan Hamilton S They have locked people up in gaols
Party as one of the “Gang of Four”, Keith Vaz Leicester E who are suspected of terrorist links
becoming the first MP elected for the SDP Rudolf Vis Finchley & Gldrs Green without evidence or trial and have
in 1981 when I became member for Crosby. Bob Wareing West Derby chosen to ignore the Law Lords who
From 1982 and 1988 I was President of the Derek Wyatt Sʼbourne & Sheppey have told them they are acting illegally.
new party. When, after the 1987 election, Sir George Young Bt Hampshire They have roared like mice about
it became clear that the two parties should Richard Younger-Ross Teignbridge the illegal detention of suspects at
merge I strongly supported the creation of Guantanamo Bay. The have, despite
what was to become the Liberal Democrats. Lord Beaumont of Whitley protestations to the contrary, tried to
Lord Bhatia OBE charge for time spent in prison by men
I lost my seat in the 1983 General Election Viscount Brookeborough who have been falsely accused and
following boundary changes. Outside Lord Carlisle of Bucklow wrongly imprisoned.
Baroness Carnegy of Lour
Parliament I increased my academic
Lord Dholakia
commitments, as Public Service Professor This behaviour is not merely shameful,
Lord Eden of Winton
of Elective Politics at the John F Kennedy it is so dangerous that I really do fear for
Lord Ewing of Kirkford DL
School of Government at Harvard the state of this nation. Iʼm not stupid
Baroness Janet Fookes
University from 1988-2000. I have held enough to believe that we have not had
Lord Graham of Edmonton
lecturing posts at Cambridge, and in bad law before but I detect a degree of
Earl Howe
Princeton, Berekely and Chicago in the US, Baroness Elspeth Howe of Idicote
unconcern for justice and injustice which
and continue to lecture. Lord Hylton
is truly monstrous. This is corruption.
Lord King of West Bromwich
I was married to the late Professor Richard Baroness Mallalieu
So, yes, Iʼm glad Blunkett is gone. It
Neustadt, a leading US political scientist. Lord Morris of Manchester is a measure of Blair that he claims
Previously I was married to the philosopher Lord Plant of Highfield Blunkett left with his integrity intact.
Bernard Williams. The Rt Hon The Lord Richard No he didnʼt. Tell that to the senior
Baroness Thornton Police Officer who faced dismissal,
I re-entered Parliament in 1993 as a peer, Baroness Williams of Crosby imprisonment and fraud charges over
and chose to use my old constituency of ʻexpensesʼ irregularities, later proved
Crosby in my title: Baroness Williams of false after a multi-thousands of pounds
Crosby. I served as the Partyʼs spokesperson investigation.
on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs If your MP is not on the list, a polite
in the Lords from 1998 to 2001. I was letter outlining our concerns and asking Integrity? Bunkum!
elected Leader of the Liberal Democrats in for him/her to join the All Party Group
the House of Lords in 2001 and served in could be very helpful — Ed. David Sherwell (Editor)
this position until September 2004.

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David Blunkett, amnesiac, hadnʼt even left
the stage when David Blunkett, straight-
talking, noble force for good, brought down
by love and vindictive pygmies, began to
re-emerge. With a little more work he could
- if we are not careful - complete the fastest
political rehabilitation in history and be ready
for a speedy return to government.
So we should be very careful, and resist
succumbing to general amnesia - David
Blunkett was not laid low by love, but
because he played fast and loose with the
power he held as Home Secretary, and
because he was, and remains, less than
truthful about this. He most certainly did not,
as Tony Blair claims, leave government “with
this integrity intact”, and at the very least he
left government with his judgment deeply
suspect, and his capacity for finally arriving
at the truth unproven.
David Blunkett was
not laid low by love,
but because he played
fast and loose with
the power he held as
Home Secretary, and
because he was, and
remains, less than
truthful about this.
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OH! THE
IRONY!
Was it
‘False Allegations’
wot done fer ‘im?
By some lights his
sins are minor - one
small immigration issue
expedited, the odd mistake over a rail ticket,
deployment of perks and use of country
facilities thatʼd count as pretty low level in
the business world. But government ought
to be different, the rules in government
are different, and a Minister who shows a
readiness to grant special favours, alongside
an apparent inability to own up to it before
being forced to, should give us some pause
for thought. This is particularly so in the case
of the Home Secretary, who this year gave
himself emergency powers to suspend every
law in the country, and whose defence of
an increasingly repressive raft of legislation
leant heavily on ʻtrust me.ʼ
But we canʼt, and we shouldnʼt. The trust
issue shouldnʼt simply affect our views of
Blunkett and of the department running
the police, the security services and ID
database, because the approach taken
to the presentation of inconvenient and
embarrassing facts throughout the Blunkett
affair is no different from the way the
current government operates in general. The
objective is not to report, explain and justify
but to present - what is actually true is of
little consequence, while what the public
can be induced to believe is true is of vital
importance. Civil servants are co-opted and
compromised in support of the party, not
the country, and what is seen as good for
the party and the leader is seen as being, by
definition, good for everyone. Truth is what
we say it is.
So in the broader areas of policing and
security, polls (not hard data) showing
increased public perceptions of crime
and terror problems are played up to and
reinforced by heavily-spun but largely
pointless ʻtough measuresʼ that will play
at the ballot box, while in the case of
Blunkett the facts are slowly mugged into
the background (by everybody from Tony
Blair down) in preparation for the return of a
fundamentally decent, straight-talking man
who Speaks for the People. If we can grasp
how the latter process works, it may equip us
better to deal with the former, with or without
Blunkettʼs second coming.
The legend
Blunkett himself, never slow to find
someone else to blame for his problems, did
a fine impression of the wronged hero in
resignation interviews, and the press did the
rest. According to The Guardian, “Blunkett
made clear that he had risked - and halted
- his career for love”, while Blunkett himself
said: “I misunderstood that someone could do
this, not just to me, but to a little one as well.”
Responding to Blunkettʼs letter of
resignation, Tony Blair said: “You leave
government with your integrity intact and
your achievements acknowledged by all. You
are a force for good in British politics and
can take great pride in what you have done to
improve the lives of people in this country.”
The Guardian added: “Mr Blunkettʼs
dignified departure is likely to boost public
respect”, and reported that parliamentary
colleagues were “ʼfurious and guttedʼ... the
surprise resignation prompted widespread
sympathy for a man seen as ʻhounded outʼ
over his personal problems rather than
for fast-tracking a visa ... There was also
ʻimmense angerʼ at Labour backbenchers
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“... a decent father
concerned over the
welfare of his child
(if the boy is his
child) might equally
well have stepped
back and allowed the
Quinns space to try to
rebuild the marriage
heʼd done so much to
wreck.
such as Diane Abbot and Peter Kilfoyle,
who have called for his resignation, and
Bob Marshall-Andrews, who told BBC 4ʼs
Today programme he was ʻquite seriously
unbalancedʼ. That had only shored up
support.”
The liberal Graun did not, thankfully,
directly embrace the Shakespearian tragedy
scenario that was being busily unveiled by
much of the popular press, but rolled out
Roy Hattersley on the miniscule nature of
Blunkettʼs trangressions, and a depiction
of his antagonists by Polly Toynbee as
“frivolous rightwing effete scoundrels.” By
Sunday ʻfriends of Blunkettʼ were telling
The Observer that: “There seems to be a big
disinformation campaign starting almost
immediately from Condé Nast and the people
supporting her,ʼ the friend said. ʻItʼs very
much the American millionairess whoʼs
managed to knock out the working-class
lad whoʼs the voice of ordinary people ...
it would appear that Alan Budd appears to
have been as mesmerised by Kimberly as he
[Blunkett] was.ʼ”
The villains are therefore the right-wing
millionnaire hypnotists the Quinns, for
dragging Blunkettʼs personal life into the
gutter, and the press (led by Vogue????),
for hounding him out of office. Blunkett
merely loved too much, and did it all, up to
and including ʻsacrificingʼ his career, for his
son. By Sunday evening Blunkett himself
was stressing that he had complete trust in
Budd, but his “friends” had already done the
damage - “disinformation”?
Morphing the truth
David Blunkettʼs resignation statement began
by addressing the matter of the Casalme
visa. It noted that on Tuesday Sir Alan Budd
had told him that there had been a fax and
email exchange between his office and the
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
“not based on the application form as
originally alleged but on the subsequent
letter (informing her of a possible 12-month
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delay) of which I was always aware but did
not remember holding a copy. I have no
recollection of dealing with this in any way.”
Blunkettʼs lack of recollection here is notable,
because on Monday of that week the Home
Office had categorically stated that Blunkett
had had “no contact with the letter at all, at
any stage.” This letter had not previously
been known to have been in Blunkettʼs
possession, but it is difficult to see how else it
might have found its way to the Home Office.
Tory Home Affairs Spokesman David Davis
said that it stretched credulity to believe that
everyone at the Home Office has forgotten
the exchange, and indeed it did.
Blunkettʼs memory lapse in the statement
however allows him to move swiftly on
into martyr territory: “Given I have no
recollection of issuing instructions to deal
with the application, but only to continuing
the elimination of the backlog in general,
the easy thing would be to hide behind my
officials. I will not do such a thing. In no
way is my office or any individual within the
department to blame for what happened.”
That is, itʼs not his fault, he doesnʼt need to
resign, but someone of his integrity is not
going to let an over-zealous official take
the blame, no matter how much they might
deserve it.
Martyrdom dealt with, Blunkett becomes
the wronged father, and it is particularly
worth noting that it is he who here introduces
his personal life, and uses it to further his
political ends: “I believe these issues would
never have been raised had I not decided in
September that I could not walk away from
my youngest son.
“I could not live with myself or believe I had
done the best for him in the long term if I
had abandoned my relationship with him. I
only sought continued access to him through
the courts, as I made clear two weeks ago,
because all other avenues had been denied
me.”
Blunkett is probably right to claim that the
“issues” wouldnʼt have come to light if he
hadnʼt commenced legal action to gain access
to Kimberly Quinnʼs son. As far as we can
see, however, that simply means he feels that
Cabinet Ministers are perfectly free to abuse
the system so long as nobody blows the
whistle on them, not that it is wrong for them
to do so.
We hold no brief for the Quinns, and by
preference we do not do personal lives,
unless we feel they have been thrust upon us.
However, it seems to us that one could sauce
this matter two ways - granted, accusing
Blunkett of a string (for there was a string) of
abuses of office in retaliation to a legal action
may have been a low blow, but a decent
father concerned over the welfare of his child
(if the boy is his child) might equally well
have stepped back and allowed the Quinns
space to try to rebuild the marriage heʼd done
so much to wreck. Itʼs also a pretty low blow
to fill the papers with quotes depicting the
boyʼs mother as a vindictive harpy: “In future
he [my son] will want to know, not just did
his father care enough to sacrifice his career
but he will want to know, I hope, that his
mother has some regret... [and his tormentors
should examine] their consciences about
what they have done to that little boyʼs future.
I hope they will think about it.”
Facts and flexibility
Blunkettʼs self-proclaimed reputation for
straight talking should, one hopes, be a
significant casualty of the affair, given
that thereʼs been precious little of it about.
Responding to the in the Sunday Telegraph a
Blunkett spokesman denied that fast-tracking
had taken place, and said that Blunkett had
merely checked that the initial application
had been in good order. A report in the Daily
Mail raised the subject of the letter informing
Casalme of a possible delay in the processing
of her application, but did not establish
that this letter had ever been in Blunkettʼs
possession. That day the ʻexplanationʼ was
honed somewhat to deal with the latest
developments.
The previous line that the application
had never been at the Home Office was
abandoned, and Blunkettʼs office instead
offered: “David took it with him to the
Home Office and said to his principal private
secretary (Jonathan Sedgwick) and his deputy
(Gareth Redmond), ʻI have got a piece of
paper in my pocket, what does it say?ʼ One of
them may well have read it to him and looked
it over. There is nothing unusual in this.” The
“piece of paper” here became more clearly
identified as the initial application over the
next few days, as denials that Blunkett had
had anything to do with the letter became
firmer. On top of these (just in case?), a
knowledge of the existence of the letter was
conceded, and it was suggested that Blunkett
may have used his knowledge of the letter to
prove to his officials that they were wrong to
claim that immigration processing backlogs
were being tackled.
The spin-doctors also essayed the line that the
Home Office was cracking down on backlogs
at the time, and that it was therefore perfectly
rational to expect Casalmeʼs application to
have been dealt with speedily, along with
the rest. This explanation wouldnʼt have
needed Blunkett to admit bringing up the
subject of the particular application, but was
undermined by the fact that Casalme had had
residency granted before she was actually
qualified for it. The Sunday before Blunkettʼs
resignation the letter reappeared, with “an
insider” quoted as claiming Blunkett had
produced the letter in a Home Office meeting,
and that in response a Home Office official
had asked immigration for the application
to be “sorted”. The next day a spokesman
for Blunkett denied this, saying he had “no
contact with the letter at all, at any stage.”
On the Tuesday, however, Sir
Alan Budd informed Blunkett
had there had been fax and email
traffic between the Home Office
and IND concerning the letter,
and this triggered Blunkettʼs
resignation statement the next
day. The statement claimed he
had no recollection of having or
doing anything with the letter, and
implied he had nobly taken the
fall rather than blame any official who might
have been overzealous. In the days following
the resignation Blunkettʼs memory seems
to have revived sufficiently to produce yet
another explanation. This time, he was given
the letter by Kimberly Quinn, and ʻmust
haveʼ put it into the Red Box used to carry
his Cabinet papers. It could then very well
have arrived at the Home Office in the Red
Box by accident, and have been expedited
by an overzealous official, again entirely
accidentally. Oddly, according to yesterdayʼs
blaming the overzealous official is precisely
what was going to happen until Bill Jeffrey,
head of the immigration service, declined to
have one of his staff fitted-up, and blew the
whistle.
The fax and email traffic seems to have
disappeared, so it is difficult to establish
whose fault it was, and if everybody can be
induced not to notice the way the line has
changed over the weeks, and if Buddʼs report
does not put serious blame on Blunkett, then
in a few months time he could be back, either
entirely innocent or as someone who has paid
enough for minor errors.
It matters
In addition to offering ʻShakespearean
tragedyʼ and ʻhubrisʼ, commentators are
now wisely intoning that it was not the
small matter of the fixing of an immigration
application but the cover-up that did for
Blunkett. This is true, as far as it goes,
but there are other aspects of the affair
that we would do well to bear in mind.
The immigration matter was simply the
most serious of a number of allegations of
misconduct that were made about Blunkett.
Some of these have been either admitted,
or ʻexplainedʼ, but it seems reasonable
to conclude that they suggest a pattern of
behaviour, a habit of blurring the boundaries
between his public duties and his personal
life, and a tendency to show off his mighty
powers to his circle of friends.
Conduct of this sort will ultimately have a
corrosive effect on government, damaging
morale among civil servants who see it
happening and encouraging them to grant
favours in their turn. And, if everybody
in the know can get things done, thereʼs
significantly less chance that the system will
work properly for everybody else, get fixed
if itʼs broken, or that the people in the know
will even notice if itʼs broken. Small matters
produce large matters if theyʼre not dealt with
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- that is why we have conduct
rules governing small matters,
and why senior members of the
Government should be aware of
them.
The cover-up is also important
as a symptom of general
government behaviour, and is
again something that shouldnʼt
be dismissed as a small, isolated
matter. Ask yourself if the outfit
thatʼs played fast and loose with the Blunkett
audit trail (and that just told civil servants to
delete their emails after three months) is one
you can trust with an ID scheme audit trail.
ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION POLICY
FACT is sometimes asked about
providing legal advice and
representation to individuals in disputes
with employers or child protection
agencies. Whilst FACT is willing to
provide support and information
to individuals it services are no
substitute for proper legal advice.
False allegations can have very real
consequences and must always be taken
seriously. Where FACT is able to assist
it does so according to the following key
principles:-
1 FACT is essentially a campaign and
support group for falsely accused carers
and teachers.
2 FACT does not provide legal advice
but recognises that it members have a need
for information and advice which might be
useful in preparing a response to any false
allegations which have been made against
them.
3 FACT recognises that members
who face false allegations of abuse may
also need help in understanding the
investigative process, and in challenging
the decisions of investigative bodies, child
protection agencies and employers.
4 FACT will do its best to ensure that
its members do not suffer through lack
of knowledge concerning their individual
rights and responsibilities when dealing
with accusations made against them.
FACT will meet this need through the
publication of its leaflets, by giving
general advice in FACTion and on its web
site (www.factuk.org).
5 Where it is not able to help an
individual member or is not competent
to do so FACT will act as ʻsignpostʼ and
direct individuals towards expert advice.
6 No member of FACT may represent
an individual (or group of individuals)
in any matter regarding false abuse
using FACTʼs name without first being
authorised to do so by the Committee.
The Government is at the moment trying
to sell us a whole range of new laws and
measures that we will ultimately pay a high
price for, and itʼs doing this on the basis of
presentation, not facts. Today Parliament
votes on the flagship of these, the ID card
scheme, and new Home Secretary Charles
Clarke is telling us that the ID scheme is “a
profoundly civil libertarian measure” and no
more threatening than “cash and credit cards,
driving licences, passports, work security
passes and any number of the other current
forms of ID that most of us now carry.” Itʼs
all part of the same, squalid picture.
7 Members of FACT who are asked
for advice by others must make sure that
the opinion they give is offered on an
individual and personal basis only and not
because they ʻrepresentʼ FACT.
8 Depending on the circumstances,
FACT may be able to make
representations on behalf of a member
facing child protection inquiries, a
disciplinary or employment hearing, or
listing as an unsuitable person to work
with children, or otherwise support
applications in respect of parole decisions,
referrals for pro bono legal support etc.
All such requests must be made to the
Committee via the Secretary.
9 Where appropriate FACT will also
work in partnership with other agencies
including Trades Unions, Citizens Advice
Bureauʼs, legal centres and justice groups
on individual cases.
10 Whatever the circumstances FACT
will seek to exercise a responsible
influence on the development of relevant
social policies, reform of the criminal
justice system and the need for better
investigative practice in abuse cases at
both a local and national level.
11 Individuals should be made aware that
all false allegations involving accusations
of abuse must be taken seriously, and
that they can result in loss of liberty,
curtailment of family contact, loss of
career and employment opportunity,
lasting damaging to oneʼs own personal
reputation, and social isolation.
12 In all its dealings with its members
and with the general public FACT stresses
that there is no substitute for obtaining
legal advice from a properly qualified
and experienced lawyer in false abuse
cases, and as and when necessary, in child
protection and/or employment matters.
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The Trauma
of Wrongful
Conviction
The trauma of false conviction was
emphasised when I arrived in prison
for the first time, not knowing what to
expect. I was soon to find out! After being
processed at Arrival Section, photos taken,
body search conducted, I was escorted to
the VP (Vulnerable Prisoner) Section and
placed in a basic cell with no TV or Radio.
Disbelief, helplessness and isolation were
my dominant feelings.
How could a judicial system (reportedly
the best in the world) allow this to happen
to an innocent person? I had always
understood that conviction could only be
on the basis of ʻbeyond reasonable doubtʼ.
Now I understand the principle of ʻguilt by
accumulationʼ. The allegations arose from
either police trawling or by direct approach.
The allegations were at least 15 years old.
Isolation was the dominant feeling. There
was no TV, radio, newspaper and no
access to the telephone until I had set up
and obtained the required PIN number
so I could not contact my family. I felt
overwhelmed by anxiety and fear. I did
not understand the basics of how the
prison systems operated. I didnʼt know
how to obtain a razor, a towel or change
of clothing. Now I was de-roled and basic
decisions about my life were made by
others, with no scope for personal initiative.
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Inactivity compounded my helplessness; I
had nothing to do, had nothing to read – not
even a newspaper to direct my attention
elsewhere. I felt let down by my legal
team. My solicitor had not attended my
trial and was attempting to sort out witness
statements in the middle of the trial. The
attitude of my QC (who had never heard
of FACT) had been overbearing, hostile
and intimidating, seeking to blame me for
the failures which were rightly those of my
solicitor. I felt there were few people left in
my corner.
The first few weeks in prison were a
frightening and horrendous experience. As
the nature of my convictions had become
known I experienced bullying and hostility
from a number of other prisoners. Soon I
discovered that they had been convicted
of rape, murder and other serious offences
themselves! It was a distressing and
humiliating situation to have to endure.
The following weeks allowed me to
come to terms with prison procedures
and routines. I obtained books and other
material to help pass time. There is no
scope for personal initiative in prison and
it is difficult to understand how this can be
in the prisonersʼ interest. Maybe itʼs not
supposed to be!
DONʼT BURY YOUR
HEAD IN THE SAND
You must tell your insurers of any
change in your circumstances. If
you donʼt, your insurances for house
and contents are null and void. The
problem with telling them is they will
more than likely cancel your policies.
None of the big insurers want to touch
you if you have a criminal record.
I have found an insurer that will insure
you if there is a 5 year gap between
conviction date and your application.
I was more than candid with them and
they thanked me for my frankness.
My opening phrase to them was “I am
an ex-convict”. I told them frankly
about my alleged crimes and informed
them of my appeal and offered them
the address of HAAP so that they
could confirm my statement. You will
be asked if you have been turned down
by any other insurance companies, I
was truthful and said yes.
They accepted my application. I paid
with a credit card. The policy covers
all the normal things and they give you
the opportunity to add anything else
you might want. They were courteous
and extremely helpful. There was no
loading of the premium and you pay
the first £50 of any claim.
Thanks to Prison Reform Trust who
gave me a phone number to try and
to Call Connect who actually put me
through to the insurers.
The name of the company ...
MORETHAN 0800 300 699
www.morethan.com
Other companies you could try (given
to me by Call Connect)
Heath Lambert 0800 0374397
Bond Lavis 0800 7408047
I am told that Tesco might in
certain circumstances entertain your
application.
R.O.G.
I now have a lawyer who is au fait with
my type of case and will be handling my
appeal. The clear lesson is to use only
solicitors approved by FACT or HAAP.
Thank God for FACT and HAAP and for
the excellent people who work tirelessly to
put right the wrongs of our failed judicial
system.
 NATIONAL
PETITION
A National Petition has been
launched which will be used
as and when the right time
arrives. Hopefully now sooner
than later. It will be utilised as
further ammunition in the cause
... namely to get recognition
from the relevant Authorities that
ʻFalse Allegationsʼ of sexual /
physical abuse are not a figment
of anyones imagination, but are
the basis for poor investigations,
unfair trials, compensation
claims, etc.
Too many innocent, caring
professionals are behind bars as
a result of flawed practices. The
very infrastructure of our society
is being eroded, and many in
Authority seem to be oblivious
to, or donʼt want to admit, that
Miscarriages of Justice, coupled
with the ʻFalse Allegationʼ
syndrome are tantamount to
infringing the Human Rights
of so many. After all, a person
should be deemed “innocent
until guilt is proven”. In all too
many cases the reverse is now the
norm.
As members of a campaigning
group we must all pull together.
So often many feel helpless and
afraid. Here is an opportunity to
be POSITIVE and useful, and
to contribute in no small way by
collecting signatures.
You may be refused by the
unenlightened, that is their
loss. There are more who feel
concerned and who have their
finger on the pulse, so to speak.
You are ALL disciples, so ʻgo ye
out into all the world and spread
the wordʼ. Always remember that
together we stand, divided we
fall! We have a voice, we will be
heard, please give your support
to the best of your ability.
All petition forms to be returned
by March 31st. 2005 to the
organiser, whether they are full or
partially full.
Thank you in advance for your
support, it is greatly appreciated.
Joan, aka the ʻorganiserʼ
FACTION / January 2005
‘Ritual Abuse’
and the Irish
Republic
The Rape Crisis centre
and ʻRitual Abuseʼ
L.O.V.E maintain that all
allegations of abuse must
be fully investigated and
protection of the child held
paramount.
However, where the
professionals investigating
the allegation lose their Florence
Horsman Hogan
objectivity – Gardai, Social
Workers, Councillors, therein lies the
danger, and therein lies the possibility of
an innocent person being condemned as
a child abuser.
Public hysteria, raised through ʻcareʼ
agencies through the media, is a very
dangerous thing to do unless the agency
is fully sure of its facts. The Rape Crisis
Centre came forward last week in the
written and electronic media to state they case, where the accused won libel damages.
have incidents of ʻritual abuseʼ in their
statistics. L.O.V.E would like to ask why
they are coming forward with what has,
up to now been proven in other countries interview methods were recognised. There
to be a myth – a very dangerous myth
for the people accused. Only one case
has ever succeeded worldwide, and the
investigation methods were afterwards
called into question.
There follows a statement
by Dr. Bill Thomson,
Criminologist and expert
witness in Ritual Abuse
Cases.
Florence Horsman Hogan
(Let Our Voices Emerge)
086 876 2148
Dr. Bill Thompson, a
specialist in interview
methods, has been
studying ritual abuse Dr Bill Thompson the
allegations since 1984.
Since uncovering the flaws in the
interview methods that lead to Satanic
allegations, he has given
evidence and supplied reports
on interview methods in more
than 200 cases including
Orkney. He was a member of
the Experts panel in the Home
Affairs Committee Hearings
into Care Home Allegations in
the UK.
I am bemused by the recent
revival of ritual abuse
allegations in Ireland. It follows
immediately after the collapse of the Isle
of Lewis allegations in Scotland. Like
the Orkney case 10 years before it, the
allegations in Lewis the constant repetitious
questioning of the children and campaigns
by ritual abuse awareness groups. As in
most cases ʻritual abuseʼ meant ʻsatanic
abuseʼ. The means by which one can
secure allegations from young children was
recently exposed in the Newcastle Nursery
Although numerous prosecutions followed
the original investigations in America,
they occurred before the effects of the
is now extensive psychological research
demonstrating how easy it is not only to
get children to adopt suggestions but how
they will also come to believe them. It is
now also known that the
behavioural problems once
associated with being ritual
abused are also caused by
the questioning methods.
The vast majority of those
convicted have now been
released. The most recent
example was the Bakersfield
case where the children, the
moment they had reached the
age of majority walked into a
lawyers office and told them
they had been forced to make
claims they did. The
same applies in England,
where Jean LaFontaineʼs
report found no evidence to support the
allegations that had destroyed fifty families
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 in the Family courts, or my work in

DEFENCE LAWYERS Scotland and Wales; and I can confirm

that the case frequently cited as proving
ritual abuse was real - Pembrokeshire
- the Satanic claims were all thrown out.
We are sometimes asked to recommend a defence Solicitor/Barrister/Law
Firm experienced in abuse cases. We are very happy to put people in touch Apart from children who have suffered
with our established contacts but they are sometimes not available or are oppressive interview techniques, the
geographically remote from where they are needed. It would be of great help if other major source of allegations
you could let us know of any lawyer whom you could recommend to others. are adult women who have received
suggestive counselling or therapy, the
If there are some details (e.g. email address) you donʼt know, thatʼs fine. Just fill validity of which is extremely dubious.
in what you can and weʼll discover the rest.
Adult allegations in the US, based on
Please complete the form and return it to:- regressive therapy, the same means
FACT Secretary, PO Box 3074, Cardiff, CF3 3WZ by which people ʻrememberʼ that they
were abducted by UFOs, dried up the
moment insurance companies decided
Name of the Solicitor/Barrister to remove recovered memories from
peopleʼs health policies!
Name of his/her firm
The most bizarre aspect of these cases
Address is that apart from the allegations is that
no evidence apart from the allegations.
It is all conjecture and conviction;
yes, not even medical evidence. As Dr
Postcode San Lazaro was forced to admit in the
Newcastle case, she had talked up the
Telephone no evidence to fit the allegations. Other
ʻconfirmationsʼ were also based on false
Fax no signs of abuse, the most scandalous
being the so called 4 millimetre rule,
email address whereby any girl with a larger hymenal
gap was deemed have been assaulted.
web site www. Controlled studies on non abused
children later demonstrated that gaps
Details about your Solicitor/Barrister/Law Firm (tick as appropriate) over 10 millimetres larger were well
within the normal range.
Did your your solicitor represent you in:-
It would be a shame if the Republic was
Criminal Proceedings (e.g. police investigation and/or trial) ❏ to make the same mistakes at the very
moment the rest of the world is learning
Civil Proceedings e.g. Child Protection/Employment issues what went wrong.
any Appeal hearings ❏
What in your opinion are your lawerʼs strengths

UH?
A young girl who was blown out
to sea on a set of inflatable teeth
was rescued by a man on an
inflatable lobster. A coastguard
spokesman commented, “This sort
of thing is all too common.”

Your name (The Times)

Address At the height of the gale, the

harbourmaster radioed a
coastguard on the spot and asked
him to estimate the wind speed.
He replied that he was sorry, but
Postcode he didnʼt have a gauge. However,
if it was any help, the wind had
Phone just blown his Land Rover off the
cliff.
Email and contact details
(Aberdeen Evening Express)

8 FACTION / January 2005

MALICIOUS
ALLEGATIONS
Miliband (Upper Sixth)
promises little!
Several FACT members attended the All
Party Group on Abuse Investigationʼs
invitation to attend a conference held at
Westminster. It was very successful.
Whilst it was taking place the following
matter was raised during Oral Answers
to Questions concerning Education. The
Minister was asked:-
Teachers (Malicious Allegations)
3. Tony Cunningham (Workington) (Lab) :
What steps he is taking to protect teachers
from malicious allegations made against
them by pupils. [201229]
The Minister for School Standards (Mr.
David Miliband): In November my right
hon. Friend the Secretary of State launched
a consultation on a new process for dealing
with allegations against teachers and school
staff. The consultation covers the reduction
of time scales, new procedures to improve
the management of cases and, significantly,
advice by the Association of Chief Police
Officers that anyone under investigation
should not be named until they are charged
with an offence.
Tony Cunningham: I am sure my hon.
Friend would agree that there should be zero
tolerance of abuse in the classroom. Equally,
there must be zero tolerance of malicious
“I think that the
trauma both of abuse
of trust and of abuse
of teachers needs to be
dealt with in a serious
way by this House, and
not in a posturing way.”
David Miliband MP
FACTION / January 2005
complaints against teachers. Will my hon.
Friend assure the House that complaints
will be dealt with speedily, and that firm
action will be taken against those who make
malicious complaints?
Mr. Miliband: As a former
teacher, my hon. Friend
speaks with real knowledge
of the matter. He is right
that the trauma of abuse
of trust and of unfounded
allegations need to be
tackled. I am pleased that
about 70 pr cent. of all cases
are currently dealt with
within three months, but we
want to raise that figure to
95 per cent. because speed
is of the essence. I remind
the House that the sanctions
on false and malicious
allegations are extremely
serious, including charges
of perjury and perverting
the course of justice. David Miliband MP
Sir Patrick Cormack (South
Staffordshire) (Con): Does the Minister agree police officers, but will the Minister consult
that the most important consideration is to
preserve the anonymityanonymity of those
charged? He referred to that in his answer.
Will he assure the House that from now
onwards, any teacher who is charged will
have his or her anonymity preserved until we be protected, as well as those whom they
know that that man or woman is guilty?
Mr. Miliband: It is certainly our view that
teachers should have their anonymity
preserved until they are charged, if they
are charged. I should point out that very
few are charged; about 17 per cent. of all
cases end in a prosecution. I am pleased that
ACPO has issued new guidance to preserve
anonymity. There is also the responsibility of
the press in the matter. The Press Complaints
Commission guidance is very clear about
what those responsibilities are, and I would
expect the press to follow that guidance.
Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab): The Minister
will know that it is not only in formal
education that the poison of malicious
allegations has been a terrible problem
in recent years; it also occurs in informal
education through the youth service. Will he
ensure that the processes affecting teachers
that he hopes to introduce in the next couple
of years will also apply in the youth service?
Mr. Miliband: My hon. Friend raises a good
point. When we speak of
unfounded allegations and
of anonymity, simply to
speak of teachers is not
sufficient, given the range
of professionals who work
with young people. The
safeguards that we want for
children and for staff should
apply to all those who work
with young people in and
out of schools.
Rev. Martin Smyth
(Belfast, South) (UUP):
Significantly, in Portcullis
House there is a conference
dealing with false
allegations of abuse and
what has happened in the
courts over the years. We
welcome the improvements
and the commitment from
with his colleagues throughout Government
so that legislation might be brought in
to safeguard children and teachers? It is
important that in the youth service at large,
those who devote themselves to teaching can
teach.
Mr. Miliband: The House knows that the
hon. Gentleman has a long and distinguished
record in campaigning on these issues and
bringing attention to them. I am happy to
say that there is proper consultation right
across the United Kingdom on the issue.
It is important, as my right hon. Friend the
Secretary of State has pointed out, that the
Bichard inquiry referred to matters in this
area, and we will respond to that shortly. I
hope we will help to provide some of the
reassurance that the hon. Gentleman seeks.
9
Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and
Lonsdale) (Con): What the Minister said
about speeding up trials is welcome,
and his remarks about the importance
of preserving anonymity will also be
welcomed by many teacher unions and
their representatives. But he knows that
they want more than simple guidance
from ACPO and exhortations to the
media from the Minister, so why will
he not act on what the teacher unions
have specifically requested; legislation
to guarantee anonymity in those
circumstances?
Mr. Miliband: The teacher unions have
actually said that they want to see how
the new ACPO guidance works, because
this is an area where there are difficult
issues. My hon. Friend the Member for
Rhondda (Chris Bryant) referred to adults
who do not have teaching status but work
with young people none the less. We
want to ensure that the guidance works,
and I hope that we can count on the hon.
Gentlemanʼs support in ensuring that it
does.
Mr. Collins: The Minister will know that
we of course hope that guidance works,
but he will also know that many teachers
have been in extraordinary distress
because their details have been published
in the local media, placed there either by
people in schools or by the police. He
will know that a head teacher committed
suicide this year in the Isle of Wight
because his details were released in that
way.
May I press the Minister again to say
why he will not legislate? My party is
committed to support legislation on this
matter. We will support any legislation
that this Government introduce. If
they continue to refuse to introduce
that legislation, we will introduce it
in a teacher protection Bill in the first
Queenʼs Speech of the next Conservative
Government.
Mr. Miliband: It is very sad that the
hon. Gentleman has sought to make
a party political issue of this matter,
but I cannot let it pass. His right hon.
Friend the Member for Wokingham (Mr.
Redwood) said that, under a Conservative
Government:
“In the first hour, ministers will explain to
officials that we are not in the business of
passing 4,000 new laws a year.”
I urge the hon. Gentleman to look at what
his right hon. Friend is saying. This area
requires careful application of the law and
due diligence in every case. I think that
the trauma both of abuse of trust and of
abuse of teachers needs to be dealt with in
a serious way by this House, and not in a
posturing way.
10
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Once again, many of us have had to spend
yet another Christmas apart from family
and friends. As each year passes we hope
that commonsense will prevail. Room could
always be made in our overcrowded prisons
by recognising that innocent men and
women pose no threat to Society.
Although we do get disheartened when ʻini-
tiativesʼ appear to falter we are, neverthe-
less, encouraged by the tremendous support
we continue to get from our friends in
FACT. Their seemingly tireless efforts raise
our hopes and once again we have Greet-
ings from friends we may never have met.
It has been comforting to know that, once
again the Vigils have united us, in spirit
if not in body and we are grateful for the
effort so many have made to participate. To
all of those who have sent cards and to all
who have laboured on our behalf through-
out the past year, a very sincere ʻThank youʼ
Ron Hall
Can I take this opportunity to say a very big
thank you to all those who took the trouble
of sending a Christmas card this year. Some
of you I know, but many I donʼt know and
it would be impossible to reply to you all
personally. I also know of others in like
circumstances, for whom the cards meant
so much this year.
I am lucky in that Iʼm in a prison where
I have the opportunity to keep busy. This
makes things so much easier. But I also feel
so supported by the cards, which make such
a difference. Many, many thanks.
Derek Brushett
On behalf of Robert (Bob) Cromwell, Joe
Delgado and myself, our heartfelt
appreciation of the very many Christmas
cards and expressions of support.
Personally I received over 50 cards and we
were all overwhelmed by the sheer volume
of cards received and sentiments contained
within them. Our sincere thanks to everyone
and best wishes extend to FACT members
for 2005.
Brian Ely
I have received
many requests
from other prison-
ers to send, via
FACTION, their
heartfelt thanks for
all the Christmas cards
they received. Also com-
ments as to how much the vigils are
appreciated as a time when we unite to
remember all our members who canʼt be
with us. So on behalf of all our members
awaiting justice may I say
ʻThank You All Very Muchʼ. – Joy
WYMOTTIANS CHARITY
One of our inside friends informs us that
prisoners at Wymott have raised more than
£100.00 to aid the Asian Tsunami survivors.
Despite very limited funds these men, some
of whom are innocent and being punished
for what theyʼve not done, still think of
others who are suffering. Great work and a
joy to witness such generosity.
Name and address supplied.
Correspondence via FACT Secretary please.
FACT NORTH WALES
Congratulations
Congratulations to John and Pat Rayfield
who celebrated their 60th Wedding
anniversary on 29th November 2004.
Pat and John have been very active with
FACT North Wales and also regularly
attend national conferences. Their special
day was marked with a telegram from the
Queen wishing them very best wishes.
Its perhaps a measure of their commitment
to the cause that despite the pressures of
the day John still found time to attend a
North Wales FACT meeting. A small gift
was presented to Pat and John as a token
of the Groupʼs affection for John and Pat
and appreciation for all that they have done,
and continue to do, to support the work of
FACT. Thank you
Helpline
02920 777 499
FACTION / January 2005
INFORMATION Doncaster & Lincolnshire
Kath 01427 873 451
Mark Newby
Jordans Solicitors
☎ telephone number 4 Priory Place
fax fax number South Wales Doncaster DN1 1BP
www website Gail 02920 513 016 ☎ 01302 309831
@ email address fax 01302 327521
North Wales
Gwen 01978 781 220 3gis
3 Grays Inn Square
FACT Manchester London WC1R 5AH
David 0161 724 1478 ☎ 020 7520 5600
Campaign on behalf of ☎ Emergency 07710 354 598
Falsely Accused Carers & Teachers Cornwall fax 020 7520 5607
Angela 01736 367 231 @ clerks@3gis.co.uk
All written correspondence
Yorkshire Andrews Angel
The Secretary Gordon 01924 261 711 Solicitors
FACT (UK) 1st Floor
P O Box 3074 88 High Road
Cardiff Ilford
CF3 3WZ Essex IG1 1DN
LEGAL ☎ 020 8911 9289
☎ 02920 777 499
fax Law firms experienced in Gill Rutherford
www www.factuk.org false allegations cases Thompsons Solicitors
@ info@factuk.org St Nicholas Building
Please inform us of any additions you St Nicholas Street
feel ought to be made to this list Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 1TH
FACTION ☎ 0191 269 0400
FACTʼs periodical www www.thompsons.law.co.uk
Chris Saltrese Solicitors
Contributions / letters 3 Regent Road
Southport PR8 2EB
@ faction@factuk.org ☎ 01704 567 799 HAAP
or via the Secretary fax 01704 567 555 Historical Abuse Appeal Panel
www www.chrissaltresesolicitors.co.uk
FACTION Editor David Sherwell @ law@saltrese.fsbusiness.co.uk Mark Newby
@ faction@factuk.org Jordanʼs & Co
Olliers Solicitors
1st Floor 4 Priory Place
Sunlight House Doncaster DN1 1BP
Chairman Rory OʼBrien Quay Street ☎ 01302 309831
@ chairman@factuk.org Manchester M3 3JZ fax 01302 327521
☎ 0161 834 1515 www www.appealpanel.org
Secretary Michael Barnes fax 0161 839 0804 @ help@appealpanel.org
@ secretary@factuk.org www www.olliers.com
@ janetleahy@olliers.com
Treasurer Gordon Rozario
@ treasurer@factuk.org 17 Park Place
Leeds LS1 2SJ OTHER ORGANISATIONS
Membership requests ☎ 0113 246 0660
@ membership@factuk.org fax 0113 242 9741
www www.olliers.com BFMS
@ British False Memory Society

The Old Brewery

Mr David Woods Bradford-on-Avon
NATIONAL NETWORK Keith Levin & Co Solicitors Wiltshire BA15 1NF
Someone you can talk to The Willows ☎ 01225 868 682
Rupert Rd @ bfms@bfms.org.uk
South Yorkshire Huyton www www.bfms.org.uk
Lynne 01226 241 136 Liverpool L36 9TF
☎ 0151 480 5777
West Midlands www www.keithlevin.co.uk FASO
Elin 01905 778 170 @ dwoods@keithlevin.co.uk False Allegations Support Organization

Somerset Mr Stephen Clarke PO Box 4

Ian 01458 448 127 Clarke & Heartland Solicitors Cross Keys
223 City Rd Newport
Chepstow Cardiff CF24 3SD Gwent NP11 7YA
Joy 01594 529 237 ☎ 01222 483 181 ☎ 08702 416 650

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 Spread ‘em!
MAI
Merseyside Against Injustice
BIRTHDAYS
PO Box 51
Upton Wirral
January 4th
Merseyside CH49 2WA
SOFAP APPLICATION Ian Brooke FG5450
HMP Wakefield
Support Organization for
Falsely Accused People
FORMS & POSTERS Love Lane
Wakefield
W Yorkshire
PO Box 93 If you, your friends or relatives have WF2 9AG
Twickenham TW2 5WZ access to Staff Rooms, Libraries, or
☎ 07766 664 360 other places where ʻat riskʼ people January 11th
work or play please consider placing Tony Andrews LD6726
The Field Foundation some forms and posters there (with HMP Wymott
BULLYONLINE permission). Ulnes Walton Lane
Help to combat workplace bullying or Leyland
intimidation They not only may provide the help Preston
needed by one of the staff or a visitor, PR6 8LW
PO Box 67 they also help spread the word about February 12th
Didcot the very real dangers people face Ron Hall DW 7473
Oxfordshire OX11 9YS from false allegations. HB2 G1-10
☎ 0161 834 1515 HMP Dovegates
www www.bullyonline.org Some possible places are: Uttoxeter
Staffs
FAYL Staff Rooms in schools / homes ST14 8XR
Falsely Accused Youth Leaders Public Libraries
(formerly False Scouting Allegations) Doctors Waiting Rooms March 1st
For those falsely accused of abuse within Sports Centre Rest Areas Martyn Locklin FL 6984
Scouting and other Youth Organisations Education Authority Offices HMP Frankland
Social Services Offices Finchley Avenue
PO Box 43158 Day Care Offices Brasside
London E17 4WX Solicitors Offices Durham
DH1 5YD
☎ 07017 407 621 Welfare Rights Centres
www www.fayl.org.uk Law Centres March 9th
Citizens Advice Bureaux John Dent GD 7068
Local Authority Advice Centres HMP Whatton
Staff Notice Boards Cromwell Road
WEB LINKS Union Offices Whatton
Useful links on the Internet Church Notice Boards Nottingham
NG13 9FQ
Richard Webster
Author Would you like some Application March 15th
Excellent site with many articles on false Forms for membership of FACT? George Anderson FG5450
allegations Maghaberry Prison
A4 and A5 posters Old Road
Balinderry Upper
www.richardwebster.net are available free Lisburn
of charge from the Northern Ireland
Innocent Secretary (though BT28 2PT
Organization which supports and a s.a.e. or some
campaigns for innocent people in prison. help with a postage March 15th
Good article repository. stamp or two would Mark Bailey JG 6787
be appreciated). HMP Albany
www.innocent.org.uk Newport
Isle of Wight
www.prisontoday.com PO30 5RS

MLA Press
P.O.Box 116
Manchester NEW WEBSITES
M9 6WS
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“... in a free society, the weight of allegations does not equal
guilt.”
Ross Clarke

UH?
≠≠≠
UH?
≠≠≠
“... let the message go out, that we
“We expect a great deal of our can provide security where there is
police service and we rightly none;
subject their actions to intense Opportunity where it is limited;
scrutiny.” Justice where its is denied;
Hazel Blears Inclusion where there is exclusion;
Labour MP Prosperity where there is poverty;

Then we will have in our

generation and in our time, not only
have fulfilled our mission to the
people of Britain, upheld the finest
traditions of our party but also
given hope for a better world.”

Gordon Brown
Labour Party Conference 2004

“Innocent people will not

be wrongly convicted
under the new arrangements
that weʼre making”
Baroness Scotland – Minister of State for the Criminal Justice System and Law Reform
 CHRISTMAS CARD LIST 2004
Barrie Alden CR9151 Joseph Delgado KW7813 Bernard Littlewood EF9413 Philip Savage FN0799
Wing E1 - 03 C Wing 2-26 HMP Wakefield HMP Full Sutton
HMP Norwich HMP Littlehey Love Lane Stamford Bridge
Knox Road Perry Wakefield York YO41 1PS
Norwich NR1 4LU Huntingdon W Yorkshire WF2 9AG
Cambs PE18 0SR Dave Stanley AT4111
Ray Alderson VE2019 Martyn Locklin FL6984 A 2 - 08
HMP Albany John Dent GD7068 HMP Frankland HMP Wymott
Newport Wing B 4-15 Brasside Ulnes Walton Lane
Isle of Wight PO30 5RS HMP Whatton Durham DH1 5YD Leyland
Cromwell Road Preston PR6 8LW
George Anderson B9799 Whatton Keith Mair DE8471
Maghaberry Prison Nottingham NG13 9FQ HMP Frankland Robert Starr CR4025
Old Road Brasside HMP Ryehill
Balinderry Upper Brian Ely FE7066 Durham DH1 5YD Willowby
Lisburn BT28 2RT F Wing Rugby CV23 8AN
HMP Littlehey Paul Melville KX9507
Mark Bailey JG6787 Perry G1-03 Keith Sutton GP5271
HMP Albany Huntingdon HMP Wymott HMP Wakefield
Newport Cambs PE18 0SR Ulnes Walton Lane Love Lane
Isle of Wight PO30 5RS Leyland Wakefield
Ron Hall DW7473 Preston PR6 8LW W Yorkshire WF2 9AG
Allan Bennett KA8702 HB2 G1-10
HMP Frankland HMP Dovegate Roy Murray NM4615 Colin Wappat GG4002
Brasside Uttoxeter HMP Wymott H Wing
Durham DH1 5YD Staffs ST14 8XR Ulnes Walton Lane HMP Acklington
Leyland Morpeth
Mike Brizzalari DE8911 Margaret Hewitt F1303 Preston PR6 8LW Northumberland NE65 9XF
HMP Full Sutton A4 Hydebank Wood
Stamford Bridge Hospital Road Graham Osborne KB8734 Peter Ward EM7229
York YO41 1PS Belfast BT8 8NA HMP Dartmoor HMP Albany
Princetown Newport
Ian Brooke FG5450 Peter Hopkins DF9111 Yeovilton Isle of Wight PO30 5RS
HMP Wakefield HMP Albany Devon PL20 6RR
Love Lane Newport Neil Wardell HL7193
Wakefield Isle of Wight PO30 5RS Terry Paget VB1173 A Wing
W Yorkshire WF2 9AG HMP Albany HMP Wymott
Warwick Jarred EL6952 Newport Ulnes Walton Lane
Derek Brushett CR5153 HMP Albany Isle of Wight PO30 5RS Leyland
HMP Albany Newport Preston PR6 8LW
Newport Isle of Wight PO30 5RS Malcolm Philips HB7215
Isle of Wight PO30 5RS J1 - 07 Tony Andrews LD6726
Brian Johnson CR7166 HMP Acklington HMP Wymott
Robert Cromwell JH5613 J Wing Morpeth Ulnes Walton Lane
C2-17 HMP Wymott Northumberland NE65 9XF Leyland
HMP Littlehey Ulnes Walton Lane Preston, PR6 8LW
Perry Leyland John Porteous 77105
Huntingdon Preston, PR6 8LW HMP Peterhead
Cambs PE18 0SR Peterhead
Ron Jones KX4406 Aberdeenshire AB42 6YY
Steve Crosby KX8990 Wing 12-24
H Wing HMP Wymott John Powell JC9586
HMP Acklington Ulnes Walton Lane B Wing 4-14
Morpeth Leyland HMP Littlehey
Northumberland NE65 9XF Preston PR6 8LW Perry,
Huntingdon
David Dean JR6727 Keith Laverack TH1627 Cambs PE18 0SR
Thanet Wing HB2 G1-10
HMP Maidstone HMP Dovegate Philip Roe LD9411
Maidstone Uttoxeter HMP Wakefield
Kent ME14 1UZ Staffs ST14 8XR Love Lane
Wakefield
W Yorkshire WF2 9AG