MICHAEL DOHERTY - PRIVATE PROSECUTIONS AGAINST POLICE

The first appearance of Metropolitan Police officers Sergeant Gareth Blackburn and Detective Constable Stephen MacDonald will be before;

Westminster Magistrates Court 181 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5BR Tel: 020 3126 3050

Nearest tube :- Marylebone or Baker street

I have confirmed with the court all is on for next Wednesday. As you will all be aware this is a historic case in which the officers concerned have been summoned for the following offences;

- kidnap (max sentence life imprisonment)

- false imprisonment (max sentence life imprisonment)

- aggravated burglary (max sentence life imprisonment)

- burglary (max sentence 14 yrs imprisonment)

- affray (max sentence 3yrs imprisonment)

- Misconduct in public office (max sentence life imprisonment)

The hearing at Westminster will be simply to ‘send’ the case to the Crown Court. Most likely Southwark Crown Court.The BBC have confirmed coverage of this case, cameras will be rolling outside the court house. Do try to attend if you can as this case could have massive implications. Bring placards and banners and show your concern for the failure of the state to hold the police to account.

If you haven’t seen the Guardian coverage of this, please see here;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/15/police-accused-kidnap-private-prosecution

See you all there!!!!!!

The discredited Independent Police Complaints Commission

As many of you are aware, I have reported that the Deputy Chair of the IPCC, Deborah Glass to the police for perverting the course of justice and misconduct in public office. The nature of the offence relates to evidence I presented which demonstrates a willful failure to investigate the criminal conduct of the Metropolitan Police. (effectively the supposed primary purpose of her role)

I have had confirmation from the Metropolitan police in two letters that this investigation is indeed underway. The crime reference attached to this case is CRIS 2314237/12 and is being investigated by the ‘Specialist and Economic Crime unit SC09′.

These supported facts went out in a press release stating that the Deputy Chair of the IPCC was currently under criminal investigation as of the 3Aug2012.

Predictably the IPCC then issued threats of legal action if a retraction is not made, typical bullies using public money to threaten us into silence. Well I suggest you may wish to email [email protected] Director of Business Services and tell her what you think of the IPCC. Maybe you also think there should be a full criminal investigation of their role in covering up the criminal behavior of the Police.

If Deborah Glass wishes to take me to the High Court for a defamation case then she can be my guest. I am happy to confirm that I reported her for what I believe is criminal conduct, the cover up of clear blatant criminal behavior of the Met Police. I am happy to confirm my communications with the Police, that they have confirmed that this criminal investigation is underway.

Should the case go ahead (which I doubt very much, even they wouldn’t be that stupid) I will be calling upon other victims of the IPCC to give evidence of the IPCC and their cover up of police criminal conduct.

Ms Glass states that the fact she is under criminal investigation is ‘damaging to her reputation’. I would suggest as the head of a widely discredited organisation, her reputation is like that of the IPCC, severely under doubt. Indeed if she was an honorable individual she would have tackled police criminality when presented to her.

Indeed if the IPCC think this is not the case, I guess their problem lays with the Metropolitan Police and their communication on the matter. Maybe they could put in a complaint……. see how far they get with that! lol

Defamation case

The Metropolitan Legal team still need more time, always delaying and the window for mediation rapidly closes.

Parliamentary Inquiry into the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)

The Parliamentary Inquiry into the IPCC has started back in July with it’s first hearing. Giving evidence was a representative from the Police Action Lawyers Group (PALG), Deborah Coles from INQUEST and Doreen Lawrence (mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence).

They were scathing of the performance of the IPCC……

Finally, the new head of the IPCC, Dame Anne Owers gave evidence. She was instantly made aware that the committee had already heard some very serious criticism of the IPCC. Dame Anne Owers was very much on the back foot and offering her own ideas on reform of this much maligned organisation.

My opinion remains, the IPCC must be abolished, a new organisation formed made entirely of civilian investigators. I am willing to take up the post of head of investigations. I will be fearless and act without favor in my pursuit of criminals acting in the post of constable.

A number of people have now been called to give evidence infront of the Committee, including our much loved fellow campaigner Ian Puddick.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/home-affairs-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/ipcc/

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