Four children from a family rent apart by false allegations two years ago have finally gone home. In early March 2017 Judge Diane Redgrave approved an agreement worked out between counsel for the parents, Hilary Pollock, and the London Borough of Bexley. Bexley returned the children to their parents on 29th March. The Lord’s hand …
Category: Justice
Jun 20 2017
Judge finds father in contempt of court again
A father in dispute with Medway Council narrowly escaped jail for contempt of court in Canterbury County Court last week for the second time in six months. Eugene Lukjanenko was charged with five breaches of an order made on 30th September 2015. The Order prohibited him from naming employees or ex-employees of the Council online. …
Jun 13 2017
Tories promise family courts reform
The Conservative Party promised reform of the family courts in their manifesto following a rooftop protest. It is of course open to argument whether the manifesto commitment was a response to the protest at the home of Edward Timpson. Mr Timpson was Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families in the previous government. It follows he …
Apr 25 2017
Mrs May’s General Election Challenge
As the political parties write their general election manifestos, one of them faces a particular challenge. The Conservatives might think they have an unassailable lead, but they could easily snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. And that would put Brexit in peril. NHI for the Self-Employed Firstly., they would dearly like their manifesto to give …
Apr 17 2017
Theresa May’s Easter Message of Hypocrisy
Theresa May has left herself wide open to criticisms of hypocrisy after this year’s (2017) Easter message. The Prime Minister said ‘Easter is a moment to reflect’. TEXT HERE In that case let us just reflect how her actions and those of Her Majesty’s Government measure up to what she said. We can go further …
Apr 03 2017
Islamic Extremism Unit launched
The Government has launched an Islamic Extremism unit, ‘A specialist team of ‘counter-terrorism experts aimed at tackling extremism in prisons’, as the BBC put it. The announcement comes in the wake of the Westminster terror attacks. But unless they dissuade prison inmates from converting to Islam in the first place, their efforts will have little …
Mar 10 2017
Abortion Bill would apply up to birth
A bill to decriminalise abortion is being brought before Parliament at 2.30pm on Monday 13th March 2017. Diana Johnson’s Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations): Ten Minute Rule Bill calls for abortion to be decriminalised. It does this by repealing anti-abortion sections of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. Of course that will make the …
Mar 03 2017
Magistrate who convicted preachers is Freemason
The chairman of the Bristol Magistrates who convicted two Christian preachers of a Public Order offence earlier this week is a leading Freemason, Christian Voice can disclose. Robert Stacey convicted Michael Overd and Michael Stockwell on Tuesday 28th February. He handed down £2016 worth of fines and costs each. He even refused a stay of execution …
Jan 30 2017
BMA predicts ‘pregnant man’ craze by banning ‘mothers’
The BMA predicted the ‘pregnant man’ craze by issuing absurd advice to doctors last year banning the use of the term ‘expectant mother’ in favour of ‘pregnant person’ so as not to offend transsexuals. The advice was published in a BMA internal booklet: “A guide to effective communication: inclusive language in the workplace”. Gender-neutral The …
Nov 04 2016
Walsall Children Go Home!
Three children taken into care by Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council on the strength of a false allegation of sexual abuse were returned home yesterday. Walsall’s decision to return the children came after their barrister Richard Hadley reviewed the evidence in the case following a failed prosecution of the family’s eldest boys in Wolverhampton Crown Court. A …
Oct 25 2016
Hills of the North, Rejoice!
Hills of the north, rejoice; River and mountain spring, Hark to the advent voice; Valley and lowland, sing; Though absent long, your Lord is nigh; He judgment brings and victory. Isles of the southern seas, Deep in your coral caves Pent be each warring breeze, Lulled be your restless waves: He comes to reign with …
Oct 20 2016
Walsall dither over child care case
P.S. (26th October 2016): Walsall’s barrister, Mr Richard Hadley, today undertook to complete his examination of all the evidence by next week. He gave Mr Justice Keehan, sitting in the High Court in Nottingham, the clearest possible indication that he expects there to be no case of abuse to answer. In that event, he said …
Oct 11 2016
Transport Police in the dock
British Transport Police have been accused of a gross miscarriage of justice in a misconduct hearing. Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Alun Thomas chaired a tribunal which dismissed an officer whose children were wrongly taken into care last year after their eldest son made a false allegation of abuse against him and his wife. The couple, …
Sep 22 2016
Council look anew at child care case
In legal cases what is said between advocates in a conference room is often as important as what happens in court. And so it proved on Wednesday last week (14th September 2016) at Walsall Family Court, where a local authority was forced to go back to the drawing board in a child care case. ACQUITTAL …
Sep 12 2016
Judge: ‘Not Guilty’ doesn’t mean ‘Innocent’
Update 22/09/2016: Click here for Council look anew at care case. A senior family court judge told a court last Friday (9th September 2016) that a ‘Not Guilty’ verdict in the criminal court did not mean the defendants were innocent. Judge Rosalind Bush said a ‘Not Guilty’ verdict merely meant the jury had not been …
Aug 09 2016
Brothers acquitted in sex case
Two brothers accused of sexual abuse against a small girl were acquitted at Wolverhampton Crown Court after not-guilty verdicts were entered this afternoon. One count of sexual abuse was scrubbed on the orders of the judge, and the jury delivered not guilty verdicts on a further seven. Three others were withdrawn by the prosecution. The …
Aug 06 2016
Mother says: I hear everything!
The mother of two young Christian men accused of sexual assault against an eight-year-old girl told a court yesterday that nothing would happen in her home without her knowledge. ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE The girl alleges she was assaulted, indeed that she was raped in every possible way, by both defendants and their two younger siblings …
Aug 02 2016
Sex case raises questions
A case in which two young men have been accused of horrific sexual offences has raised questions about how the police and prosecution operate and how the courts should treat evidence from a child. FAMILY BREAKDOWN Wolverhampton Crown Court heard today that the child, an eight-year-old girl, had been staying with relatives. Her father was …
Jun 21 2016
Bexley opposes children’s return
By Stephen Green (Update 22nd November 2016: At the latest hearing yesterday, instead of agreeing to a plan to return the children forthwith, the local authority opposed it. There will now be a contested hearing in early March 2017. So the injustice and the emotional harm being done to the children by Bexley continues, at …