Courtesy call!
Just had a telephone call from the policeman at witness protection!
It was the same one that I spoke to a couple of days after the court case ended!
He enquired how I was getting on, and if I'd made any progress with my appeal
I was genuinely concerned at the end result, and asked what had happened! Poor bloke!
I gave him both barrels of what had happened, how the top judge would take no responsibility for the trial judge. How the trial judge fobbed me off on to an underling because he didn't want to communicate with the plebian masses. How the CPS were so slow to respond with their final answer. How my final appeal to the attorney general was discounted because they don't work bank holidays.
I also (again) expressed my extreme disgust that fowler was allowed to walk out of court as 'an elderly gentleman answering for indiscretions' - not as a convicted paedophile. I told him how that made me disgusted at the defence barrister (would she like elderly gentlemen to commit indiscretions aginst her kids) for making such a statement. Disgusted at the judge and prosecution barrister for not challenging this description.
I also told him that I was disgusted that I never got to talk to CPS of prosecution barrister before the trial took place. My quote - 'you don't go into battle without checking your weapons first'.
Once again he agreed with everything that I said!
I've needed to vent this out to a 'live person' for weeks. Thankfully, today this witness protection officer gave me an opportunity to do that. Somebody within the system actually cares about what happens.
He is going to speak to the policeman that I first told! They are going to keep the pressure on!
One of the other crazy things that came out of the conversation, was that 'Parole officers cannot do anything else because it was a suspended sentence, and not custodial'. Previously the head judge told me 'despite it being a suspended sentence, it is a custodial one'.
Arse and elbow!
I'm glad this policeman called - I feel so much better for venting!
If anyone expects you to take second best, don't let them - we are worth so much more than that!
Best wishes....Rik
It was the same one that I spoke to a couple of days after the court case ended!
He enquired how I was getting on, and if I'd made any progress with my appeal
I was genuinely concerned at the end result, and asked what had happened! Poor bloke!
I gave him both barrels of what had happened, how the top judge would take no responsibility for the trial judge. How the trial judge fobbed me off on to an underling because he didn't want to communicate with the plebian masses. How the CPS were so slow to respond with their final answer. How my final appeal to the attorney general was discounted because they don't work bank holidays.
I also (again) expressed my extreme disgust that fowler was allowed to walk out of court as 'an elderly gentleman answering for indiscretions' - not as a convicted paedophile. I told him how that made me disgusted at the defence barrister (would she like elderly gentlemen to commit indiscretions aginst her kids) for making such a statement. Disgusted at the judge and prosecution barrister for not challenging this description.
I also told him that I was disgusted that I never got to talk to CPS of prosecution barrister before the trial took place. My quote - 'you don't go into battle without checking your weapons first'.
Once again he agreed with everything that I said!
I've needed to vent this out to a 'live person' for weeks. Thankfully, today this witness protection officer gave me an opportunity to do that. Somebody within the system actually cares about what happens.
He is going to speak to the policeman that I first told! They are going to keep the pressure on!
One of the other crazy things that came out of the conversation, was that 'Parole officers cannot do anything else because it was a suspended sentence, and not custodial'. Previously the head judge told me 'despite it being a suspended sentence, it is a custodial one'.
Arse and elbow!
I'm glad this policeman called - I feel so much better for venting!
If anyone expects you to take second best, don't let them - we are worth so much more than that!
Best wishes....Rik