tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post6323942452155525381..comments2024-03-20T11:09:50.796+00:00Comments on voiceforchildren: Advocate Philip Sinel Interview.voiceforchildrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-32915288750844100132016-12-07T02:26:29.938+00:002016-12-07T02:26:29.938+00:00Clarification
I wrote: "why do they not lear...Clarification<br /><br />I wrote: "why do they not learn?" but it was not clear who I meant.<br /><br />I mean the people in the upper reaches of Human Resources in the States.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637692535583745666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-16768133438651739762016-12-03T18:21:01.910+00:002016-12-03T18:21:01.910+00:00Deputy Sam Mezec on this global YouTube footage is...Deputy Sam Mezec on this global YouTube footage is superb. And the two ex-DJs, now assistant Ministers, in the picture, are also going global. Wrong place wrong time for them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-27937449779008014722016-12-03T13:33:09.671+00:002016-12-03T13:33:09.671+00:00It was former Solicitor General Howard Sharp, now ...It was former Solicitor General Howard Sharp, now in private practice. <a href="http://www.ardentchambers.com/howard-sharp-qc/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ardentchambers.com/howard-sharp-qc/</a><br /><br />Some of the stand-out paragraphs in the Alwitry document are on page 15. Here you have The Jersey Way in action, yet again:<br /><br />"The foregoing is underlined by the fact that the former Solicitor General was provided with an embargoed copy of our Report (i.e. the Report was released to him during the period when its circulation to people other than the Parties and their representatives was expressly forbidden). When the Board raised this apparent breach of the embargo, it was informed that the former Solicitor General was now acting as legal adviser to SEB in relation to our Report. At some point, therefore, SEB’s independent reviewer ceased to be independent and became its legal adviser. While acknowledging, of course, that he is no longer the Solicitor General, that is a remarkable state of affairs.<br /><br />The Board cannot think of another occasion in their collective experience where this has happened. It should not have occurred. It certainly should not have occurred in circumstances where SEB was aware that the Board had identified a legitimate concern that the former Solicitor General might not be seen to have been acting independently in the past because he would be perceived, rightly or wrongly, as being too closely aligned with the political establishment. It reinforces the point we have made above, in this case, regardless of his actual independence, the former Solicitor General could legitimately be regarded as too close to the senior States officials and politicians involved in this case for his investigation and report to be seen to be genuinely independent."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-64651029129449675732016-12-03T13:30:18.818+00:002016-12-03T13:30:18.818+00:00From Witness Statement of Leonard Harper #3
www.je...From Witness Statement of Leonard Harper #3<br />www.jerseycareinquiry.org/Transcripts/Day%20122%20Documents%20Optimised.pdf<br /><br />161. On 28 April 2008, D.C. Holmes completed a report on the Maguire <br />investigation. This report, which is at Exhibit LHS, set out the background to <br />the Maguire case and listed the individual witnesses that had come forward <br />and alleged abuse, the report includes detail of the allegations as originally <br />made, and whether those accounts changed when the witnesses were re<br />visited during Operation Rectangle. The witnesses that came forward, and <br />alleged abuse, were: <br /><br />161.1 [76] - who alleged physical abuse by Jane and Alan Maguire <br />and sexual abuse by Alan Maguire, namely that he had incited her to commit <br />an act of oral sex on him when she was seven or eight years old; <br /><br />161.2 [82]- alleged physical abuse by Jane and Alan Maguire; <br /><br />161.3 [88]-alleged physical abuse by Alan Maguire, [88] also <br />alleged serious sexual abuse, sodomy, by Kevin Noel, ##### ####### ####### ####### #######<br />. Noel was convicted of such offences<br /><br />CONTINUESAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-74143915932829830482016-12-03T13:21:31.002+00:002016-12-03T13:21:31.002+00:00From Witness Statement of Leonard Harper #2
www.je...From Witness Statement of Leonard Harper #2<br />www.jerseycareinquiry.org/Transcripts/Day%20122%20Documents%20Optimised.pdf<br /><br /><br />156. In 2008, Panorama reported on this case and found the Maguires alive and <br />well in France. I was liaising with Robert Hall from the BBC,who had strong <br />Jersey family connections, at this time. Before Panorama got wind of the <br />matter, I had myself detailed officers to try and locate them in France, and it <br />appeared that the Maguires were looking after holiday homes for prominent <br />Jersey residents. Panorama found the Maguires before my officers did. <br /><br />157. After the Panorama programme, I started looking for evidence that Alan <br />Maguire was ever ilL No evidence ever came to light and I found no trace of <br />any medical record indicating an illness. <br /><br />158. Around the time of the Panorama report, I placed two officers on the Maguire <br />case, being Kim Newth and Philip Holmes. It was only at this stage that I <br />discovered that many of the allegations against Alan Maguire were actually of <br />a sexual nature, and yet no mention had been made of this on the police file. <br /><br />159. There were even allegations that the victims, who had alleged abuse, were <br />actually wheeled into a room with the abusers, the police and Attorney General staff and were threatened. They were told that they were clearly. telling lies and they were effectively intimidated to the point in which the <br />sexual allegations were dropped. ......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-55642406683339337062016-12-03T11:26:21.036+00:002016-12-03T11:26:21.036+00:00In the Dr Alwitry case who was the "former SG...In the Dr Alwitry case who was the "former SG" constantly referred to?<br />This although long makes excellent readingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-37623768429393884932016-12-03T11:16:39.951+00:002016-12-03T11:16:39.951+00:00From Witness Statement of Leonard Harper :
www.jer...From Witness Statement of Leonard Harper :<br />www.jerseycareinquiry.org/Transcripts/Day%20122%20Documents%20Optimised.pdf<br /><br />138. One matter that also came to light during the investigations leading up to the <br />commencement of Operation Rectangle, was the fact that when children, particularly boys, <br />went missing on the island i.e. had RUN AWAY from home and were then found, Parishes would often 'dump' those children into HdLG. <br />However, NO RECORDS were kept of these incidences......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-35034858814355110512016-12-03T04:37:59.081+00:002016-12-03T04:37:59.081+00:00The SEB has had it in the neck many times before. ...The SEB has had it in the neck many times before. Bad employment practices, errors, suspensions that go astray, that are not justified, that are not reviewed.<br /><br />This was one of Bob Hill's pet subjects, and he was absolutely right. I keep these disasters on file . . .<br /><br />Question is - why do they not learn? They are paid good sums, and are supposed to be professionals.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-89511327795572288262016-12-03T00:13:49.467+00:002016-12-03T00:13:49.467+00:00There is no such paper as the Dublin Times, I assu...There is no such paper as the Dublin Times, I assume he means the Irish Times? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-40031706560022353232016-12-02T23:43:04.087+00:002016-12-02T23:43:04.087+00:00I believe that some witnesses were intimidated in ...I believe that some witnesses were intimidated in relation to 737. Some I am aware gave evidence anyway although somewhat in a restrained manner. Others I know denied knowledge which they had because of the risk to their careers. Shame on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-13617417195376766852016-12-02T22:58:53.630+00:002016-12-02T22:58:53.630+00:00Phileep finds common ground with Irish govt:
http...Phileep finds common ground with Irish govt:<br /><br />http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2016/12/01/keep-border-restrictions-the-same-after-brexit-says-minister-after-talks-with-irish/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-73350220403881369302016-12-02T22:20:27.103+00:002016-12-02T22:20:27.103+00:00Doesn't appear to be on the site. Search throw...Doesn't appear to be on the site. Search throws up the references in the transcripts for Days 65/66. If the reference is to Mr. K's written statement it should turn up in documentation for Day66. What turns up there is the written statement of Person 64. It is not Mr. K's written statement.<br /><br />I tried searching the site with s quote from WSOOO544 and the only thing that came up was the quote itself.<br /><br />So clearly the document is not on the site.<br /><br />So what are the Inquiry playing at?<br />Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-48087215384592439522016-12-02T22:07:07.381+00:002016-12-02T22:07:07.381+00:00Thanks Polo.Thanks Polo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-64321076225448799692016-12-02T20:00:38.964+00:002016-12-02T20:00:38.964+00:00While we are trawling Jersey Inquiry evidence, I t...While we are trawling Jersey Inquiry evidence, I thought to attempt to answer one of my own perennial questions.<br /><br />I had pointed out that Mick Gradwell had been scheduled to interview Person 737 under caution some days after Graham Power was suspended. I wondered if the interview had gone ahead and, if it had, what the result had been .<br /><br />In his evidence to the inquiry Graham Power thought that 737 had been arrested but he didn't seem too sure.<br /><br />Well the position, drawing on witness statements is:<br /><br />A redacted witness did make a complaint which was backed by another complainant. The second complainant then withdrew their complaint in circumstance that suggested a payoff.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jerseycareinquiry.org/Transcripts/Day%2081%20Documents%20Optimised%201.pdf" rel="nofollow">Link</a> pages 1&2, 21-24.<br /><br />The Attorney General, wondering aloud, seems to have had concerns that proceeding against 737 might reflect badly on Jersey's reputation and cause particular problems for the JEP. But on reflection he put in writing that the investigation should take its natural course.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jerseycareinquiry.org/Transcripts/Day%20126%20Documents%20Optimised%201.pdf#page=39" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />And to answer my own question, Alison Fossey gives a timeline of the arrests and interviews throughout Operation Rectangle. All the cases listed were ultimately subject to an advice file submitted by the police to the Crown Advocate and Attorney GeneraL A full written legal advice was returned in respect of each case. <br /><br />It is clear from this that 737 was interviewed and was arrested but that no further action was taken.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jerseycareinquiry.org/Transcripts/Day%20118%20documents%20optimised%201.pdf#page=422" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />Just sharing.<br /><br />Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-60449154154502316482016-12-02T18:44:22.310+00:002016-12-02T18:44:22.310+00:00According to ITV (hardly a reliable source for fac...According to ITV (hardly a reliable source for facts I know) the Jersey Evening Propaganda and its sister ship look like they are sliding toward the pan having to cut even more jobs. <br /><br />Hot on the heels of what, two price hikes in about 18 months? Couldn't happen to a nicer organisation some might say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-42670538750566069942016-12-02T18:39:59.464+00:002016-12-02T18:39:59.464+00:00A very well done to sam Mezec on this. I must be h...A very well done to sam Mezec on this. I must be honest and say that his effort IMHO was hardly up there with some of the great speeches made in the States in recent years, you have featured a number of these regarding corruption and (in)justice issues on this site as many readers will know. But what Sam's speech did I think was capture in a very short and to the point way exactly what so many people are thinking about the vast majority of our politicians. Maybe Sam can come up with another one to go viral on exactly what the disgruntled need to do to see their unhappiness remedied.i.e. VOTE THE B'STARDS OUT!Murray Norton's Airport Parking Spacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-44822189845079122152016-12-02T16:46:49.374+00:002016-12-02T16:46:49.374+00:00Deputy Sam Mezec's speech, that has gone viral...Deputy Sam Mezec's speech, that has gone viral on Facebook, has now been uploaded to Youtube and can be viewed <a href="https://youtu.be/tX72wYwQKi0" rel="nofollow">HERE.</a> More than 85,000 views, more than 1, 500 shares, more than 2,000 "likes", close to 400 comments and the local MSM have ignored it.voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-82095931612462958062016-12-02T15:45:25.843+00:002016-12-02T15:45:25.843+00:00Thanks for the link Polo, indeed Mr. King's da...Thanks for the link Polo, indeed Mr. King's damming statement is on the same page as Advocate Sinel's. I read it in its entirety yesterday and have considered publishing it as a Blog of its own. Similarly Advocate Sinel's two statements. Both damming indictments of "The Jersey Way."voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-25980702403811107632016-12-02T15:04:59.666+00:002016-12-02T15:04:59.666+00:00Mr. King's statement can be read in full on th...Mr. King's statement can be read in full on the Inquiry's website.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jerseycareinquiry.org/Transcripts/Day%20139%20documents%201.pdf#page=147" rel="nofollow">Link</a>Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-84624576076153399532016-12-02T14:58:14.864+00:002016-12-02T14:58:14.864+00:00Witness Statement of Ian Hamilton King #4
20. I ...Witness Statement of Ian Hamilton King #4<br /><br />20. I have spoken to many people "in the know" who have told me sinister stories, for example, of children disappearing from Haut de La Garenne, and of boys from the home being abused at sea. The problem is that people who have first hand information are too scared to come forward, because they fear the consequences which they will face from those in power. <br /><br />21. There are also many in Jersey who refuse to do anything about corruption and malpractice when they become aware of it. In around 2006, I made a statement to the police in which I gave evidence against three Jersey advocates and directors, in relation to dishonest business practices. A chief inspector of the fraud squad admitted that I was right, but said that he wouldn't pursue the matter because it would just be "blocked" owing to concerns that it would bring the island into disrepute. He said that he might be able to pursue it, but only if I first commenced civil proceedings. Nothing further came of it. <br /><br />22. The Jersey media do not provide an effective check on the establishment. I have featured in the Jersey Evening Post on five occasions in relation to business matters, and each time the reporting was inaccurate. I once gave a three hour interview to Harry McRandle of the Jersey Evening Post, only to be told by him that he had been instructed by Frank Walker, {former Chief Minister) not to print the story because it was libellous. The Dublin Times carried the story on its front page. <br /><br />23. I am optimistic that Jersey is reaching a tipping point and that there will soon be more people who want to expose the establishment than who want to protect it. Once people begin to see things changing, more will come forward and the house of cards will eventually collapse. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-38406765609617575422016-12-02T14:36:07.059+00:002016-12-02T14:36:07.059+00:00Witness Statement of Ian Hamilton King #3
"...Witness Statement of Ian Hamilton King #3<br /><br />"Corruption In Jersey- experiences from business transactions" CONTINUED<br /><br />13. On another occasion, I was being advised by the law firm OGIER on a largescale project involving government investment. During the negotiations phase, I was tipped off by a senior business figure that Ogier were conflicted because they were also representing parties that were linked to the money laundering of funds related to the deal from NORTHERN IRISH TERRORISTS. As it was a "brown envelope" deal, I am unable to prove whether the tip off I received was true. <br /><br />14. I was very concerned as to what was going on, and particularly that Ogier appeared to be conflicted. When I asked for a meeting with JONATHAN WHITE who was the senior partner at Ogier, he flatly refused to see me. Eventually the managing partner of Ogier agreed to meet. The meeting lasted for an hour, during which the managing partner said nothing whatsoever. He repeatedly <br />refrained from answering my questions about whether or not what I had heard was true. <br /><br />15. The above examples are symptomatic of a corrupt system commonly referred to as "the Jersey way". There are many other examples of conflicts and corruption within the Jersey establishment. The problem of conflicts of interest extends to senior appointments: the same Jonathan White who refused to meet me over the Ogier conflict has since been appointed as head of the Independent Police Authority, despite being Chairman of Jersey Finance Ltd, which plays a significant role in Jersey's finance industry. This raises real concerns given the importance of financial crime as a policing issue in Jersey, yet I personally know others who applied for the Independent Police Authority role but were rejected without a proper interview process. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-51788128502961491312016-12-02T14:34:41.107+00:002016-12-02T14:34:41.107+00:00Witness Statement of Ian Hamilton King #2
"...Witness Statement of Ian Hamilton King #2<br /><br />"Corruption In Jersey- experiences from business transactions"<br /><br />9. I moved to Jersey in 1982 with my wife. Initially I worked for Randall's brewery and then for Preston Holidays. <br /><br />10. I have found corruption to be endemic in Jersey business life, to the point where it has acquired its own name: "the Jersey way". A number of troubling experiences as a businessman revealed to me the extent of corruption in Jersey. I will recount a couple of examples by way of illustration: <br /><br />11. After I left Preston Holidays, I did some consultancy work and was taken on by the Bank of Bermuda to restructure a poor investment that they had made. I did a thorough job, but soon found out that there was skulduggery involved: I had prepared forecasts and cashflow for discussion at a board meeting. I was happy that they were accurate, but when I got to the meeting I realised that somebody had altered my figures in the document that had been printed. I pointed this out to those present and objected to the fact. As I was doing so, I received a hard kick from under the table. <br /><br />12. It subsequently turned out that the bank was trying to cover up a massive fraud involving several directors which involved gay porn and drugs. It was like being back in the music industry. -The -lawyers involved tried to set me up as a fallguy by making it look like I had amended the figures. <br />........<br />The advocate admitted in the meeting that they were "terrified about what I knew". The finance director involved ended up receiving a conviction. He was sentenced to a term in La Moye prison. .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-34082396338684079052016-12-02T14:33:27.278+00:002016-12-02T14:33:27.278+00:00Witness Statement of Ian Hamilton King #1
2. I w...Witness Statement of Ian Hamilton King #1<br /><br />2. I would like to give evidence to the Inquiry about the culture of corruption that I have experienced in Jersey, which operates to protect the reputation of those in the establishment. Corruption is endemic in Jersey when it comes to business matters. In my view, however, and based on my own previous experience of abuse and the covering up of abuse in London, I believe that the same protectionist culture affecting Jersey business transactions has operated to cover up the true extent of child abuse on the island. <br /><br />3......<br /><br />4. During this period, I remember talking to Frank Bough (of BBC's "Grandstand") and a television producer friend of mine, about Jimmy Saville. Since he died, many people have denied that anyone knew of Jimmy Saville's behaviour. The reality, however, is that back in the late 1960s and early 1970s everybody knew what he got up to. I once remember speaking to a friend who told me that ###### had had, "a traumatic day, fending off Jimmy Saville". <br /><br />5. I am given to understand that Jimmy Savile was also a member of the freemasons. <br />..... <br />However, over time, the organisation changed and became a much more unsavoury association, finding ways to enable its members to evade justice. The freemasons are prominent in Jersey and many establishment figures are known to be members. <br /><br /><br />7. When I gave up music and started coming over to Jersey in around 1977/1978, I remember my wife, telling me about two underage girls in Jersey that Jimmy Saville was having sex with. I know that at least one of these individuals still lives in Jersey. <br /><br />8. In my view there has been an effort to play down the amount of time Jimmy Saville spent in Jersey. It is now very difficult to find a picture of Jimmy Saville in Jersey, but I remember in the 1980s, when I was researching a pub which I intended to purchase, looking through an album at the JEP containing hundreds of photographs of Jimmy Saville with Jersey establishment figures and members of the freemasons. I don't know where those photographs have gone. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-23374281928649360212016-12-02T12:46:56.107+00:002016-12-02T12:46:56.107+00:00We have no choice but to wait for the report.
We ...We have no choice but to wait for the report.<br /><br />We sincerely hope that it is worth the wait. <br />If it is not people will be justifiably angry about the wait AND about the £27 million taken from taxpayer's funds.<br /><br />www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-46390384083794022912016-12-02T12:32:14.575+00:002016-12-02T12:32:14.575+00:00Oh, you agree with yourself? LOL
You say "Mr...Oh, you agree with yourself? LOL<br /><br />You say "Mr Syvret's views are not concrete"<br /><br />Indeed not; "concrete" is a mixture of sand and gravel bonded together with cement. <br />Mr Syvret's views are based on experience and evidence. Much of that evidence is presented by Advocate Sinel in his statements to the CoI:<br /><br />www.jerseycareinquiry.org/Transcripts/Day%20139%20documents%201.pdf#page=314<br /><br />(from page 314 onwards)<br /><br />Were you able to understand the many critical points the Advocate was making?<br /><br /><br />Mr. Bailhache on the other hand is away with the fairies:<br /><br />http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/jersey-child-abuse-inquiry-and-william.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com