Deputy Mike Higgins P.48/2012

On the eve before Deputy Mike Higgins' proposition P48/2012 is due to be debated in the island's Parliament we have an exclusive interview with him (Below).

Most will know by now that Jersey's Former Chief Police Officer, Graham Power QPM, was suspended from duty on November 12th 2008 (with almost TOTAL disregard to due process) during the biggest Child Abuse Inquiry the island has ever seen. There are a growing number of people who believe that it was "because" his force were investigating the institutional Child Abuse that he got suspended.

Bloggers (Jersey's only independent media) have reported extensively on this very dubious suspension where the "official line" has not stood up to the slightest scrutiny. The latest turn of events is that, after reviewing the Hansard of the States Sitting where the (then) Home Affairs Minister Andrew Lewis informed the parliament that he had suspended the Chief Police Officer back in 2008, Deputy Mike Higgins claims that Andrew Lewis misled the parliament.

P48/2012 is asking that the Hansard of that debate is now made public. Deputy Higgins is adamant that the former Home Affairs Minister misled the parliament and the Hansard will show this. Deputy Higgins is asking for the "facts" and the "evidence" to be put into the public domain so we (the public) can know what went on in this secret sitting where our most Senior Police Officer was (illegally?) suspended.

The suspension conducted by Andrew Lewis has been criticised by the Royal Court, Brian Napier QC, even the discredited and disgraced current Home Affairs Minister has criticised it. We (Bloggers) have exposed what a web of lies and deceit this whole ghastly charade has been and now it's time for the government to "put up or shut up." Publish the Hansard and prove no lies were told during that debate or carry on the secrecy while the eyes of the world are on the island and live up to its reputation of "island of secrets."

So far Jersey's government and State Media have only given us the "prosecution case" against the former Police Chief and he has been subject to a "Trial By Media" on that one side. The current Home Affairs Minister, nor Jon Gripton, (Editor BBC State Radio) have published the 62,000 word "defence case" of Mr. Power. Deputy Higgins believes that this could be because there is a whole new can of worms contained in it. Still that is no excuse for the BBC to sit on it, or the Home Affairs Minister, as they have both reported the prosecution case and are both in possession of the defence case and have been for quite some time.

Publish The Defence Case.

In July 2010 Jersey's Home Affairs Minister, Senator Ian Le Marquand, released parts of a confidential Report authored by the then Chief Constable of the Wiltshire Constabulary Brian Moore.

The Report,which is possibly the most redacted Report in history, where it is believed that up to ninety per-cent of it was redacted, is, for all intents and purposes, the prosecution case against Jersey's Former Chief Police Officer (CPO) Graham Power QPM.

Regular readers/viewers will be aware that the Former CPO was suspended (possibly illegally) while (because?) his Police Force were investigating the biggest Institutional Child Abuse investigation in Jersey History.

The Wiltshire Constabulary were tasked (by Senator Le Marquand) with investigating Mr. Power and the handling of the child Abuse Investigation under his command. Wiltshire's "findings" were for the purpose of a disciplinary hearing against Mr. Power, a disciplinary hearing that never took place.

Senator Ian Le Marquand, after receipt of the Wiltshire Report, dropped the Disciplinary Case against Mr. Power and "cheated the Former Police Chief out of a fair hearing." Senator Le Marquand then used that Report (the prosecution case) to go on a State Media Campaign against the Former Police Chief Mr. Power who describes Senator Le Marquand's actions as "A State Sponsored, Taxpayer funded, Personal Vendetta" (which is extremely difficult to disagree with). Contrary to all known Natural Justice Senator Le Marquand, who is a former Magistrate, DID NOT release ANY of Mr. Power's defence case.

In March 2011 Senator Le Marquand released some more parts of the prosecution case against the Former Police Chief and still did not release any of the defence case claiming that Mr. Power had not asked him to! The Home Affairs Minister (Former Magistrate) appears to believe that it's fair to put into the public domain and expect people to judge, make up their minds, on just one side of a story.

Senator Le Marquand has clearly not forgotten his "legalese speak" though because in this recording (below) he tells us that he was not asked by Mr. Power to publish his defence case, but what he didn't mention was that the (then) Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur was.


In a letter from Mr. Power to Former Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur which is dated Saturday the 3rd of April 2010 Mr. Power writes;

"I regard the threat to publish the report at this or any other time as an expression of malicious intent, and should publication occur, all of my options are reserved.   However, without prejudice to any of the above, your intention is drawn to the existence of my own report on the management of the enquiry which is set out in the form of an extensive statement, a copy of which is in the Ministers possession.   Should the Minister decide, in spite of all of the above, to proceed with further publication of the Moore report, then it would appear to be entirely reasonable that my own report be published at the same time." (emphasis added) (We will publish the letter in its entirety in an up-coming Blog).


So back in April 2010 Mr. Power had stated that if the Moore Report (Wiltshire Prosecution case) was to be published then he wished for his defence case to be published alongside it..........It wasn't.


In March 2011 Ian Le Marquand published more of the Wiltshire Report and claimed he hadn't been asked to publish both sides of the story (although he didn't mention the Chief Minister had)..........So it wasn't.


Senator Le Marquand was asked, in March 2011, when he "reluctantly" appeared live on State Radio, to publish Mr. Power's defence case by Mr. Power himself and now in June 2012...........He still hasn't.


In the recording below Mr. Power tells us, among much more, that the Minister (Senator Ian Le Marquand) "did not have the courage, or the integrity to take this to a disciplinary hearing." He tells us that senator Le Marquand "ran away from a fair fight" and is "sneakily putting out this Report trying to damage my (Mr. Power's) reputation with allegations he knows he could never have proven in a Disciplinary Hearing." Senator Le Marquand, in the recording, tells us he is/was happy to publish Mr. Power's defence case........back in March 2011


Unfortunately Ministers, like the Home Affairs Minister, can say what they like on State Media comfortable in the knowledge the Reporter will be ill-researched and will not follow up on the assurances given by the Minister(s).


Thankfully Bloggers (Jersey's only independent media) do follow up and are now asking why Mr. Power's defence case STILL has not been published after the assurances given.


BBC Jersey Editor, Jon Gripton, was given Mr. Power's 62,000 word defence case in Sept/Oct last year (2011) and he, despite many requests, has not reported a single word of it after the BBC's extensive reporting on the prosecution case against Mr Power.


We are not asking for anything "radical" here we are merely asking for "Justice" to be done, at least to some degree, knowing the Former Police Chief was denied a fair and impartial Hearing. Has it now become too much to ask, in order to make an informed judgement, to have both sides of a story told in Jersey?


Mr. Power claims, given the opportunity of a fair and impartial Discipline Hearing he, and his team, would have "torn apart" the case against him. They would have "ripped to shreds the trumped up allegations against him." How will we ever know if Ian Le Marquand, or Jon Gripton, won't publish Mr. Powers defence case? We have been expected, by the State Media and Ian Le Marquand, to judge a man purely on the prosecution case against him!


We must remind readers that if a Chief Of Police can be subject to this kind of treatment by Jersey's Administration and its media then there is little hope for us mere mortals. It was Mr. Power who wrote;


"And if, reader, you consider this all very amusing and distant from your own concerns, then remember what has been said by many from the very beginning of this saga. If they can do this to a Chief Police Officer and get away with it...............think what they could do to you. Then it might not be so funny."


Publish The Defence Case.


Team voice would like to credit, and thank TJW for this recording which was first broadcast 10th March 2011.

Vote of Censure Lodged.

Today, the long awaited, Vote Of Censure against the Treasury Minister, Senator Philip Ozouf was lodged by Senator Sarah Ferguson and signed by Constable Dan Murphy, Deputy Roy Le Herissier and Former Assistant Treasury Minister Deputy John Le Fondre. Who have also issued a Press Release (Below).

Proposition of a vote of censure of Senator P F C Ozouf:

"The Proposition, seeking a vote of censure, is in regard to the conduct of the Treasury Minister cited in two recent reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

The emphasis of the proposition is upon reported behaviour which falls well below the standards required of a Minister.  The signatories are strongly of the view that the cornerstone of parliamentary government is accountability.

The summary dismissal of the Reports in the Assembly by the Chief Minister, presumably speaking for the Council of Ministers, was a worrying development.  Instead of a considered reaction to the Reports, the Chief Minister and the Treasury Minister reacted immediately and, in the case of the Treasury Minister, cast serious aspersions upon the integrity of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

We hold no brief for the Comptroller and Auditor General.  However, we believe he plays a vital role in maintaining checks and balances and we believe his Reports contain information, concerning the conduct of the Treasury Minister, which must be the subject of a thorough and considered debate." (END)

The proposition can be read HERE where it tells us there are 6 areas of concern for the proposers and they are.

1. Members will have heard the Minister for Treasury and Resources claiming that it is his job to challenge Officers and also to achieve best value for the States. We have no problem with this. Unfortunately, we have learned of a pattern of excessive challenging of officers, whether they are the Chief Executive or the Director of Property Holdings, which goes beyond that which is considered reasonable. In short, there is documented evidence by the Comptroller and Auditor General of bullying by the Minister for Treasury and Resources. We do not consider that bullying has any part to play in a robust and challenging environment, and it is particularly inappropriate behaviour for a government Minister to engage in.

2. There has been criticism by the Minister for Treasury and Resources of the price offered by Jersey Property Holdings for Lime Grove House. Should that price have been challenged? Indubitably. But when that price was confirmed by independent third-party professionals – as opposed to informal comments – should the challenge not have ceased? Instead, reliance continued to be placed on informal valuations which had not been tested to the extent that the formal valuations had been. The specialist knowledge held by the specialist officers, not the politicians, was ignored. Why was this the case?

3. The attempt to impugn the integrity and reputation of the Director of Jersey Property Holdings in order to avoid paying compensation for premature termination of his employment contract is also particularly pernicious, and is not acceptable behaviour for any elected official, particularly that of a senior Minister.

4. The unpleasant situation in the Treasury Department described in the Report was compounded by the deliberate intention to delay the transaction. According to the Report, the Minister for Treasury and Resources was in communication with a director of the company which was developing the building on the Esplanade which might have been taken by the finance company, which was in competition for Lime Grove House. But this information was not given to States’ officers or possibly to anyone else working on the project. In fact, the Minister for Treasury and Resources was deliberately trying to delay the project.1 This is most inexplicable, given the Minister’s remit for defending the public purse and, coupled with his reliance on informal valuations; it also raises serious doubts about the motives of the Minister for Treasury and Resources during the process of acquiring Lime Grove.

5. On 27th October 2010, the Minister for Treasury and Resources and the Deputy Chief Executive met with the former Managing Director and the Finance Director of WEB. The officers of WEB were told that the former Chief Minister had approved the request for WEB to provide services to the Minister for Treasury and Resources and the Deputy Chief Executive. The former Chief Minister, when interviewed, stated that he had not approved the request and, indeed, did not know in advance or approve of the exclusion of Jersey Property Holdings from the Lime Grove House transaction.2

6. Misleading the States and the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel when stating that in order to meet £65 million savings a culture change would be required to achieve the necessary organisational changes, even though the Chief Executive made it known that it was not possible to carry out an office strategy at the same time as the Comprehensive Spending Review. (END)

Regular readers/viewers will be aware that we have interviewed the key players in this saga (before the proposition was lodged) and offer the interviews (below) as a "one stop shop" for the most in-depth and informative analyses of this subject, not offered by the State Media. We ask the questions not asked by the State Media and just as importantly give a balanced perspective not given by parts of the State Media.

Jersey A "Well Regulated" Off-Shore Finance Centre?

George Burrow is a British citizen who has spent most of his working life abroad as an engineer. He is now 60, married and looking forward to retirement but £100,000 of his relatively modest savings have been “lost”.

Not lost through gambling on the horses or left in a plastic bag somewhere – but “lost” by the respectable and trusted bank that he had trusted for over 30 years. Of course, the bank would no doubt dispute the circumstances.

In the modern world of failing banks and collapsing national economies this may come as no surprise to many but George Burrows has been visibly protesting in Jersey over the past few weeks about his case – the details of which he discusses here in this disturbing video interview.

“Ex Pat” people like George are – or were - the very bedrock of the Jersey finance industry. He needed a safe and secure place to deposit his earnings because he was often working in places that lacked any banking infrastructures of their own.

Whilst working in Africa he opened an account with the Jersey branch of Standard Chartered and had been supposedly secure and happy there for over 30 years. Many thousands of others must have done the same over the years.

What is especially revealing here is that no amount of “regulations” can help somebody like George Burrow if nobody is empowered or prepared to enforce them.

In his case, £100,000 is considered too small an amount to fight for in the courts and the lawyers fees (in Jersey or America) would swallow it up in any case - even if he should win.

As always, the professional people and their organisations, which should be defending him, seem to have evaporated. The unique jurisdiction of Jersey is another barrier too with its strange but inadequate avenues for redress such as no Finance Ombudsman.

Some local Jersey politicians are clearly trying to help but they lack any direct powers. Those in authority who ought to hold the key to a fair hearing refuse to act, or even respond to George Burrow’s invitations.

The “accredited media”, both in Jersey and the UK seem afraid to challenge such a rich and powerful adversary as an international bank.

Even the police seem reluctant to investigate because it might not be “cost effective.”

So it is particularly revealing to hear what George Burrow has to say about Jersey’s Finance industry which claims to be a world leader in regulation and competence.

All PR and salesmanship but no substance – or as one UK journalist warned him  so far as Jersey Financial Regulation is concerned  - “it is like the Wild West.”

George Burrow’s own You tube site can be found HERE

Submitted by Tom Gruchy

Chief Minister To Face Vote of Confidence/Censure?

Further to our in-depth and exclusive interviews with Senator Sarah Ferguson and Treasury Minister Senator Philip Ozouf, including a Press Release concerning a vote of Censure against the Treasury Minister following a damming Report from the Controller and Auditor General, in the Minister's conduct. We bring you an in-depth interview with one of the signatories of the Censure Motion Deputy Roy Le Herissier.

Where we Bloggers (Jersey's only independent media) differ from the island's State Media is that we question Press Releases, not just churn them out, in a copy and paste fashion. Part of our questioning involved asking who is responsible for the £500,000 golden handshake received be former CEO Bill Ogley? What part did the Treasury Minister play, as opposed to Former Chief Minister Frank Walker? Are there those more culpable than the Treasury Minister? Why isn't the finger being pointed at them?

We also question as to why the Treasury Minister is being held to account and people like the Home Affairs Minister, Housing Minister(s) (perhaps not the current one) and the Health Minister don't get called to account? There is no doubt Senator Ozouf has got some serious explaining to do, and considering the evidence against him, he's got it all to do. There are those of us who believe he should have either faced a Vote Of Confidence or resigned and stood for re-election. The Censure Motion, in our opinion, will serve little purpose but will give the Minister the opportunity to fight his corner.

VFC can exclusively reveal that there are States Members who believe this Vote of Censure should have been directed at the current Chief Minister Ian Gorst. If the buck stops at the top, then since the Chief Minister has given his support to the Treasury Minister, the "top" is now the Chief Minister. Deputy Le Herissier tells us should the Vote Of Censure against the Treasury Minister be successful then the Chief Minister could very well be next in the firing line.

You heard it here first........Because we ask the most obvious questions!

Whether a Vote Of Confidence in the current Chief Minister will be a good thing, we are not so sure, considering it could open the door to Senator Bailhache. There are those that believe Gorst is the best of a bad bunch.

Vote of Censure.

Treasury Minister Senator Philip Ozouf is to face a "vote of censure."


The Press Release (below) has been issued by Senator Sarah Ferguson and Deputy Roy Le Herissier. 


PRESS RELEASE.


"Because of considerable concerns amongst both the public and members as to the sequel to the CAG's Reports on "Golden Handshakes" and Limegrove, a group of members intend to call for a Vote of Censure against the Treasury Minister.


Of particular concern is that Reports from an Independent Officer of the States have been very selectively interpreted, summarily dismissed in certain quarters and the conclusion hurriedly reached that the Minister should not be held to account because he had been operating under stress and was not properly trained.To say the least, these are questionable interpretations of the actions of the Minister.


Unfortunately, the States has a justifiable reputation for not holding people to account and the position of the Council of Ministers will simply reinforce that view.
There are sufficient signatures to proceed with a Proposition, hopefully followed by a debate on June 26th." (END)


In-depth interviews with Senator Ferguson and Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf can be viewed HERE

Senator's Ferguson and Ozouf Exclusive.

ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE FROM VFC AND CITIZENS MEDIA.

September last year we interviewed Senator Sarah Ferguson after she had come in for some criticism for handing over "The Lime Grove Fiasco" to the Controller and Auditor General. Now that his Report has been published we have followed up the interview, with another, and ask her if she feels vindicated in her decision. For what it's worth we believe she has been vindicated.


In the interview we ask the questions that are not asked by our State Media. "Will she bring a vote of no confidence against the Treasury Minister?" Will she stand for the post of Treasury Minister should he lose a vote of no confidence?" We ask "when is it time to stop learning from the past and moving on?" When are fingers going to start being pointed at those who are responsible?" 


It is apparent that the CAG's Report does not show the Treasury Minister in a good light and in the interest of fairness and balance we asked him for his response which he gave us........And much more besides!


Some of us have recently come to the view that there could be a campaign by the Jersey Evening Post, and others, to oust the Minister from his post. That's not to say he doesn't deserve ousting, but why ONLY him?


There are other Ministers, in our opinion, that should have been ousted a long time ago. Home Affairs Minister Senator Le Marquand for his shambolic handling and actions concerning the (possibly illegal) suspension of our Former Police Chief Graham Power QPM. The millions of pounds he squandered on what has been described as "a personal vendetta" against the Former Police Chief. The total waste of time, and taxpayers money, on the disgraced and discredited Wiltshire Report. The Kangaroo Court and trial by media he was allowed to get away with by dropping any disciplinary charges against the Former Police Chief and then publishing the prosecution case against him and not the defence case! The Home Affairs Minister didn't face, in the media, the onslaught that the Treasury Minister is.


The Health Minister, Deputy Ann Pryke, has never faced the criticisms that the Treasury Minister is in the media after the avoidable and tragic deaths of patients and the Hospital being in a shambles, some eight years behind that of the NHS, the damming Verita Report(s) and so on........So why, all of a sudden, has the Treasury Minister fallen out of favour? Why should he be held to account when no other Minister is?


Could it be that there is a new "Establishment Party" after the arrival of Philip Bailhache becoming overtly political? Senator Ozouf, not that long ago was "Golden Balls," in our opinion, when it came to the JEP. What's changed? What has he done (if anything) to upset them?


In our interview with him we ask these questions. We dicuss the power, and influence of Jersey's ONLY "news"paper. We also ask if he will be resigning as Treasury Minister and despite what the JEP (online) say; 


"Senator Ozouf has said he will not comment on his position or the allegations until after next week’s States sitting" 


We can exclusively reveal that Senator Ozouf HAS, in our interview, commented on his position and told us whether he will be resigning, or not. Once more Citizens Media brings you the news BEFORE the State Media who are increasingly being left in our wake.


Viewers are asked to consider, before jumping on the "Anti Ozouf Campaign," are you only playing into the hands of the (new) Establishment Party?


Should he be held to account? Hell yes, but why ONLY him? Why aren't Senator Le Marquand or Deputy Pryke being dragged over the coals by the Jersey Evening Post and others? Something about this just doesn't smell right.


Is this really about the Lime Grove issue or is there another agenda?


What we, as Citizens Media, offer here are in-depth interviews from BOTH sides of the camp in an attempt to bring you as balanced a view as possible and leave it to you to draw your own conclusions from what our interviewees have to say. Can the same be said for the State Media????

Live broadcast tonight.

Tonight, Thursday 24 May 2012, Rico Sorda will be live and interactive at 7pm HERE.

Come and join the discussion.

Open Letter To Home Affairs Minister Re-Post.

Home Affairs Minister, Senator Ian Le Marquand, STILL, after FOUR MONTHS, has not acknowledged the e-mail from Former Senior Investigating Officer of the Jersey Child Abuse Investigation Lenny Harper.



We thought we would re-post it to remind readers, Ian Le Marquand, States Members and State Media that the revelations contained in Mr. Harper's e-mail STILL need addressing.

		This e-mail from former Senior Investigating Officer of Jersey's Child Abuse Investigation, Lenny Harper to the Home Affairs Minister, Senator Ian Le Marquand, is self explanatory and came about because of Mr. Harper's, Former Police Chief Mr Graham Power's, the Victims/Survivors of Jersey's Child Abuse atrocities and a couple of Bloggers determination to get to the truth behind the State Media's and government's spin and "official line." We, as Bloggers, have ripped apart with documented facts and evidence all the spin and Tooth Fairy nonsense given to us by the State Media and government concerning the Child Abuse atrocities. This e-mail further adds to it..........And there is much more to come!  from Lenny Harper
to:		"i.lemarquand@gov.je"
cc:		voiceforchildrenvoiceforchildren ,  ricosorda ,  "ASibcy@jerseyeveningpost.com" ,  BenQueree ,  "chris.stone.01@bbc.co.uk" ,  "news@channel103.com" ,  "radiojersey@bbc.co.uk"
date:		24 January 2012 19:41
subject		Revelations in Met Report to IPCC Dear Mr Le Marquand; I am unaware if you have read the latest blog from Rico Sorda, but in that he talks about the Met Interim and final reports which you, Andrew Lewis,  and David Warcup regularly and frequently used as the reason and justification for suspending Graham Power and the savage smear campaign against myself in which you referred to me as an "incompetent maverick", and also, I presume, authorised the States of Jersey Police to tell Scotland Yard that I would be facing a discipline investigation over the Child Abuse Enquiry if I was still in the force. Whilst I am grateful for your subsequent clarification that nothing in the decision to enter HDLG justified discipline considerations and that indeed Mick Gradwell would be the person facing serious discipline charges were he still in the force, the revelations contained in the Met report submitted to the Independent Complaints Commission (as a result of my complaint against the author of the Met reports), that in fact neither the Met Interim report nor the final report contained any critical or damning comments about myself or any other officer, raises series questions as to where you received the information that it did, and even more significantly, if it didn't come from the Met, where did it come from. As for your own part in spreading the perception that the Met reports (interim and final) were indeed critical and damning of myself and Graham Power, I have been quoted in the blog posting as asking a number of questions concerning your role.  I reproduce the relevant excerpt below and would ask that you give me the answer to the questions in respect of your role. My complaint was rejected not because any of the criticisms were true, but because NO SUCH CRITICISMS HAD BEEN CONTAINED WITHIN THE MET REPORT. Paragraph 5.3 of the Sweeting Met report lists the complaints that I had made, i.e.; that the report was “critical and damning of me without ever speaking to me. That it had criticised me for my handling of the financial management of the investigation, my victim support policy, the lack of a Gold Group, the finding and labelling of human remains, my use of the term ‘shackles’ and the use of the term ‘cellars.’ In reality, according to the Met report to the IPCC, “having reviewed the report written by DSU Sweeting and his team, it is clear that no such criticisms are levelled at Mr Harper.” The report goes on to say in Para. 5.4, “The report was neither critical nor damning.” The implications of this are profound, and extremely disturbing. David Warcup did not submit the Met report to the Home Affairs Minister but instead wrote him a letter outlining what was allegedly in the report. It was critical and damning enough to launch a brutal smear campaign against me, and by extension, against the victims, and to justify the suspension of Graham Power. According to Ian Le Marquand, what Warcup told him was in the Met report gave him no option but to suspend Graham and to label me an “incompetent maverick.” So, if there was no such criticism in either the Met interim or the final report, where did David Warcup get it from? Rico Sorda has one theory involving the consultant shown the door by Graham Power for attempting to misrepresent the facts and who was then immediately engaged by Shredder Ogley and Frank Walker. So why did Warcup and Gradwell tell the world that it came from the Sweeting report? Could the gradual unfolding of this be the real reason why Warcup scampered away from the island pleading blog harassment and why the previously media loving Gradwell retired to wedding planning never to be seen again or to give any evidence to Scrutiny or anyone else? It also raises huge questions about t Ian Le Marquand. Was he duped by Warcup into believing that the criticism was indeed contained within the Metropolitan Police Report? If so, why did he not ask some hard questions? Or, was he fully aware that the whole thing was a charade and a pack of lies intended to discredit the whole child abuse enquiry and so marginalise (once again) the victims of cruel abuse in Jersey’s government run homes? As you can see, in the final paragraph of the excerpt, (immediately preceding this paragraph,) I pose three questions about yourself.  Put simply, Mr Warcup did not send the Met report to the HA Minister.  He summarised it in a letter.  Were you indeed duped, or did you know the whole story about the so called critical Met interim report was a charade and a pack of lies? I would appreciate answers to the questions above. Lenny Harper. (END) Readers will note that Jersey's State Media are copied into this e-mail. Mr. Harper has not received as much as an acknowledgement of it from the Home Affairs Minister Senator Ian Le Marquand, let alone had his questions answered.  Questions are - will the State Media even report on this huge turn of events? Will they seek to get the answers from Ian Le Marquand that not only the victims/Survivors of Jersey's Child Abuse deserve but so do Mr. Harper, Mr. Power QPM, all the good officers that worked on the Child Abuse Enquiry under Mr. Power and Harper but the tax paying public who have paid for the smear campaign, witch-hunts and vendetta's against these people? FOUR MONTHS LATER it turns out the answer to all the questions in the paragraph above is a resounding "NO."

Recorded Live Broadcast with Bob Hill.

Below is the recorded live and interactive interview with former Deputy Bob Hill from last night's Blog TV Broadcast.

Mr. Hill discussed the golden handshake given to former Chief Executive Bill Ogley that exceeded £500,000 and that how the testimony given by former Chief Minister Frank Walker to the Public Accounts Committee (who are investigating this shambles) was not supported with evidence.

We were told that an animal wouldn't be treated the way that the Former Jersey Police Chief, Graham Power QPM, was treated by Jersey government/administration including the dubious roles played by Walker, Ogley and others.

More revelations come to light during this live broadcast that we will be Blogging about in the coming weeks. The revelations were enough to spark outrage from our viewers, so much so, that they were calling for a (peaceful) protest which is something being seriously considered. We are currently verifying these revelations and will keep readers notified of the progress we make.

The audio, for the first four minutes of the recording, is a little sketchy but then sorts itself out.


BOB HILL PART 1- Broadcast your self LIVE


Former Deputy Bob Hill 2- Broadcast your self LIVE

Bob Hill Blog TV Guest.

Former Deputy Bob Hill is to be the live and interactive guest on tonight's Blog TV which will be broadcast from 7pm and will be up to an hour in duration.

Mr. Hill, as a States Member, was responsible for exposing some very uncomfortable home truths concerning the illegal suspension of the Former Police Chief Graham Power QPM, campaigned vigorously to hold those that were guilty of wrong-doing to account. He blew wholes in the "official line" held by the likes of Mick Gradwell, David Warcup and others concerning misinformation they, and the State Media, were peddling in order to put the Child Abuse Investigation to bed. "Talking of putting to bed" here is just one example of the Former Deputy's crucial pieces of work in that AREA.

Tonight, among many other topics, Mr. Hill will be asked about what he now knows of the GoldenHandshake received by Former Chief Executive to the States Bill Ogley, had Mr. Ogley (secretly) previously been disciplined by the then Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur?

We will be asking Mr. Hill if he believes his searching for (and exposing) the truth concerning the Child Abuse atrocities, and related events, cost him his seat in the last elections. Being a thirty year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Force and the recipient of a British Empire Medal for his services to policing he will be asked what his thoughts are on the supposed up-coming "INDEPENDENT" Police Authority that has just been agreed in the States.

The recent settlement of the Hospital Consultant, John Day, which cost the Tax Payer in the region of £3M. Could/should this cost, and tragedy, have been avoided, who is responsible and who is accountable? Was Mr. Day hung out to dry as a scapegoat to protect those with the real responsibility (the untouchables)?

Tonight promises to be a packed show and can be viewed HERE from 7pm.

Scrutiny, Tasers and Blog TV.

St Saviour Deputy Jeremy Macon is the confirmed guest for tomorrow night's live and interactive Blog TV broadcast. Deputy Macon is the Chairman of Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel who are currently looking into the idea of our Police Service being issued with Taser Guns.

The Scrutiny Panel has received, we are told, in excess of 400 written submissions from the public on this subject and we hope to get some early indications as to how the public view the idea of the Police Force being issued with these weapons.

We will also be discussing the role of Scrutiny, its effectiveness, its successes and failures and plenty more.

The live and interactive broadcast will start at 7pm (BST) tomorrow Thursday 10th May and will be up to an hour in duration. If you have any questions/observations/comments you would like to make then come and join the discussion HERE.

BBC, Guns, Constables and Lenny Harper.

Just recently BBC Jersey and the rest of Jersey's State Media have been on a campaign, it would appear, to ensure the police force get their wish and are issued with Taser Guns. They also appear to be air-brushing former Deputy Chief Police Officer Lenny Harper out of the History Books in the process.


If memory serves correct it all started with the discredited, and disgraced, Jersey Evening Post (Jersey's only "news"paper) publishing statistics of gun ownership in Jersey. The equally discredited and disgraced BBC were quick to jump on the band-wagon and the scaremongering began. (or "Operation let's get the cops their taser guns").


The BBC started their propaganda scaremongering by making a big noise about the police fire-arms unit being called to an incident where somebody had been stabbed. The fire-arms unit, it has been reported, included officers armed with semi automatic rifles among other weapons.


The Roger Bara Breakfast Show was telling its listeners all about this stabbing and it wasn't long before people were phoning in talking about "knife culture" and what a number of us believe to be racist remarks from callers insinuating it (the knife culture) came from European Immigrants.


Regular readers will know that I am regularly prevented from taking part in the BBC's shows but did send in this e-mail (below) to the Roger Bara Show which was ignored.


"Roger.

It is unfortunate that the news reporting of yesterday's incident appears to have created a bit of hysteria about knives and knife culture. To the best of my knowledge the police have not reported what weapon was used yesterday. They have said somebody was stabbed and any number of items can be used in stabbings. Including screwdrivers, pens and pencils and the like. Considering the alleged victim was released from hospital, within an hour or two, one would suggest he was not stabbed with a knife, or if it was, he was stabbed very gently with a very small knife. You might want to make it clear to your listeners that the police have not said a knife was used?"(END).

Of course, it turned out that the guy was stabbed with a "screwdriver", not only that, despite the anti-european remarks from callers to the show, the perpetrator is allegedly from Liverpool. Not only that, but the police turned up armed to the teeth with semi automatic rifles and the like, for somebody armed with a screwdriver! Yet Roger, rather than read out the e-mail, was happy for his listeners to believe a knife had been used.

Then we had Matthew Price interviewing the Home Affairs Minister, Senator Ian Le Marquand, about the amount of guns on the island. Senator Le Marquand was defending the gun culture, and was also defending the Parish Constables. Matthew also interviewed gun enthusiast Derek Bernard who too was defending the gun culture and the Parish Constables. Both guests were telling us how responsible the Parish Constables are and this went un-challenged (what's new?) as there was no guest with an opposing view and Matthew Price appeared woefully ill researched.

The fact is Lenny Harper had brought up the subject ,of what appears to be an unhealthy cache of weapons, held by people on the island, which calls into question the logic, competence and judgment of the Parish Constables.

Lenny Harper was castigated by a number of politicians for attempting to get the gun culture under better control, yet Matthew didn't mention this on his show, so I sent in the e-mail below to help add some balance to, what was a very bias show, which had only interviewed two people, both (as mentioned earlier) defending the gun culture and Constables.

"Matthew.

This short piece from the sworn affidavit of former DCO Lenny Harper should demonstrate that what ILM had to say about guns being from collectors and there being robust checks and balances from the constables is complete poppy-cock.

"One man applied for a firearm and ammunition for the purpose of ‘pest control.’  The firearm in question is classified as for the purpose of hunting large game such as elk.

Another family in an outlying parish were known to have twenty 

high powered and semi automatic weapons in a cellar on their property.  They also had thousands of rounds of ammunition.  When visited by SOJ Police officers they were also found to have six months supply of tinned food and bottled water.  They said they were waiting for word from God.  The Connetable refused to revoke the certificate.

One man whom we had found had built up an arsenal of weapons was first granted a certificate in 1985.  In 1992 he was convicted of Possessing a Prohibited weapon, supplying controlled drugs and other crimes.  In 1993 he tried to purchase a shotgun whilst prohibited by the law.  In 1995 intelligence was received that he was supplying controlled drugs.  In 1996 he applied for and was granted a new firearms certificate by the Connetable.  In 2006 he held the following weapons:

1 x .30 semi automatic carbine* 

2 x  7.62 semi automatic rifles*

1 x 7.62 bolt action rifle

1 x  .303 bolt action rifle

1 x  5.56 semi automatic rifle* – as used the British Army

5 x .357 Magnum handguns

2 x  9x21 self loading pistol

1 x 9x19 semi automatic carbine* - similar to that used by the Police

1 x Pump action shotgun

2 x Semi automatic shotguns*

1 x .50 revolver **; and

1 x .50 rifle **

183,000 rounds of ammunition for the above weapons"(END)

Again this e-mail was ignored, not read out, it totally contradicted what Ian Le Marquand was saying. What right thinking, responsible Constable, is going to allow somebody to own a gun, for "pest control", when the gun is capable of, and used for, killing an Elk? A question that Matthew Price didn't want to ask his listeners. An alleged Drug Dealer granted a firearms licence, by a "responsible" Constable, that includes semi automatic shot-guns and rifles? A family armed to the teeth who said "they were waiting for the word from God?" Yet Matthew Price mentioned not a single word of it.

An e-mail exchange followed between myself and Editor of BBC Jersey Jon Gripton. He was asked why such a bias show was allowed to be aired and why my e-mail (that added balance) was not read out. He refused to answer the question(s) and has refused me permission to publish his e-mails.

Could it be that the truth is Lenny Harper has been totally vindicated on the stance he took with Jersey's gun culture but the State Media can't allow him to be seen as the good guy because he, (along with his team), was the one who exposed Jersey's Child Abuse Atrocities? Could it be the island's State Media are all "on message" to make sure the cops get their Taser guns? Why do the BBC keep their listeners so ignorant of the facts and evidence?

Readers are encouraged to read the sworn affidavit of Former DCO Harper which contains more revelations and statistics concerning guns. It contains much more besides that you won't be learning about from the State Media and can be read HERE


Readers are also encouraged to ask why BBC State Radio are happy to keep so much information from the public......including the submission to the Wiltshire Constabulary of Former Police Chief GRAHAM POWER QPM