An open letter
TO HIS ‘HONOUR’ JUDGE JONATHAN ROSE
Martin Narey, Director General of the Prison Service, wrote of “HELL HOLE PRISONS”. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Sir David Ramsbottom spoke on the Frost programme of ‘BARBARIC PRISON GUARDS’. See his book PRISONGATE.
A DEFINITION OF HELL:
Solitary Confinement for 23 ½ hours a day, lying on my bunk staring at the bunk above only 12¨ above my head, unable to sit up in bed. (as doctor’s orders). Nothing to read, nothing to write on, no watch, no radio, nothing to do but stare at the rotten stinking TV pumping out brainwashing garbage. (“Live in luxury with colour TV” says the so-called “News Media”) That IS Hell!!
Bad enough for anyone but for WW2 ‘Hero’ (as others have called me) who has worked honestly & hard for 70 years it is TORMENT!
The previous HMCIP Judge Sir Steven TUMIN told of people being sent to prison “BY SOME SLIMY JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE” (He “DIED SUDDENLY”).
MY CRIME? I had on me a ‘RECORDING DEVICE’ (as do ALL those with a mobile phone, ALL of which have a recording device. But I dared to switch mine on before asking permission of the judge. Why did I do so? It is my belief that there are many rotten apples in the judiciary, and for the last 15 years it has been my mission in life to expose them. It has been THEIR mission to silence me – by ANY MEANS, including potentially lethal terror attacks (as on 8th August 1999 & 20 July 2000).
As part of my mission I stood for Parliament & published the book ‘Cause for Concern’ in 1997. However, I was still regarded as a noisy old buffoon, a Parliamentary no-hoper. This changed after my single-handed success in the ECtHR brought a vital change in British law incorporated into the 1998 Human Rights Act. The change is much hated (by) lawyers & judges – AND I AM HATED FOR IT. Just 17 DAYS after the ECtHR decision came an attack on 8th Aug 1999. It was intended to silence me by fear, a heart attack or stroke the hoped for outcome. Few men of my age (73 then) would not have one or the other. However, I survived, so 11 months later there was a second attack during which I was given a brutal kicking that put me in hospital. To cover up these crimes there was a malicious prosecution for a NON-EXISTENT ‘crime’. Where others would have been given Probation, Community Service or Suspended Sentence, I was given TEN YEARS! – the intention being that I
would die in prison. The horror became worse but I skip that for now. Sufficient to say that I did not succumb to the torment & torture, but survived long enough to have ‘PAID MY DEBT TO
SOCIETY’(?). AFTER 7 YEARS, I WAS RELEASED. However, I have continued my mission to expose the rotten apples in the judiciary & am STILL under attack because of it – physical & financial!
Their hatred of me is proved by the savagery of the 10 year sentence & the savagery of this sentence. “It’s only 6 months”. AT 85 how many 6 months periods do I have left?
THIS IS WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES. IT IS A VILE FORM OF MURDER.
I INTENDED to ask Jonathan Rose for permission to use my recorder but did not get the opportunity to do so. Why DID I switch it on? I suspected there might be skulduggery during that case.
We are told that only those doing wrong need fear CCTV cameras. Why then are judges so TERRIFIED of being recorded. There is much more to this story, but the fact is that anybody in (the) land can commit ANY crime against me with impunity, but if I blink an eye I will be stamped on with savagery. So far the stamping has not been as that on Andy McCardle.
No addresses or telephone numbers of friends or barrister. THE VITAL DOCUMENTS TO BE POSTED TO APPEAL COURT HAVE DISAPPEARED. THIS IS MENTAL TORTURE.
NORMAN SCARTH N Scarth
PS. It has ‘only’ been 72 hours so far, but at 85 every single day is precious to me, especially for the VITAL work I have to do to prevent Britain becoming even more of a POLICE STATE than it is now.
The present excitement about the Olympics is reminiscent of Berlin in 1936. To keep the people distracted from the horror behind the scenes.
“The Opium of the Masses” said Karl Marx. He said it about Religion, now it is SPORT
Monday 1st August 2011. Tomorrow I SHOULD be keeping an appointment at BRI (Hospital) but they refuse to take me.
Got the first sheet of paper on Wed 27th July. Got this one Sat 31st. No stamps or envelopes until Sat 7th Aug, so will be unable to post this before 9th Aug. IF they get it before 10th Aug it will be because I have managed to scrounge them from other prisoners. Please send copies of these documents to: My legal consultant xxx xxxxxxx who is a Human Rights Specialist.
My Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Paul Beavan (Bevan?) & Psychiatric Nurse Helen Poulter at Lynfield Mount Hospital: to Neil Craig at the Royal Hotel, Low Moor, & to THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
Stamps sent in for me have been sent back to the sender. A blank card with a stamp affixed has been given to me, but the stamp has been torn off. That is THIEVERY!
Please adopt the slogan ‘HELP for Heroes’. Get on to that organisation & DEMAND they do something dramatic NOW! If they do not then they must hang their heads in shame forever more. 6 months at 85 is equal to 15 YEARS for a younger man.
Visiting Order enclosed. It says “CONCERNED OR WORRIED ABOUT A FRIEND AT HMP LEEDS? Ring 0113 203 2972.” Please ask the WHOLE WORLD to do so.
Please copy the Complaint Form & send it to the prison. My hands are in cramp and I CANNOT write everything out again even if I can get the paper.
This is a death camp. They drive people to take their own lives, then they call it ‘SUICIDE’.
Please be quick. I think they will send me to a prison far away suffering the TORTURE of prison vans. With no flesh on my buttocks & very low seats my thighs make no contact, all the weight on my seat bones.
I have already put in a Complaint at the seizing of the envelope with the bundle of documents which were to be posted to the Court of Appeal. That is Obstructing / Perverting the Course of Justice – a crime subject to LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
“JUDGE” Jonathan Rose was acting in GROSS breach of his own Judicial Oath & that of the Queen (in whose name he purports to act) who swore before ALMIGHTY GOD to Deliver JUSTICE with MERCY. He was thus MASQUERADING as a judge and ‘Obtaining money (his salary) by false pretences.
I am forced to sleep in my clothes as I am very cold (a symptom of shock?).
I do suffer from agonising cramp & have been prescribed tablets for it, but am denied them here.
See the ‘United Kingdom Standard Minimum Treatment for Prisoners 1984(?). Demand that the prison doctor reads them.
I can post without a stamp, but it goes 2nd Class ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT TODAY MON 1st AUG!! But I can only remember a few addresses anyway.
Please thank Sabine McNeill for her WONDERFUL letter.
Get on to Patrick Cullinane & remind him (of) our conversation at Harrow.
NEIL CRAIG at Royal Hotel, Low Moor might be best man to get on to ‘HELP FOR HEROES’. Demand that they do something for THIS Hero.
Can you please send me a copy of the report in the Telegraph & Argus.
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FREE NORMAN SCARTH – please send this far and wide. The British Injustice System is incredible
http://justicefornormanscarth.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/free-norman-scarth-demo-hmp-leeds-13th-august-2011/
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2011/08/norman-scarth-85-year-old-war-hero.html
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-wwii-veteran-norman-scarth-from-leeds-prison.html PLEASE SIGN PETITION
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/264866/UK-Riots-600-rioters-were-on-parole-from-jail
UK RIOTS: 600 RIOTERS WERE ON PAROLE FROM JAIL
Sunday August 14 2011 by Kirsty Buchanan and James Fielding
A THIRD of the rioters who brought violence and shame to Britain’s streets were on parole or subject to a community or youth rehabilitation order.
As many as 600 thugs who hurled petrol bombs at police, looted shops and torched homes, were freed early from either prison or, if under 18, a young offenders’ institute.
Most had been locked up for violent crime, including robbery, muggings and assault, and have now been recalled by prison services.
The revelation calls into question the Government’s policy of releasing prisoners halfway through their sentence regardless of whether they have been rehabilitated or not. Last night the Ministry of Justice admitted the rate of reoffending was “shamefully high”.
The Sunday Express has learned half the 1,800 rioters arrested for the violence which flared across England and left five people dead are under 18. Many were freed early from young offenders’ institutions.
Police are continuing to raid the homes of suspected troublemakers and expect arrests to climb to 2,500 by next week and 5,000 in total.
Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation Officers, said: “Hundreds of these rioters are prisoners on parole. They’ve been freed from their sentence early on trust and they have grossly betrayed that trust by going on the rampage. It calls the wisdom of this policy into question.”
Philip Davies, Tory MP for Shipley, said the news “will be a wake up call for the Government”.
He added: “It’s shocking that one of the contributory factors to the violence was that we’ve been letting these criminals back on the streets unnecessarily.” The Ministry of Justice vowed to come down hard on the louts. A spokesman said: “Offenders breaching their licence face immediate return to prison.”
From: Mccarthy Terry [mailto:Terry.McCarthy12@paroleboard.gsi.gov.uk]
Sent: August-15-11 1:07 AM
To: Jean James; Latham David; Lennon Linda; Dagnall Miles; Peters Vincent
Cc: clarkek@parliament.uk; grieved@parliament.uk; mayt@parliament.uk
Subject: RE: PRISONER ABUSE LEEDS PRISON. NORMAN SCARTH A1903CF – URGENT
Vince –perhaps P-P could reply, explaining that the Board has no involvement with cases like this.
—–Original Message—–
From: Jean James [mailto:jeanjames@telus.net]
Sent: 15 August 2011 1:06 AM
To: Latham David; Lennon Linda; Dagnall Miles; Mccarthy Terry; Peters Vincent
Cc: clarkek@parliament.uk; grieved@parliament.uk; mayt@parliament.uk
Subject: PRISONER ABUSE LEEDS PRISON. NORMAN SCARTH A1903CF – URGENT
Importance: High
Chairman
Sir David Latham
Chief Executive
Linda Lennon CBE
Deputy Chief Executive
& Head of Operations
Mr. Miles Dagnall
Head of Casework
Mr. Terry McCarthy
Post Panel Manager
Mr. Vincent Peters
Parole Board
Grenadier House,
99-105 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2DX
Dear Sirs:
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
URGENT REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION, AND RELEASE OF
NORMAN SCARTH, PRISONER A1903CF, LEEDS PRISON, UK
JUDGE JONATHAN ROSE, BRADFORD CROWN COURT,
CASE S20110514, COURT 5, JULY 26, 2011
CIVIL PRISONER
I write to beg the immediate release of Mr. Norman Scarth, who is nearly 86 years old, and has already served nearly twenty one days in torturous conditions in a Class B prison. His offence was to turn on an audio device in court, because he, and the group he was observing court proceedings with, are hard of hearing.
He is serving six months in solitary confinement, and is denied his prescribed medications and the means to contact his lawyer because the telephone line used for that purpose is denied him.
On July 25, in Bradford Crown Court, hearing loops were not provided for the hard of hearing prior to Judge Jonathan Rose commencing proceedings. Mr. Scarth was in the public gallery with others who are hard of hearing. One person stood up to advise Judge Jonathan Rose that people needed the equipment. She was told, rather aggressively, by Judge Rose to sit down or get out of the court, lest she be charged with contempt of court.
Mr. Scarth turned on his audio device, not having had a chance to ask permission, which had been granted to him previously by Lord Woolf, he says. He was immediately arrested by police and taken away. Mr. Scarth is a small, gentle man, and a retired stud farmer. (He is admittedly outspoken, but there is supposed to be freedom of speech in the UK.)
The next day, Mr. Scarth was brought into court in handcuffs and sentenced without due process. He is being kept in solitary confinement, and denied prescription medications and access to the law phone line. He is a civil prisoner claiming age discrimination, and is unable to attend to basic hygiene because prison officers turn fire hoses on people as sport, and he is too frail in body to withstand the force. The medication that he is being denied is for severe muscle cramping and he is therefore being deliberately tortured with pain, and has been for twenty-one days now.
Prison officers are stealing his postage stamps and legal documents. He is unable to sit up in bed because the upper bunk is too close to his face, and he has no chair.
He has filed two complaints with the prison, but no action is being taken. The Prison Ombudsman is aware, as are all the authorities connected with prisons, including Mr. Crispin Blunt and the Healthcare Manager at the prison. There has been no action taken to alleviate Mr. Scarth’s inhumane suffering and the matter is urgent.
Judge Jonathan Rose has sentenced him to six months in prison and banned him from entering any court room for one year. Obviously, his treatment is designed to cause premature death. Mr. Scarth is under extreme stress and could well have a heart attack or stroke because of it. The Court Manager in Leeds courts has twice denied Norman his common law right to habeas corpus; his Writ is now before the courts in London, and does not appear to be being actioned, as forty-eight hours have already passed.
His right to appeal runs out August 16, and all of this time has been spent trying get him access to a solicitor, and to get signed documents out of the prison. They have been stolen by the prison staff, he says. He has been unlawfully prevented from launching his own appeal and the court solicitor, Mr. Oliver Jarvis, declined to help him and gave out wrong information about who would help him. He has had no access to justice, and it is entirely not his fault that an appeal has not been launched.
Norman is an 85 year old war hero, who has more than served his country. Leeds prison has a high geriatric population, whose needs are not being met, in violation of UN and EU Human Rights Conventions.
Public demonstrations have been held by an outraged public, and Mr. Scarth’s plight is drawing media attention. All authorities have been advised and The Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke has not taken any action, despite being a proponent for short sentences, and prison alternatives. Obviously, Norman is in the wrong prison if, in fact, he should be in prison at all and not serving his vindictively harsh sentence in some other way; his place could be given to a violent rioter, looter, or a hardcore criminal, as it is understood that prisons are full and there is no room for any more prisoners.
The sentence is indeed cruel and vindictive, and does not fit the supposed “crime”.
The public is demanding his immediate release, and a judicial review http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-wwii-veteran-norman-scarth-from-leeds-prison/signatures.html
There were many more supporters, not caught on camera: http://www.sovereignindependent.com/?p=24842
Her Majesty is fully informed on this case, as documentation has been presented directly to her through diplomatic channels. Mr. Scarth has petitioned her for a pardon.
Would you please look into this case immediately, as he has surely paid his debt to society and every minute is torture for him, especially as he is in pain?
Will you please arrange for his immediate release? His incarceration does not serve the public interest as he is not a danger to society, and room is needed in the prisons in any case.
I look forward to hearing from you.
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2011/08/norman-scarth-85-year-old-war-hero.html
Yours sincerely,
Jean James
From: Jean James [mailto:jeanjames@telus.net]
Sent: August-12-11 2:39 AM
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Subject: PRISONER ABUSE LEEDS PRISON. NORMAN SCARTH A1903CF – URGENT
For the urgent attention of the addressees:
Mr. Nick Hardwick, HM Inspector of Prisons
Dr. Peter Selby, Independent Monitoring Board
Rt. Hon. Crispin Blunt, Prisons Minister
Mr. Michael Spurr, National Offenders Management Service
Mr. Paul Baker, Governor, Leeds Prison
Ms. Emma Marshall, Prisons and Probations Ombudsman Assessment Team
The Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke, MP, Secretary of State for Justice
Ms. Maggie Woods, HMPS Healthcare Manager, Leeds Prison
Ms. Ann Lavery, PALS NHS Leeds
Dear Sirs:
WITHOUT PREJUDICE – NORMAN SCARTH PRISONER A1903AC – LEEDS PRISON
You are hereby put on notice for your failure to attend to the matter of Mr. Norman Scarth’s unlawful confinement and official complaints, as advised in previous urgent emails.
Further to previous correspondence on the matter of Norman Scarth, I wish to impress upon your that significant delay on your authority’s part may well prove fatal to Mr. Scarth, who is an 85 year old gentleman with health problems. You are aware of the relationship between distress and cardiac arrest. It is clear from Mr. Scarth’s correspondence that the Prison is placing him in severe distress. This places him at high risk of deterioration. Essentially, the matter is simple – Mr. Scarth should not be in prison, as he is not a danger to the public. It is therefore in the interests of the prison to avoid a fatality. In order to do that, you must recommend that his sentence and complaints be reviewed immediately.
I am therefore making the following points. Your response/or lack of will be used in the formal complaint made to the United Nations.
1. Attached are further complaints from Mr. Scarth, which are not being actioned, and Ms. Emma Marshall has already been advised of this. I am placing you on notice that Norman Scarth, Prisoner A1903CF, Leeds Prison, is complaining about Age Discrimination and the fear of being abused by prison officers while showering. He is unable, therefore, to attend to personal hygiene.
The other matters outlined in the attached documents, include
a. Denial of his basic rights,
b. Denial of his medications,
c. Denial of access to legal counsel
d. Theft of his property by prison staff.
2. You have already been advised that his complaints are not being processed. I am therefore requesting an immediate intervention. Mr Scarth is a human being, and British subject in distress. It will therefore be considered wilful negligence, in the event no immediate action is taken. Unfortunately, slow correspondence will not do when someone is in physical distress and you have been wilfully blind in this matter. In the event this lack of action results in Norman’s death, those who have not acted will be held personally liable.
3. Wilful blindness will be considered criminal recklessness. All parties have been previously advised that Mr. Scarth has been denied his prescribed pain medication and, by denying him, all parties herein are aware of his torture in Leeds Prison, and will be held culpable.
4. Your authorities have a duty of care, and should have acted immediately in order to alleviate the problem. As this has not happened, it will be considered gross negligence. Should anything happen to Mr. Scarth, it will be gross negligence causing death, which is a very serious matter indeed.
5. May I ask that you provide all internal documents, as I wish to make a subject access request under the Data Protection Act combined with a Freedom of Information Act to access all internal documentation relevant to my formal complaint to yourselves.
In light of the seriousness of this issue, I shall be grateful if Ms. Marshall would re-evaluate her plan of action. URGENT intervention is required by all parties to this communication.
In conclusion, please advise, on the basis of previous complaints and several contacts made with Ms Emma Marshall, and the attached further complaints (none of which have been actioned by the prison), and including the complaint that complaints are not being actioned, how you intend to proceed and, when. You will no doubt agree that it is simply not adequate or acceptable for any of you evade the issues in light of the emergency nature of this issue.
As I have explained before to Ms. Emma Marshall, the delays that have been characteristic of this case are currently totally unacceptable. Significant stress leading to a cardiac arrest will result in death. Given the mortality rate of Leeds Prison is already significantly high, it may be in the authority’s best interests for immediate intervention. This may prevent future litigation and adverse publicity.
I hope to hear from you within 24 hours. If I have not heard from you, this document will be sent to the Special Rapporteurs at the United Nations accompanied by a formal complaint against the UK’s failure to care for its elderly prisoners in line with current human rights and equality legislation. Please review this link http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/torture/rapporteur/appeals.htm in relation to the steps that will be taken in 24 hours regarding the gross violation of civil liberties meted out on a elderly gentleman in the care of your authorities.
Best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
xxxxx
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Scarth vs HMP Leeds – HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Please distribute, post and publish that the case in the matter of Scarth v HMP Leeds Prison Governor reconvenes for a full trial on Thursday 25 August 2011, Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK, after the hearing on 18th August, 2011, where with the Writ of Habeas Corpus was Ordered to be serviced by the Court in full Public view on HMP Leeds, and the Ministry of Justice was to be notified.
We invite as many people as possible to come down and witness a moment in history as we, the people hold the Prison, Judiciary, Crown and Government to account in a peaceful Lawful Rebellion on behalf of our friend Norman Scarth, a WWII hero and Human Rights Veteran and Activist, held UNLAWFULLY in HMP Leeds violating not only his inalienable God given rights as a living man, but many Acts of statute Law as written in Legal terms by the Government.
There is both international media interest and domestic interest in this human rights violation PUBLIC INTEREST case. It is landmark creating, as the public is joining forces against injustice and, despite facing many obstacles, is overcoming them with solidarity and the hope of a better, brighter future for all, in the name of our friend Norman Scarth the living man.
There cannot be much more comment on the progress of the case until then as anything said may jeopardise the outcome, although, what is noteworthy is that this is our Lawful Rebellion and a peaceful means of resolving problems in the face of images on the Television of businesses closing, due to being burnt out while the minority run on the rampage, we are the majority, we are the peace, we are united and will NEVER be divided.
Be there on Thursday 25 August 2011 at the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London to help a friend and be part of history in the making, having overcome all the delays and hurdles so far, Norman Scarth will be heard via Video link as per his own wish of not wanting to suffer Prison transport from Leeds to London in no comfort, and little flesh on his buttocks (his own words), and he will be represented by a three man Litigation team as led by Chris Jarvis, where the Prison governor or his deputy will have to give good cause as to why Norman Scarth should not be released, the Ministry of Justice has been notified and they have the power to intervene, in the words of Mr Justice Wyn Williams “You never know who will be here next week”.
PLEASE SIGN PETITION AND READ COMMENTS: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-wwii-veteran-norman-scarth-from-leeds-prison.html
http://justicefornormanscarth.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/open-letter-to-norman-scarths-mp/
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