Maurice Kirk: Human Rights for a Prisoner on Remand in HMP Cardiff?

From: https://mauricejohnkirk.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/human-rights-for-a-prisoner-on-remand-in-hmp-cardiff/

“What are human rights for when they get ignored?

Human Rights activist Norman Scarth faxed an admirable document to the Prison Governor.

What are laws for when they are not being complied to?

It’s like patents: you buy yourself the right to defend yourself AFTER you’ve been cheated.

And thus Maurice is suffering refusals of normal requests on top of not being cared for his health problems. Details on his site. ”

Norman Scarth’s admirable document:

“From: Mr. N. Scarth, Associate of the Article 6 Group.

To: Mr. Richard Booty, Governor, HMP Cardiff (Tel: 02920 923 100. Fax: 02920 923 318):

Dear Governor Booty,

We ask that you ensure this document reaches Mr. Maurice Kirk (held captive in your establishment) without delay.

IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY IT COULD BE A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH.

Mr. Kirk,

We understand you are not eating, & have lost 11 kilograms in weight since your incarceration. It is a common misconception that as you are not eating, there will be no food in your alimentary tract. This is not so. With no incoming food, that which is already in the tract remains static, becoming progressively firmer. It can become impacted, with serious consequences.

Like you, I have some veterinary knowledge, & have had to deal with newly born foals who often suffer from this condition (liquid paraffin often worked with them, linseed oil with older animals).

WE URGE YOU TO TAKE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SOME LUBRICANT – BUTTER, MARGARINE OR SUCH LIKE.

Back to The Governor.

Mr. Booty,

You must be aware that Mr. Kirk is suffering unbelievable persecution from what PURPORT to be the ‘Forces of Law & Order’(acting for the most ulterior motives).

“Nothing to do with me” you may well say, “I just do as Ordered by the Judiciary”. I remind you that the Nuremberg Trials brought a ruling that ‘Obeying Orders’ was no defence for acting against humanity. Prisons are not ‘Holiday Camps’ as we are constantly told by the Press. As you may well know, Martin Narey, one-time head of the Prison Service told of “A litany of failure & moral neglect” in “Hell Hole prisons” Fn1 . On TV on 22 July(?) 2001 General Sir David Ramsbotham (now Lord Ramsbotham) spoke of ‘barbaric prison guards” (he had just been sacked from his position as HM Chief Inspector of Prisons).

I sincerely hope that your establishment is not such a place, & that you will show your own humanity in this matter.

You & the Prison Doctor have authority to release Mr. Kirk on humanitarian grounds (at the time of the Suffragettes, there was what became known as ‘The Cat & Mouse Act’, whereby the starving women were released, but then incarcerated again after they had recovered strength).

As this telephone does not receive incoming faxes, we would be grateful if you would reply by email to enscarth@hotmail.com

Yours faithfully,

Norman Scarth, Associate of The Article 6 Group, 36 Anvil Court Chambers, BRADFORD BD8 7QW Tel: (01274) 541 213. Email: enscarth@hotmail.com

PS: David Wilson one-time Prison Governor, now a Professor of Criminology at Birmingham University, expressed the view of many that prisons are a very expensive, but quite ineffective way of dealing with crime. Apart from which, Mr. Kirk is definitely NOT a criminal. His treatment is attracting attention from abroad: Britain should look at herself before expressing outrage at Human Rights abuses in far off lands

NS. “

 

Maurice on Hunger Strike – for Unlawful Behaviour by South Wales Police and HM Court Services

From: https://mauricejohnkirk.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/maurice-on-hunger-strike-for-unlawful-behaviour-by-south-wales-police-and-hm-court-services/#more-1460

This is Maurice’s hand written letter with his reasons for continuing his hunger strike.

“Reasons for my Hunger Strike Continuing

South Wales Police painted the machine gun, in my successful trial, a different colour to try and fool
the Jury. When I had gathered proof by MAPPA witness statements, the Police immediately had me
jailed, unconvicted for yet another trumped up charge, that of harassment of Dr Tegwyn Williams.
He had me sectioned under the 1983 Mental Health Act without a clinical examination. He wrote I
had “paranoid delusional disorder”, “significant brain damage” and “possible brain tumour”.

Dr Williams gave the information to secret MAPPA and Crown Court hearings to oppose my bail.

I continue my hunger strike in Cardiff Prison because I am still being refused:

1.   A bail application in Cardiff Crown Court
2.   Release of my medical records used in the 1 st  MAPPA and Crown Court
3.   Release of my confidential legal papers and computer needed to defend myself
4.   An independent medical examination.

M J Kirk 13 th  Oct 2011 ”

He’s lost 9 kg of weight already since imprisoned on Sept. 21st and needs an endoscopy for his bleeding ulcer badly!

Please send him a note of encouragement to Prisoner No. A7306AT HMP Cardiff, Knox Road, South Glamorgan CF24 0UG.

You can also sign the petition in his support or telephone the Prison Governor on 02920 923 327 or talk to the Chaplain as a messenger.

Here he is talking on video about his experiences in Tottenham Police Station.

Below about Litigants in Person – the thorn in the eye of the judiciary, as the lawyers want to benefit from the ‘gravy train’ of being funded by the public purse…

From: http://youtu.be/E989CLzWOZw

 

Tighter expenses rules ‘harming MPs’ mental health’

Boo Hoo!

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15267426

“The new, tougher expenses regime is damaging MPs’ “mental wellbeing”, the doctor who looks after them has said.

Dr Ira Madan told a committee looking into the system that its “frustrations and difficulties” had increased workloads but decreased rewards.

She also said MPs were tired of being the butt of jokes about their expenses.

And she said they were coming under greater pressure because of the “increased ability for constituents to readily contact members by email”.

Following the expenses scandal of 2009, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority – Ipsa – was set up to more closely monitor MPs’ allowances.

But MPs have complained that the new system is costly and bureaucratic, and has left many of them out of pocket.

‘Up their noses’

Dr Madan, consultant occupational physician at the House of Commons, said Ipsa was being raised by more and more politicians as a source of pressure.

“The frustrations and difficulties that members are experiencing with Ipsa are contributing to poor mental wellbeing,” she told the expenses committee.

“If people do become unwell it’s normally not just one factor that I can identify. It is an effort/reward balance I would look at.

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If they go to the hairdresser people will say ‘are you going to put that on expenses?’”

Dr Ira Madan House of Commons physician

“The efforts MPs are putting into their work has increased for a variety of reasons – and one of those is Ipsa – and the rewards have decreased.

“The bureaucracy of Ipsa has increased their workload, they find it increasingly frustrating to deal with Ipsa, they are concerned that the way the expenses are reported by Ipsa is picked up by their local constituency press and there can be some fairly vitriolic reporting of that.”

Dr Madan, who is employed by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust and works one day a week in Parliament, said MPs had complained of constant expenses jokes.

“If they go to the hairdresser people will say ‘Are you going to put that on expenses?’. It might be funny for the first one or two times but actually it gets right up their noses,” she said.

She said MPs told her completing and checking Ipsa paperwork took up to 20% of their time at Westminster and 10 hours a week or more of an assistant’s time.

She said Parliament should reduce the burden imposed by the expenses system “as far as possible in order to minimise the risk of Members developing psychological symptoms”.

Dr Madan said she felt strongly that MPs did “a very tough job that is not always appreciated by press and public”.

In particular, she said a significant factor behind “psychological problems” experienced by some MPs lay was the strain of being away from their families.

“MPs recognise that the nature of their job will inevitably disrupt their family life but the current allowance system appears to obstruct rather than encourage members to spend as much time as their job allows with their families,” she wrote in her written evidence.

Around 40% of MPs take up the offer of a three-yearly health screening and Dr Madan assesses 50-70 per year.”

See also: http://thesnowolf.com/2011/10/wont-somebody-think-of-the-politicians.html

 

Maurice Kirk: I am far too ill to attend court and bed bound with unattended gut pain

Maurice Kirk, along side Norman Scarth, has been a thorn in the side of the courts. The pair have been exposing the corruption in our courts for years. Now the courts are trying to exact their revenge on Maurice. Victims Unite!, as ever, have taken up the case and exposing Maurice’s plight.

From: http://victims-unite.net/2011/10/06/letters-from-hmp-cardiff-i-am-far-too-ill-to-attend-court-and-bed-bound-with-unattended-gut-pain/#more-3392

“It has taken Maurice J Kirk BVSc 10 days to be able to write out, after he was transferred from Tottenham Police to HMP Cardiff.  Please telephone HMP Cardiff on 02920 923 100 and ask for the medical officer. 

Or write to Prisoner No A7306AT HMP Cardiff, Knox Road, South Glamorgan CF24

For trying to help the Nigerian Musa parents get their six children back from the clutches of Haringey Council has turned into

• serious unattended gut pain
• ulcer problems requiring an endoscopy
• real fears of being sectioned based on Dr Tegwyn Williams’ psycho-reports of two years ago, as Haringey Police cover up the Musa child snatching case and South Wales Police continue to harass Maurice.

Here’s his summary of bullying.

Dear Guy,

Enclosed 2 copies of current situation.

At last court I was refused a videolink at 2pm after I stated I was too ill to travel to court. I was offered a videolink but then refused. – Almost same game as 2 years ago in June 09 when no one told me I was due in court and then told court I had refused!

I have sent both these copies to xxx.

It has taken 10 days to get a letter out to write.

I was refused a phonecall out both at Tottenham police station and in prison upon entry.

Can you ring (ian illegible) Butlin Cat and between you get them to Sabine for publication.

I also sent 11 point letter to Magistrates copied to John making three documents. I would be grateful if you check that Butlincat has sent on facts of that one for www email / twitter etc also.

It has taken 10 days to get a letter to write on. They are playing exactly the same game as June 09 re playing the Gulag card. – Sabine witnessed the CPS at Haringey Magistrates press hard for a sectioning reliant only on, they admitted, 2-year old Dr Tegwyn Williams psycho reports.

Ensure Meirion is kept up to date, please.

I am far too ill to attend court but with word from on high I am not being transferred to the hospital wing for political reasons. This is causing trouble on the wing as I am bed bound with serious unattended gut pain and passing some blood.

Was admitted to PSW for this for endoscopy, in August, still not done. 3 doctors say it must be done but, once again, politics prevail.

Having real difficulty getting any Anodine and try being not in hospital wing.

In first 7 days I managed to get 2 tablets out of my daily prescribed PEW 8-week prescription so I know, … too ill, what Norman was going through all … prison. Please keep him up to date as he is experienced in the tricks they play.

I was refused access to the County Court for numerous cases unlucky 28 Sept High Court 4 Oct JR … time morning 2^nd Nov 10, to find case already over.

Please ring Cardiff Justice Centre and explain why I would not attend and please try and establish what happened for each case.

Please keep this letter.

Sorry about the writing.

Best Regards

Maurice”

 

An interesting comment on Yahoo! News’ article on “No pensions action for now: doctors” (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/talks-bid-avert-pension-strikes-160952641.html)

From: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/talks-bid-avert-pension-strikes-160952641.html?bcmt=1316643252760-fe146f76-8cdf-4277-8b26-84cd07715fa9#ugccmt-container-b

“I’m a doctor. Yes, I earn a good wage. But it also costs me over a month’s salary in subscriptions, membership fees and indemnities just to practice. I also went to university for 8 years to enable me to practice, accruing substantial debts in the process. To become a consultant I trained for a further 10 years following qualification, continuing to take exams costing £1000 per sitting until I was 35 years old and moving frequently to take various jobs in different places as demanded by the system. I make life and death decisions for patients on a daily basis and constantly worry about litigation, re-validation (courtesy of the GMC) and annual appraisal (involving assembling each year – and then defending to an assessor – a larger dossier of evidence that I am a good doctor). I work very long hours and for the first ten years of my working life (as a junior doctor) I tolerated miserable working and living conditions and a much lower pay than I could have achieved in another employment setting.

I’m not looking for sympathy, but I am looking to be treated fairly. I entered the job having taken the risks (I might fail the exams), workload (up to 100 hours some weeks) and conditions (I lived in some hospital accommodation that lacked running water) into account; what I thought I would be getting out at the end has now been completely turned on its head.

It might sound like I want to have my cake and eat it, but that’s not true. I think the previous government have done a fantastic job of discrediting doctors and painting practitioners as greedy and overpaid.

The fact is that the guy who does my decorating told me how much he turns over in a year, and it’s as much as I gross annually. My plumber earns more than me. But neither work as many hours as I do, neither spend thousands of pounds on insurance, professional fees and exams with a 30% pass rate and neither have to save peoples’ lives on a daily basis.

If we want good people to save our lives when we get ill, we need to pay them a decent return, where part of that equation is what you get in retirement. Otherwise they might just go and be a plumber. Great for the plumbing industry, a real loss to medicine. In fact, vascular surgery isn’t that different from plumbing, so maybe I’ll retrain – and probably enjoy it more!“