Friday 18 April 2008

Solicitor calls for inquiry



Let me tell you a little bit about the hate mail and how it came to stop. I received the first one soon after I got out of prison. It didn't take me long to realise there was a good chance the sender was a Policeman. He talked about the case but he mentions things that were never said in court. He uses words like "stir" meaning prison. In the letter my wife received he says "your hubby" he also says I was "high on drugs no doubt". Now unfortunately for DC 448 Williamson all the statements I received were in hand written form and it didn't take me long to match statements he had taken with that of the hate mail. Low and behold the only statement that ever mentioned ( mistakenly )the possibility that I may have been on drugs was taken by him. My solicitor and all the people I showed them too thought there was enough similarities to send them away for analysis. As part of my bail I had to travel into King's Lynn and sign at the Police station, one particular Saturday I asked to speak to DC Williamson, I told him I knew the letters were from him and he had better stop sending them. Guess what I didn't receive any more. I could of pursued it further when the analysis report came back but I didn't bother, partly because Williamson had been involved in interviewing Gorman's wife and parents and I could understand how emotionally involved he had become. I saw him the other day, he's now Inspector Williamson. Good for him.

Investigation must go on

Victims parents criticise Police

Freedom because of "flaws"in case

Evidence "flawed beyond repair"

Final Drama

Old Style Committal

The crown decided to put the evidence they had at what is called an old style committal. That is where they present their evidence in front of, in this case it was a stipendiary magistrate (a paid magistrate usually a lawyer ) to determine whether there is enough evidence for the case to continue. Although there were 187 witness statements taken, there were only 9 people who witnessed anything in relation to the assault on Tony Gorman. I have posted all their statements, but just to recap they were:- Gary Sewell, Jason Colman, Mark Branham, Caroline Scott, Clifford Ellis, Colin Lord, Terry Meierhofer, Gary Daw and Shelley Mitchelson.
The CPS took the peculiar decision to only present Gary Sewell’s evidence at the committal. Before I go on, just stop and think about that for a moment. A young man has been savagely beaten and although the Crown can no longer link that beating with his death, some people said “conveniently”. All the man hours that went into investigating (excuse me while I laugh ) this Murder, I still call it Murder, not like the CPS who in my opinion used the 2nd Pathologists report as a way out of the whole fucking mess they got themselves into. Anyway after all the so called hard work the police did, they offer Gary Sewell as their star witness. The one person they believe can get them a conviction. Forget Gary Daw and Shelley Mitchelson who both picked out Gary Withers on ID parades. Against that evidence they go after Karl instead.
The courts had set aside 5 days in which to hear the committal and the big day eventually arrives, after 3 hours the case collapses. I will post the press cuttings for you to read. You have to ask yourself something, did the CPS and the Police really expect or even want this case to get past the committal? I suggest they most definitely DID NOT! Why then would you only offer as a witness Gary Sewell, who on numerous occasions had said it was definitely not Karl? The crown knew full well what this bombshell would do; it would put to bed this whole damn mess. What’s nearly as bad is the general public in King’s Lynn were not particularly bothered. It was just fish and chip wrapping paper to them.