Iain’s Blog

Good grief just seen the news! Been a tad distracted.

2 sisters, 9 agencies involved, 30 years of abuse, 1 evil git that could have been stopped years ago.

So we (the 9 agencies) will apologise. Good.

Right how many have been fired cos they didn’t do their jobs?

Guess folks…

How many pensioned off?

Guess again…

I hope the two women can now move on and live their lives as well as they can!

We need to address all that’s wrong, right and indifferent. And do it now!! 

Evening all,

Just back from the fight against the crying wolf crowd at the Royal Courts of Justice, different case, same experts, same expenses. It was so nice to see Mr Stoodley et al, didn’t know he was going to be there, but so nice to see him again after all he was one of the abusers of our children, causing them stress and grief. He didn’t look comfortable seeing us, unlike his smiling friend, mind you he stopped smiling when Lord Moses announced Mrs Henderson was in the court (totally blew the covert low profile lol - there’s worse things)!!

We hadn’t heard much about this case R v Butler, but it took us under 15 minutes to think what a pile of sssssomething or other! It wasn’t even a ‘Triad’ case (possibly due to cutbacks?) they only had 2 parts to go on! But they still gave it a run.

Thankfully the little child in this case is still with us.

They also had linked an earlier incident to it, to try and paint a bad picture? To help con-vince the jury. It had involved Dad placing the child near a radiator to keep warm, it was the only heat source in his flat (and it was winter), so he had laid her down on a pillow near it and she had rolled onto the hot radiator causing burns. The child was taken to the Doctors and no concerns were raised and they were treated.

Now hows this for a small world (I mentioned last night what would happen if an Expert had been accused of child abuse) - well during the trial, one of the experts had said something along the lines of ‘oh well my child rolled onto a radiator too and they were much older (therefore more able to roll, so he should have known it was a greater risk)’. No he is involved in Child Protection cases and he allowed his child to come to harm…now he’s an expert so what chance do the rest of us have?! I take it this was said in open court first time round so I anticipate that the Crying Squad will be round to nick him anytime now…oh unless of course it falls under the 2 rules rule (one for them, one for us). We won’t be taking bets on that!

The SBS side of things rang a lot of bells with us, the little child was dropped off by Mum and wasn’t very well, words like floppy, pale, not capable of holding drink/food down. But as Dad was last with the baby thats it…reminded me of what happened to Susanne Holdsworth. Not saying Mum did anything of course, never met her, I am more concerned there is something out there that causes these things. But that no one else is bothered to look for.

The judges seem very fired up today, not happy with a lot of issues from wondering why the trial hadn’t been stopped. One thing that made me smile wryly, as the Panel of Judges said they had concerns at 15 experts being used against the defendant, try 32 as we had! Even the CPS today admitted there was a disproportionate advantage to the Crown when it comes to resources.

A comment I did like was the more inflated the experts are the more careful the jury have to be. Theres more hot air than a hair dryer test facility - or if you prefer some of them are of Zepplin proportions (talking of Zeppelins theres a building in Farringdon that is called Zeppelin House, funny old British humour there - it was bombed by a Zeppelin, thats todays useless bit of info).

Other points came out about that not all the CPS experts agreed, they (the CPS) had said they did, also that the Triad is only a signpost (and if you drive round London or the UK, you’ll often realise that signs are often wrong)! One expert says its unlikely to have been a shaking case as the child recovered. Also things like jurors getting the medical terms and nodding off etc - all ringing true for us so far…

But also points like why do we keep putting these cases in front of Juries, when the experts can disagree and be quite nasty about other experts (including their own tutors).

By the way please tell me your not still dressed in the same gear (to a certain Doc) you must have earned enough on all the cases to buy loads of suits and shirts and ties by now?

The CPS seemed glad to sit down at the end of their opening gambits, the experts seem huddled together, makes for a bigger target…

 I was thinking of adding this to their websites

If you have a case, with no evidence, and you need someone to come along and make things fit (fits don’t cause death remember), and you have lots of money (the public purse will do nicely) and you can find them, then call the ‘Crying Squad’….                

…it was going to be the A-Team…but I can’t think of anything polite for the A to stand for…

Answers on postcard…

Hi,

Its amazing what you pick up from your notes of the appeal. One I forgot, when asking the judges to look at a picture can’t remember what of at the mo, but the CPS said ‘its in the Jury bundle m’lud & m’lady, its not a very good one (picture)’.

The comment was supported by another ‘we have better copies in ours’.

Or something like, I pretty much have it written down verbatim.

Yeap you can give the Jury any old tat in their bundle, after all they are only deciding on someones freedom.

I thought it was meant to be ‘best evidence’. Not well we found these lying around and stuck them in…

Hey ho. I wasn’t surprised, just terribly sad. Talking of sad. I don’t know if anyone heard the story about the Dad who was stabbed defending his son, the case was kicked out as the Judge said the CPS had taken too long and they walked (had that myself a few years back in  a case). The ironic thing is the man concerned worked for the CPS. Who of course barred him from speaking out…free speech…don’t think so…

It does make you thing why there are more cases popping up, of people taking the law into their own hands. I feel so sorry for my ex colleagues that spend hours putting the cases together for something like that to happen and like in my case the CPS turned to me and asked me to tell the victim…I don’t think so…

Hi,

I meant to also add. 

It was very sad that during the appeal the news broke about the John Ratcliffe hospital and the tragic loss of 4 young children. It was a bit ironic as half the ‘experts’ brought in were from there.

I don’t suppose anyone will be charged of course. It is difficult work the surgeons do and I am sure no one is to blame in any criminal way. But their colleagues stand and point their fingers. The surgeons may need to be careful, with friends like that around.

I do wonder if in the sad event an experts child died if they would hand themselves in, if there was signs of the triad? There was a possibility of that happening years ago with the Cleveland Child sex abuse case, when the Doctor checked her own kids out for signs of sex abuse…what if she had found it, end of a marriage or her career?

Anyway back to SBS. They say in the triad that Retinal bleeds and folds are separate, I am obviously not an expert, but surely if there is blood flowing where it shouldn’t and it gets under membranes/skin whatever, it could cause it to ripple or fold?

The other issue is the very VERY limited number of damage to axons is bizarre. If you have a huge bundle of them packed in together then surely more would get damaged if pressed or squeezed against a harder surface of say bone or cartilage? But just half a dozen damaged out of tens of thousands is weak.

If it was an issue from birth that may affect why Maeve was ill, every 9.9 days  (on average) she visited a Doctor or Hospital in the last few months.

But no, its all part of the immaculate assault again.

I wonder how many are in prison on these sort of charges?

If they did it then they can stay in there for quite a while, but if they haven’t someone should be looking into it asap. This is a nightmare to live in, and there are many more affected by it on the outer edges.

Ooh one more thing when is a public space not a public space? When the CPS are using it…

Its a public space…get over it, you can stare all you like, I can live with that…we have lived with so much worse, for so long.

Horn and Halo, professional detachment, rational v emotional, transactional analysis and the attitude and behaviour cycle, how aware are you, of their impact on you? I train people in these sort of things…

Also how to print a powerpoint show…press print…that one is free of charge.

To all those who care, there are others out there, who need our help, good people and youngsters left without a parent/carer, I would like to send a little Easter. pressie to the young children left behind, so if you want to spread some Easter cheer (well…chocolate) let us know.

I know its a while off still but lets face it the eggs have been on the shelf since … well last Easter! I think I have seen the first Christmas cards (only kidding).

Stay safe and happy Halloween