Dear
Readers,
Being unfamiliar with that picturesque island of
Jersey
in the Channel Islands I thought the States of Jersey Police(Moto: Making Jersey Safer) would be very
helpful in my efforts to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of my
son Simon Abbott.
MIKE BOWRON |
How wrong I was. Simon,
who had lived on the island for 20 years, died last year aged 47. All the
indications are that the heart attack that killed him was brought on by the
stress of being relentlessly cyber-bullied in the last two years of his life
(See my post did-cyber-bullies-kill-simon-abbott)
Here I was sitting in South Africa , half a world away
thinking that Police
Chief Mike Bowron would be the right person to contact.
Simon’s
problems began after he set up the
Samantha Abbott Trust in memory
of his sister to help wom en
suffering from postnatal depression.
This was what caused Samantha’s suicide
in 2009.
He had plenty of unusual charity, money
making ideas, but it seems that because he had never done this kind of thing
before his inexperience resulted in one failure after another. After his first
few schemes didn’t work the following ones had no chance because by then the
island’s cyber-bullies had warned everyone off by accusing of him being a con
man without any evidence to support this allegation.
NORTON |
SHADY LE SEUER |
Norton’s boss Jon Gripton, the Managing
Editor of Radio Jersey had this to say about my son, We investigated som e
of the ‘Simon Abbott saga’ – however we decided against broadcast, partly because
we were advised that the States of Jersey Police was investigating and partly
because we thought this was more likely a tragic story of a grief-stricken,
well-meaning individual who ultimately couldn’t deliver the events he dreamed
up.
Below is part of a letter sent in
July this year to Bowron by Rico
Sorda one of Jersey ’s many anti-
establishment blogggers (ricosorda.blogspot.com)
He and particularly his wife have
been getting the same kind of cyber-bullying treatment as my son got. The bully
in this case is Jon Sharrock Haworth,
a 44 year old convicted petty criminal who has been used by the establishment to do its dirty work. He now appears to be protected game. Here's the gist of one episode revealed in Britian's parliament because Jersey's Data Protection law prevented it from being disclosed on the Island.
As you will see from my earlier experience with Bowron which I will tell you about
below he runs true to form protecting certain people connected to Jersey ’s elite. Sorda
got much the same dismissive treatment from
Bowron
as I got.
SYVRET A FORMER MINISTER OF HEALTH WAS FORCED OUT OF THE JERSEY PARLIAMENT FOR GETTING TOO CLOSE TO EXPOSING THE SKULDUGGERY OF SOME TOP PEOPLE |
As you will see fr
ANOTHER EXTRACT FROM SORDA'S LETTER TO BOWRON |
He confirmed that Simon had made two com plaints
to the Police about being cyber-bullied, but legal opinion was that no offence
had been com mitted. He refused to
name the individuals Simon claimed
to be involved as he maintained I am unable to provide
details of third parties to you under the Data Protection Law.
This is a notorious piece of legislation
that the authorities in Jersey use to cover a
multitude of sins.
At one stage it was given to me by an
ambulance official as a reason why he couldn’t name the paramedics who had
attended to my son when he collapsed at a café.
JERSEY MINISTER PRETENDING TO TAKE CYBER-BULLING SERIOUSLY LAST YEAR |
WHERE DOES THE
‘TWO FACED’ ASPECT COME IN YOU MAY ASK. DON’T WORRY I’LL GET TO THAT SHORTLY
The fifth question I put to Bowron
was: Did Simon
ever com plain
to you personally
about being cyber-bullied or assaulted? If so what action did you take?
In my replying email to Taylor I said: Mr Bowron com es across as
extremely vague for Jersey ’s most senior
policemen. What reason could Simon possibly have had in handing Mr Bowron his
business card other than to get him to investigate Simon’s cyber-bullying
allegations and perhaps also the assault incident? People don’t walk up to the
Chief of Police just for the hell of it and say: ‘Wouldn’t you like my business
card?’ without a very good reason.
In my final question to Bowron I
asked if Le
Sueur, who has a business called Kandidprints was ever an honorary
policeman.
JERSEY POLICE SAYING IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR THAT THEY WOULD HELP CYBER-BULLY VICTIMS |
In keeping with the very unhelpful
nature of his replies Taylor
stated that as the States of Jersey Police was independent of the Honorary
Police that operated in each of the 12 Parishes in the Island
they had no details of these officers.
My com ment
to him was: This
makes the Jersey Police akin to the Keystone Cops. Are you telling me that the Honorary Police
are so independent from your Force
that you would be unable to establish if a particular person is, or was an
Honorary policeman by merely picking up the phone.
I wanted to know if Le Sueur,
who Simon sued for libel together
with Norton
and various others in relation to cyber-bullying, had any Police connection
because if so it appeared that this was why he was getting favourable treatment.
LE SUEUR EXPOSED |
He was also the person Simon claimed had assaulted him.
That was my Bowron experience. He certainly
seems to have adapted well to the entrenched code of secrecy that pervades the Island to protect those with influence. He was previously
head of the City of London Police
where I’m sure this kind of behaviour would have made headlines had it existed.
IT WAS WHEN THE
BBC CAME CALLING ABOUT SIMON’S ACTIVITIES THAT BOWRON’S COPS PUT ON THEIR OTHER
FACE AND CONVENIENTLY IGNORED THAT DRACONIAN DATA PROTECTION LAW.
Around the middle of last year I appealed
to the BBC Trust against a decision
made by its senior executives to dismiss my com plain
that Norton
had cyber-bullied my son. As part of this appeal the BBC appointed an unnamed, so called Independent Editorial Adviser
to look into the matter. I was given the adviser’s findings to com ment on.
The Adviser reported that the Jersey
Police were asked if there had been any police investigation into Simon, his charitable affairs or his
allegation of cyber-bullying made against him. Instead of telling the Adviser
that this could not be disclosed under the Data
Protection Law the Police replied:
Between
September 2009 and December 2012 Mr Abbott made a number of com plaints (5) to the States of Jersey
Police, and a similar number (6) were made against him by various people, som e of which related to concerns about financial
handling of charity affairs, as well as harassment-related
com plaints made both by and against
him.
Charges
were not brought against any individual. In general this was owing to a lack of
evidence regarding criminality and it included those concerns relating to
financial dealings.
Investigations
into allegations that Mr Abbott was a victim of cyber-bullying and/or
harassment were reviewed by legal advisers and it was determined that there was
no evidence of criminality.
There
is no specific offence in Jersey relating to
cyber-bullying but we would look at whether the activity constituted
harassment. For the purposes of this Article a person ought to know that his or
her course of conduct amounts to harassment of another person if a reasonable
person in possession of the same information would think it amounted to
harassment.
The BBC’s
Adviser reported that Le Sueur had been a member of Jersey ’s Honorary Police since April 2012.
But one of the most sinister aspects of the report was this: The Police statement will be provided
to the Com mittee
(the people hearing my appeal) but it has not been shared with the parties to protect the privacy of the individuals referred
to.
That showed just how 'independent' the BBC's Adviser was. No wonder they wouldn't tell me his name.
That showed just how 'independent' the BBC's Adviser was. No wonder they wouldn't tell me his name.
So the Two Faced Cops evidently disclosed a
lot more to the BBC, with names as well, than the Corporation was prepared to let me see.
The Police conveniently ignored examples of harassment
by both Norton
and Le Sueur
that com plied perfectly with the
definition of the law. And the proof was there for all to see on social media.
Here are a couple of examples:
Norton: I have
pretty much run out of patience with this guy. I’ve met him, tried to help him and he has even had the cheek
to com plain to the BBC that I’m
harassing him. The Police and the press and possibly the taxation authorities
must be sent all the com plaints with
hard evidence that Simon has actually done som ething
wrong if they are to do som ething.
In Surrey , where his late sister lived, the
local Sutton newspaper is tracking him and have been in touch. In Devon the press are following him. I got this the other
day. Damien Mills: Hi! I’m a journalist in Exeter where Simon Abbott
it staging another of his infamous fashion shows. Give him a shout and tell him your stories and concerns.
My
concern is his constant appealing to the ‘wannabe’ mentality of young girls
asking for models for events that do not exist. I will once again ask Jersey Police if they have any further thoughts on him.
Simon,
if you are reading this, which my friends he might be, give it up, com e clean on the finances of the Trust, put the
items you claim to have from the
famous to good use. I’ll auction them for som e
people in real need, instead of fake events that help no-one, even those of us
trying to raise funds.
THAT CAN’T
POSSIBLY BE CALLED HARASSMENT CAN IT?
It was perhaps no coincidence that Norton
had a reputation as Jersey ’s top charity fund
organiser and was best known for coordinating the annual Jersey Charity Auction
which he had done since 1984. This was broadcast live on BBC Radio Jersey.
In addition he had been a Radio Jersey presenter for many years
and was the owner of two restaurants on the Island. So he was an entrenched
personality who the Police would be unlikely to go against on the basis of a com plaint from
a nobody like my son.
In court documents Simon claimed that Stop the Con Simon
@NOTJERSEYFASHION was set up by Le Sueur. I know this, he
stated, because
he sent me an email by mistake saying he was
the driving force behind the group of trolls. If som eone Tweets anything
positive about the Samantha Abbott Trust @NOTJERSEYFASHION
will tell them not to help. He will Tweet ‘Question his past bullying actions’;
‘Discrepancies in the account’ (Yet he has
never seen them); ‘Being investigated by
Devon & Cornwall Police and Jersey Police’
(This is not true) and ‘Simon Abbott
con artist and serial duper.’
‘Fashion
Juice @Fashion_Juice is Ian le Sueur because of the same com ments and because the picture that was taken of me
in the church was put on this profile. Again he posts libel com ments and has tweeted to dozens of celebrities telling them not to support the
Samantha Abbott Trust.
THAT CAN’T
POSSIBLY BE CALLED HARASSMENT CAN IT?
When the BBC’s adviser asked Le Sueur if he had put the photograph of Simon, that he snatched in a church at
Norton’s behest,
on social media he said he could not remember.
Le Sueur’s Norton connection plus his close
association with the Police no doubt ensured his immunity from prosecution in this case.
Jon, a member of the Clean Up Jersey's Dirty Policing campaign.
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