The whole world will know about the plight of Celtic Cornish campaigner, Tony Leamon, who has fallen foul of the Colonial Police in Kernow and dropped into a kind of 'Catch 22' situation. The whole world except Kernow itself, that is, where there is a press & media ban in place on the whole rotton affair.

Well there is now a 'You Tube' film let on the matter to be found at:

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=OIvwoEV4gOo

Good Luck Tony Leamon. The world watches while the Colonial Police and their masters inflict misery. One day the press in Kernow will have the guts to reveal what is happening !

Please take that extra step to help Celtic Cornish campaigner - Tony Leamon

Here's the latest message I've received from those who support Cornishman Tony Leamon in his brave stand against the English police force who control his Country. We shall be supporting him in solidarity :


May I invite you to read this message and if you are a member of a group or organisation or have friends, to pass it on to achieve the largest possible response. Let us together with true Celtic solidarity and in a peaceful manner make a difference in support of our friend, Tony Leamon - a Cornishman who said 'I am Cornish'. Thankyou.

Celtic Cornish activist and cultural campaigner, Tony Leamon from Falmouth in Cornwall again answers his police bail on Wednesday 2nd July, 2008 when he once more he will report to the custody centre at Camborne Police Station.

It will have been 10 months since his initial arrest by heavily armed police who searched his house and seized his Cornish books, flags and other possessions. Since that time, he has obediently answered his bail on three occasions and been subject of three lengthy and pressured interrogations concerning alleged terrorist activity even though the search revealed no firearms or other materials designed to cause damage or injury.

Although he battles with cancer and Myalgic Encephalopathy and cares for his 94 year old war vet father as well as his mother who has herself suffered cancer, Mr Leamon, a pacifist, has faced the situation with great bravery and good humour.

Known locally as 'the Cornish Giant', he travels everywhere by public transport and never fails to proclaim his Celtic Cornishness with a broad smile as well as giving his time generously to the Cornish cause and other local cultural activities. He has made friends in most of the Celtic Nations and embraces the uniqueness of Celtic culture and beliefs.

He bears no malice against the local police but is critical of the management of the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary with its very obvious control by outside influences. Indeed, in Cornwall, the police are now regarded as being alike colonial masters and have lost much public support.

A sinister side to this whole affair is the complete refusal of the mainstream media in Cornwall to give this matter any public airing and other Cornish activists subject of raids and arrests who were subsequently released without charge have only be given minimal press coverage. The silence has been deafening. This has led many to believe that the media is subject of control and censorship, a situation which has previously been the case in the Duchy where hidden powers wield great control.

Again, following 10 months police bail which has placed many restrictions on his life, Tony Leamon faces his eventual fate on Wednesday 2nd July, 2008.

There has been worldwide support for this man with scores of messages sent not only to him but to the police themselves and there has recently been a surprising turn of events. A local journalist has asked to hear from those who have supported Mr Leamon down these long and painful months. Ginette Harris who writes for the West Briton newspaper would be pleased to hear from anyone who has been in communication with the police, the press, the Crown Prosecution Service or Mr Leamon himself.

She has asked letters take a certain format: where you live, why you are supporting him, any activities you may have undertaken to assist him , for example, handing out leaflets, offering money, phone calls, letter writing, e-mails etc.

Please e-mail Ginette at: gharris@c-dm.co.uk and also leave a message on the West Briton's contact site, to be found here:

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=232606&command=newPage

You are also invited to copy your correspondence to the police themselves at:

Police.Enquiries@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

asking for your e-mail to be copied to Detective 196 Hampson of Bodmin CID and to disclosed to Mr. Leamon's lawyer - Mrs G. McKinley of Vivian, Thomas & Jervis Solicitors, PO Box 23, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 3UF as well as the Crown Prosecution Service.

You may care to send a message via this website contact if you fear the police (not uncommon in Cornwall) or if you wish to remain anonymous. Don't forget to clearly state that the message refers to Tony Leamon of Falmouth, Cornwall and that what you say is for the attention of Devon & Cornwall Police - DC 196 Hampson Bodmin CID and Mrs. G. McKinley his solicitor.

https://secure.crimestoppers-uk.org/ams.form.anonymous.asp

If you feel able, why not express your views to those who allegedly control the police - a little like school governors, the Devon & Cornwall Police Authority at:

PolAuth@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

You are also invited to view a special site which has been set up at:

http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/

Although Tony Leamon's dignified behaviour when faced with the huge and increasingly authoritarian state may be known around the globe, it has received very little coverage in his home country of Cornwall. Let us all work together and try to change this.

Whatever you do, we sincerely thank you and rest assured that even if the decision is made to charge Mr. Leamon, the evidence will surely have been trumped up by one of the least efficient and most complained about police forces in Great Britain.

A little effort on your part will help Tony Leamon in his brave battle against the cruel system in place in Cornwall today, a battle which may end up with him being made into the latest victim in a small Celtic Country where those who ask 'why?' or say 'no' are subject to the full force of the English Imperial & Colonial System.

'The Tony Leamon Support Group'

TONY LEAMON - MESSAGE FROM SUPPORT GROUP

As follows:

The Criminal Procedures and Investigation Act (CPIA) which obliges the police and their Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to disclose to the defence solicitor every piece of material not used in the actual case. That means every one of your letters of support, every phone call which should be logged and passed on and so on. To breach this legislation will undermine the Prosecution case - so I hope you all see where I am coming from ! keep those messages going. I have sent one in asking the police to be aware that the St George's Flag is very unpopular in Kernow and that much hate may follow from many people who could possibly have phoned the campsite where it was being flown. Further, that if they went to the "News is Now Public", a Vancouver based news site, they would see that over 10,000 people have viewed very critical material about Jamie Oliver and other celebrity English colonisers. Any one of those 10,000 could easily send hate mail.

The police officer investigating Tony is as follows: Detective 196 HAMPSON of BODMIN CID
so why not make all mail addresses to him and ask that it is copied to the CPS and to Tony's lawyer Ms. G. Kinley (good Celtic name !) of Vivian Thomas & Jervis Solicitors, PO Box 23, Falmouth, Kernow TR11 3UF.

The police/Cps must reveal every piece of information acquired along the way of these 10 months. Let's make them earn their money !

Police E-mail: http://de.mc457.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Police.Enquiries@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk marked 'for attention of Detective 196 HAMPSON, BODMIN CID
or anonymously to:

https://secure.crimestoppers-uk.org/ams.form.anonymous.asp marked 'for attention of detective 196 HAMPSON BODMIN CID

or to the people who 'pay' the police, the Police Authority (just like a board of Governers if you like)

http://de.mc457.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=PolAuth@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk and again mark for attention of 196 HAMPSON & Cornwall CPS

Also ask that Tony's Lawyer be made aware of your message.

TONY LEAMON - Brave Celtic Cornishman still subject of ill treatment by Colonial Police

More news regarding Tony Leamon, Celtic activist from Kernow who is now compared to a Michael Collins type figure after refusing to be called English, all this courtesy of the site:

http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/

Tony Leamon - still on bail!

As readers will be aware, yesterday should have been the day that Celtic League activist Tony Leamon answered his bail at Camborne police station.

The Celtic League ran this story on their news pages, thinking that Tony may at last be taken off bail for lack of any evidence against him. A demonstration outside Camborne police station had been planned by Branch activists and so had a campaign of coordinated activity to contact Camborne police station asking about Tony's welfare, by email and telephone, from across the world.

However, just before Tony left his house yesterday, two police officers called round and told him that his bail would be delayed until 2nd July 2008.

Whether this was a calculated attempt by the police to avoid any negative publicity in the press for themselves or whether it was because they can find no evidence whatsoever to charge Tony with, we will probably never know.

The CPW feeling is that the truth lies somewhere between the two scenarios. What is clear though, after this bail date, is that Tony’s support is growing at an incredible rate. The longer Tony is on bail the more people around the world are becoming aware of the injustice that he is being subjected to by the Devon and Cornwall colonial police.

Emails of support have been coming in to the CPW team and others from as far afield as USA, Canada, France, Spain, Australia and Malaysia, in addition to the support base in the celtic countries.

Yesterday, after the visit from the police, Tony contacted his solicitor to complain about the length of bail that he has now received and to see if something could be done about it. His solicitor told him that the police can keep him on bail for as long as necessary and that it is only the time spend at the police station, being interrogated that actually maters. By July Tony will have been on bail for 10 months and has been interrogated for 18 to 20 hours.

After arrest the police can only keep you at the police station for a maximum of 24 hours before being charged. However, solicitor friend that Tony has also been in contact with told him that he had never heard of such an extended bail period before.

This weekend at the Annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival and Highland Games in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, a flyer about Tony’s treatment will be distributed to visitors from the Cornwall stall and people will be able to add their name and contact details to a distribution list to be kept informed about further developments.

Also a support fund has been set up for Tony to cover any legal costs. Also see this link for further details.

We at the Celtic Warrior recognize the great courage being shown by Mr Tony Leamon in the face of the Colonial police who occupy Kernow. Our thoughts and best wishes are with you and as soon as news of the support fund is announced, you can rest assured that we shall be contributing as should all good Celts ! United we stand against the Imperialists !

We like this one found on an Irish website:

TO BE A BRAVE CELT

By day and by night
We shall fight that good fight
Seizing back what is ours
And making it right

Its our history, our culture and our language too
For we are not English but Cornish right through!

They may take our books and flags away
Little they know, we're right here to stay
Black uniforms and guns in their raids by night
Their English law used to cause us much fright

Its our history, our culture and our language too
For we are not English but Cornish right through!

Many people have fought this battle for years
And they have endured both misery and
we remain stubborn and at end of the day
Our deep held beliefs shall win us our way

Its our history, our culture and our language too
For we are not English but Cornish right through!

(Dedicated to Tony Leamon)


Very emotive and so very true ! Follow the Tony Leamon story here:

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/support-tony-leamon-pacifist-celtic-cornish-activist

Tony Leamon gains world wide support

This incredible piece of poetry has been penned by a Welsh supporter of Tony Leamon.
Celtic brotherhood will overcome any Imperial or Colonial System !

http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/ - well worth a visit!

DEDICATED TO TONY FROM A SUPPORTER IN WALES

There's a man I'd like to meet, Tony Leamon is his name
He's the one in Kernow the Colonial Police want to frame
A very brave Cornishman he is, as Celtic as me and you
And although much persecuted, the views he holds are true
This great big generous Falmouth boy travels everywhere on a bus
He's the Cornish terrorist you know, the one they want to bust
He's read a John Angarrack book, you see, this but one of his crimes
And for that the foreign Chief of Police wants the man to do his time
He dares to fly many St. Piran's flags in his homeland too
And through English eyes this makes him a criminal right through
His father's an old war vet, with English medals cross his chest
But now this counts for nothing, for being Cornish is second best
He speaks the Cornish Language, another very suspicious sign
The way things are going, they'll make it a fixed penalty fine
He uses the email system, mobile phones and the internet
Most odd for a Cornish lad who they assume weak of head
So when the armoured and armed Colonial boys on his door did beat
Little did poor old Tony know, he'd be off for the custody suite
They refused to call him Cornish, West Country was their best
And through hours of interrogation, he failed to pass their test
There's no such thing as Cornish and you're a criminal they implied
And those who've told you otherwise have spoken naught but lies
And although he fights with cancer, and battles with the pain
Tony Leamon's a man of Celtic steel, not for him to be lame
And from all around the whole wide world, from both far and near
Came message of support, offers of cash, and greetings of good cheer
For this honest Celtic lad, the Colonial Police can't just let him be
Born a Cornishman his only crime to be an activist and to disagree

TONY LEAMON - Cornish Campaigner 'tortured' by Police

This is very much a story in progress. A source from the USA who is a Celtic Campaigner has contacted us with news about a Cornish Campaigner called Tony Leamon who is from Falmouth, Kernow.

Apparently, this man was arrested followed a house raid by the police force which covers Kernow and which is run from across the border and into England. The arrest occurred last September, 2007 and the police caused much distress to Mr Leamon's elderly family in trashing his house and seizing goods.

Now eight months on, the police still have him on restrictive bail without charge.

We all know that members of the English Imperial State like to cause as much distress as possible and this is a classic example.

All Celtic peoples' thoughts will be with Tony Leamon right now.

A fuller account of the whole affair can be found here:

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/support-tony-leamon-pacifist-celtic-cornish-activist

and here:

http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/police-harrassment-cornwall-1984-meets-21st-century