I was joyous to receive the following news from Kernow:
I've received two emails within the past five minutes informing me that the Colonial Occupation forces in Cornwall have just visited Tony Leamon to tell him that he does not have to answer his bail tomorrow as planned.All charges against Tony Leamon have been DROPPED!!!After eleven months of hell he is now a free man!
Every now and again a victory comes to someone who deserves it.Many thanks to everyone who wrote letters and made telephone calls over the past 11 months.It appears to have paid off!
All the Best,Charles McLaughlin
Albuquerque, NM, USA
and
Please note that Tony Leamon was, this night, informed personally by his investigating officer, that he was released without charge!!!Eleven months later, and having confiscated his flags, his computer and John A. books, been interviewed three times and had two cancelled at the eleventh hour, he's been told he's done nothing wrong.He knew that; we knew that, but hey, what's an armed squad, 20 hours of police interviews and 11 months of hell, between friends...He's at home shaking and crying, of relief and happiness, and will, in time, thank you all for the tremendous and on-going support you have shown.A great victory for justice and for Cornwall.
Iwan
Tony, our Celtic Comrade, we are pleased to have helped you insome small way. Now do us all a favour and sue the Colonial Police and the Press !!!
Showing posts with label Tony Leamon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tony Leamon. Show all posts
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Cornish Celt Tony Leamon - We don't believe it !!
We have just picked this piece of news up from across on this blog which follows the shennanigans of the Keystone Kops alias the Devon @ Colonial Cornwall Constabulary:
http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Tony Leamon’s bail delayed again!
Tony must surely be at the end of his tether.
In an email to CPW, Tony Leamon said:“I was to have answered my bail today at 3 pm. At 11am this morning I had DC 196 Hampson on my door at 11am delaying the interview until the 31st July.
I AM sitting here shaking like a jelly.
Surely this delaying tactic is against the law!
My solicitor rang up yesterday to confirm the date-which they did.
So I got everything prepared. Now I am delayed to the 3st July at 3 pm.
This is the second time they have cancelled my hearing at the last moment. I am sure such delaying and shock inducing tactics are illegal somewhere, but clearly not in Cornwall.
It will be over 10 months since I was arrested, and I still haven’t been charged.
Arrested, yes. But not charged. I have been interviewed for over 18 hours, have had my computer, mobile phones, paperwork, flags, and John Angarrk books seized, ad still no charge.
I asked DC Hampson why he couldn’t get things organised.
He said it was “out of his hands”.
I asked if that was so, could I be seen by the person in whose hands it was.
Again, he said, it was out of his hands.
The term monkey and organ grinder come to mind.Speak to all later. Please keep emailing the West Briton, and ringing the police station.”
The journalist allegedly dealing with the story is to be found at: gharris@c-dm.co.uk
or her boss at: andy.cooper@c-dm.co.uk
CPW condemn the treatment that Devon and Cornwall police is meting out to Tony, whose only crime is to campaign for what he believes in.
We at the Celtic Warrior also fully condemn the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary aka the English Colonial Police in Cornwall for causing a life of pure misery on poor Tony Leamon. May they rot in hell particularly when on the same day, the plods release this story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7485869.stm
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Disciplinary panel for force boss
A senior manager at Devon and Cornwall Police is to face a disciplinary panel after an inquiry into the force's job evaluation exercise in 2005.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said Colin Papworth, interim director of finance and resources, would face its panel.
The force said he had been suspended, but declined to comment any further.
The job evaluation which led to a review of salary scales led to staff protests outside police headquarters.
Chief Constable Maria Wallis, who was also under IPCC investigation for her role in the evaluation, quit in 2006.
No action was taken against her as a result of the inquiry.
Paid fairly
The force backed down over the review which Mrs Wallis authorised and which proposed cutting hundreds of civilian workers' salaries by thousands of pounds.
The force said the pay review had been designed to ensure staff were paid fairly.
The IPCC said a full report into Mr Papworth's disciplinary hearing would be published once proceedings had finished.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: "In line with the police authority's human resources policy this decision has led to his suspension, with immediate effect.
"We are unable to comment further on this issue until any disciplinary action is concluded."
What is going on with this joke for a fucking police police force ?
Any answers, suggestions, comments please to us at the Celtic Warrior:
thecelticwarrior@googlemail.com
http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Tony Leamon’s bail delayed again!
Tony must surely be at the end of his tether.
In an email to CPW, Tony Leamon said:“I was to have answered my bail today at 3 pm. At 11am this morning I had DC 196 Hampson on my door at 11am delaying the interview until the 31st July.
I AM sitting here shaking like a jelly.
Surely this delaying tactic is against the law!
My solicitor rang up yesterday to confirm the date-which they did.
So I got everything prepared. Now I am delayed to the 3st July at 3 pm.
This is the second time they have cancelled my hearing at the last moment. I am sure such delaying and shock inducing tactics are illegal somewhere, but clearly not in Cornwall.
It will be over 10 months since I was arrested, and I still haven’t been charged.
Arrested, yes. But not charged. I have been interviewed for over 18 hours, have had my computer, mobile phones, paperwork, flags, and John Angarrk books seized, ad still no charge.
I asked DC Hampson why he couldn’t get things organised.
He said it was “out of his hands”.
I asked if that was so, could I be seen by the person in whose hands it was.
Again, he said, it was out of his hands.
The term monkey and organ grinder come to mind.Speak to all later. Please keep emailing the West Briton, and ringing the police station.”
The journalist allegedly dealing with the story is to be found at: gharris@c-dm.co.uk
or her boss at: andy.cooper@c-dm.co.uk
CPW condemn the treatment that Devon and Cornwall police is meting out to Tony, whose only crime is to campaign for what he believes in.
We at the Celtic Warrior also fully condemn the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary aka the English Colonial Police in Cornwall for causing a life of pure misery on poor Tony Leamon. May they rot in hell particularly when on the same day, the plods release this story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7485869.stm
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Disciplinary panel for force boss
A senior manager at Devon and Cornwall Police is to face a disciplinary panel after an inquiry into the force's job evaluation exercise in 2005.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said Colin Papworth, interim director of finance and resources, would face its panel.
The force said he had been suspended, but declined to comment any further.
The job evaluation which led to a review of salary scales led to staff protests outside police headquarters.
Chief Constable Maria Wallis, who was also under IPCC investigation for her role in the evaluation, quit in 2006.
No action was taken against her as a result of the inquiry.
Paid fairly
The force backed down over the review which Mrs Wallis authorised and which proposed cutting hundreds of civilian workers' salaries by thousands of pounds.
The force said the pay review had been designed to ensure staff were paid fairly.
The IPCC said a full report into Mr Papworth's disciplinary hearing would be published once proceedings had finished.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: "In line with the police authority's human resources policy this decision has led to his suspension, with immediate effect.
"We are unable to comment further on this issue until any disciplinary action is concluded."
What is going on with this joke for a fucking police police force ?
Any answers, suggestions, comments please to us at the Celtic Warrior:
thecelticwarrior@googlemail.com
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Tony Leamon - Kernow/Cornwall's Michael Collins shows bravery in the face of the Imperial & Colonial Police
This just in from the Tony Leamon support group. A direct and very dignified message from Mr Leamon himself:
"My temperament is a lot better these day because I think the police are finally showing how weak their case is. I am almost looking forward to my next bail hearing on July 2nd.
Of course this is still affecting me and my family. My father,94, is still terrified of the police at the door. In my entire life I do not remember the police having to knock on our front door in anger.
My mother, who is slowly recovering from her bi lateral mastectomy, is keeping a brave face on all this, as all mothers do.
One thing that has given us all strength is the support I have received from complete strangers. Everything from people who recognise me in the street, to emails from other continents. Every time I type my name into Google, and see all the hits, my heat soars. Not just for me, but for all of the little people who fall foul of the state.
I answer my bail on Wednesday, July 2nd, at 3pm. I'm going to Camborne Police Station again. I have spoken to the West Briton, our local paper, and they hope to have a reporter present. I ask that anyone who can make it stands outside the police station, with a Cornish flag, Do so politely, and with the dignity we all have. If you cannot make it, give them a ring, stating it is non urgent, and then state you are enquiring about the progress of Mr Leamon's case.
Please do not use any aggression, or intimidation with them. They are only doing their job.
I thank all my friends, from all over the world who are giving me their support.
Kernow Bys Vyken - Cornwall forever !"
"My temperament is a lot better these day because I think the police are finally showing how weak their case is. I am almost looking forward to my next bail hearing on July 2nd.
Of course this is still affecting me and my family. My father,94, is still terrified of the police at the door. In my entire life I do not remember the police having to knock on our front door in anger.
My mother, who is slowly recovering from her bi lateral mastectomy, is keeping a brave face on all this, as all mothers do.
One thing that has given us all strength is the support I have received from complete strangers. Everything from people who recognise me in the street, to emails from other continents. Every time I type my name into Google, and see all the hits, my heat soars. Not just for me, but for all of the little people who fall foul of the state.
I answer my bail on Wednesday, July 2nd, at 3pm. I'm going to Camborne Police Station again. I have spoken to the West Briton, our local paper, and they hope to have a reporter present. I ask that anyone who can make it stands outside the police station, with a Cornish flag, Do so politely, and with the dignity we all have. If you cannot make it, give them a ring, stating it is non urgent, and then state you are enquiring about the progress of Mr Leamon's case.
Please do not use any aggression, or intimidation with them. They are only doing their job.
I thank all my friends, from all over the world who are giving me their support.
Kernow Bys Vyken - Cornwall forever !"
Thursday, 5 June 2008
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 !
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 !
Sunday, 25 May 2008
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'
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'
Monday, 12 May 2008
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
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
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