Contra Cabal 880-36-05 - The Plod Thickens - Roy Martin Mincoff, Jeremy Dear, Michelle Stanistreet, Chris Wheal

The Plod Thickens

Conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice

National Union of Journalists
Scottish Organiser and Glasgow Branch

Despite refutation of a proposed unlawful hearing of a complaint originated by Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary and Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ Deputy General Secretary (who coopted Barry Fitzpatrick, NUJ Head of Publishing and FoC NUJ Officials Chapel to file a false, misleading, and vexatious complaint against an NUJ member), NUJ Glasgow Branch claims to have held a hearing (10 Jun 10) which found “a case to answer” in absentia.

Glasgow Branch convened a “kangaroo court” to unlawfully railroad an NUJ member in violation of NUJ Rules 2010 and Scottish law then referred the complaint to National Executive Council (NEC) for disciplinary action. They did not provide: notice of a hearing; documents substantiating their claims; reference to the NUJ rule under which they brought charges; minutes of relevant issues; and, names of hearing participants. By that, they extended a campaign of harassment of an NUJ member to a seemingly unprecedented level. NUJ procedures require investigation and adjudication of disciplinary issues by NUJ Ethics Council.

Strathclyde Police received (16 Jun 10) a comprehensive referral with the expectation of investigation of alleged criminal activity by NUJ Scottish officials and Glasgow Branch officers: Paul Holleran, NUJ Scottish Organiser; Ruth Allen, NUJ Glasgow Branch Chair; Joan MacDonald, NUJ Glasgow Branch Secretary; James Doherty, NUJ Glasgow Branch National Executive Council Member; John Matthews, NUJ Glasgow Branch Chair pro tem; and, DeeDee Cuddihy, NUJ Glasgow Branch Secretary pro tem.

Metropolitan Police received (25 Jun 10) a comprehensive referral with the expectation of investigation of alleged criminal activity by NUJ Head Office officials, officers and staff members: Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary; Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ Deputy General Secretary; Barry Fitzpatrick, NUJ Head of Publishing; Gayle Baldwin, NUJ Executive Personal Assistant; Sharon Gilbert, NUJ Membership Secretary; and, Audrey Witter, NUJ Minutes Secretary.

The referrals allege that they, jointly and severally, committed criminal acts and the Referrer expects a police investigation and action by Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) upon a finding of probable cause.

Dear and Stanistreet originated, and Fitzpatrick filed, a complaint in Scotland (a devolved jurisdiction). By that, they allegedly committed a criminal act to cover up: media blackout; harassment; denial of legal support; and abuse of an elderly member. They made a series of false, misleading, actionable assertions not supported by facts that NUJ Glasgow has accepted without question and with malice aforethought.

No details about these particular referrals will appear on these pages in anticipation of a finding of probable cause by Strathclyde and Metropolitan Police also action by Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).



	Dear



	Stanistreet

NUJ employs a rogue lawyer (Roy Martin Mincoff #112029) as in-house solicitor. Presently subject to investigation by Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for gross professional misconduct and other alleged criminal activities, Mincoff continues to support Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary and Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ Deputy General Secretary in alleged criminal activity now under investigation by Strathclyde and Metropolitan (Camden) Police.

Mincoff makes politically expedient decisions regardless of rules and law by preemption of due process and obstruction of justice. Unable to put words together themselves, Dear and Stanistreet parrot everything that Mincoff tells them and NUJ illegal activity (which includes fraud, computer crime and money laundering) has now reached proportions which could easily classify as organised crime normally investigated by Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

Mincoff has effectively used similar tactics to those a mafia used a decade ago to silence the member after he exposed crimes in Seattle. That mafia filed false and malicious criminal charges against the member with police which resulted in him going to jail. A Washington Supreme Court unanimous finding by nine judges absolved him of any wrongdoing. Mincoff, in a consort with Dear and Stanistreet, has now adopted similar illegal tactics to cover up crimes committed by NUJ officials. [Without Let or Hindrance]

Referrals to police in several jurisdictions allege criminal activity under: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007; Solicitors Act 1974; Administration of Justice Act 1985; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990; Fraud Act 2006; Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006; Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; and, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

NUJ officials filed new criminal allegations against the member (28 Jun 10), according to Metropolitan Police (Camden). False and malicious, the allegations exposed the member to risk of arrest, imprisonment pending trial, and possible wrongful conviction and sentence. By that, NUJ attempted either to preempt or to evade police investigation of the criminal referrals already recorded against them, thereby perverting the course of justice.

Strathclyde Police assigned an Inspector to conduct initial investigations into allegations contained in an incident referral (15 Jun 10). Metropolitan Police (Camden) confirmed assignment of a Detective Chief Inspector to investigate the most recent incident referral (25 Jun 10). Both reports cite NUJ officials and staff for alleged crimes. [A Patent Stitch-up]

The original referrals remain sub judice while they await a definitive response by the designated Strathclyde and Metropolitan (Camden) officers. The author has voluntarily withheld comment on the fraudulent NUJ referral (28 Jun 10), and the bizarre response to it by a Camden police constable, pending a written explanation by the Detective Chief Inspector (DCI). [Strathclyde Police - Précis]

nota bene

Upon publication of this article, Christopher Graham Wheal, an NUJ officer, used an unprovoked and dastardly email attack to threaten grievous bodily harm. It required use of a dictionary to define his gutter language which construed as a death threat when applied to a man seventy-seven years of age. Metropolitan Police (Camden) has received information claiming that Wheal committed a criminal offence by threatening grievous bodily harm in violation of Protection from Harassment Act 1997, Section 4.


	Whealie, NUJ-Left Thug
		Will you piss off with your inane ramblings. My nephew was killed in a tragic accident on Tuesday and all I get is wank from you. Now take me off your email list, or better still, fuck off and die you complete and utter tosser. One more peep from you and if I bring harassment charges you'll be lucky. I find you personally I'll fucking break your legs. [sic] Christopher Graham Wheal, NUJ Officer.*
	*tosser. A derogatory term for a stupid, irritating, or ridiculous person.

Wheal, an NUJ officer and Chair, NUJ Professional Training Committee, also Chair, NUJ Extra (Charity) manages Wheal Associates (which provides editorial services), located at 3 Overcliff Road, Lewisham, London SE13 7UB, with his wife Kate Wheal.

Wheal claims that when NUJ set up the Professional Training Committee in 2002 (a program partly funded by a government grant) he received the highest number of votes and became its founding chair with re-election ever since.

NUJ obtained those funds (2005), from which Wheal benefitted, by feigning solidarity with a member. Dear has since unlawfully withheld member accounting documents so that the extent of financial benefit to Wheal and other sycophants remains unknown.

To obtain the grant, Dear and Mincoff colluded in a cover-up of HM Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dereliction. In a distinct conflict of interest, they negotiated a £262,000.00 quid pro quo with Gareth R Thomas MP (former Minister of State, Department for International Development) and Jack Straw MP (former Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor). By that, they denied an NUJ member due process of law.
[Without Let or Hindrance]

The author has neither had any contact with Wheal nor has he written about him. Wheal received a routine media release (as do all NUJ officers, staff, and several thousand members under an opt-out program) and has not previously requested that his name be removed from the mailing list.


	Dear Stanistreet Fitzpatrick

	Stitch-up of an NUJ member by three highly paid NUJ officials.

NUJ officials and staff must maintain a high-level duty of care which means that they must not commit any act that could harm members. If they do not satisfactorily meet that standard, then they have a legal obligation to consider those adversely affected by acts or omissions and to make reparation.

The term "duty of care" has fiduciary significance and wide legal interpretation for trade unions. In particular, it describes an obligation imposed by law (tort in UK or delict in Scotland) which applies to NUJ officials and staff.

That obligation forms part of the fiduciary duty owed by all trade union officials and their staff to members. The standard that they maintain must reach at least the level of responsibility that a sensible person upholds. They must also exercise reasonable care to protect member interests from harm by others.

Those laws require conduct and consideration which insures that members do not suffer from wrongdoing or unjust actions. Officials must not by law violate member rights through willful blindness or negligence.

Ironically, UNICORN (financed by grants from charitable trusts receives in-kind support from trade unions) claims to make “a unique contribution to the global fight against bribery and corruption by mobilising the strengths of the trade union movement” to increase awareness and use of anti-corruption instruments, to campaign for measures to protect whistleblowers and to support trade union anti-corruption activities. [Unicorn]

UNICORN’S own mission statement precisely describes NUJ activities: “Bribery and corruption distort political and economic decision-making, leading to a misallocation of resources. This undermines democracy, impedes development, damages the environment, erodes governance, reduces the quality of public services and denies citizens [including trade union members] their civil, political, economic and social rights. In the workplace, bribery and corruption threaten workers' rights, safety and jobs and create climates of fear”.

UNICORN needs to start investigating some trade unions which have become riddled with corruption, in particular National Union of Journalists (NUJ) now under police investigation for alleged fraud and abuse of its own mandates also neglect to provide a duty of care to its members.

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Jeremy Dear
NUJ General Secretary

Jeremy Dear, the sociopathic NUJ General Secretary who promotes diabolical Marxist ideologies, does not personally suffer the havoc that he wreaks upon members. [Sociopath] [Patent Stitch-up]

During NUJ fiscal year 2009:
a time of recession and unemployment with reduced NUJ membership; a £4 million asset loss; and, a decision to increase member dues; Dear received a 6% salary/benefits increase plus travel expenses and subsistence.

2008 £73,990.00/pa

2009 £78,349.00/pa

A raise of £4,359.00 (5.56%)

[NUJ Annual Returns]

During the same period:

Dear denied members service for which they paid dues; cancelled an international press card arbitrarily; refused access to documents that prove misappropriation of funds; prevented access to the member section of NUJ web site; denied legal representation; harassed elderly members; prohibited access to Southport ADM without cause; and, promoted a Marxist splinter group using NUJ resources.

National Union of Journalists

NUJ Cabal (clique) consists of an exclusive group of officials and officers who usurp power for political expedience in violation of Trade Union
and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

Participants

Jeremy Dear
General Secretary

Michelle Stanistreet
Deputy General Secretary

John Toner
UK Freelance Organiser

Paul Holleran
Scottish Organiser

Barry Fitzpatrick
NUJ Head of Publishing

Christine L Buckley
Editor, Journalist Magazine

Claire S Kirby
(former In-house Solicitor now at Thompsons Solicitors)

Roy M Mincoff
In-house Solicitor

Bernard Roche
Finance Manager

Peter Murray
President and NEC Chairperson

James Doherty
NUJ/NEC member

Philip Sutcliffe
NUJ/NEC member

Accessories after the Fact

David Miliband MP,
Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs;

Sir Peter Ricketts,
Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service;

Sir Nigel Sheinwald,
British Ambassador to the United States;

Jack Straw MP,
Former Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor;

Gareth Thomas MP,
Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development;

currently collude in a cover-up of HM Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dereliction.

[Without Let or Hindrance]

Alleged: NUJ Cabal participants have jointly and severally denied due process of law to members and obstructed justice.

Fraudulent Denial of
NUJ Member Services

Judge James A Doerty, Washington Superior Court (Seattle) claimed that interviews by journalists with willing sources defined as harassment and that news gathering constituted illegal surveillance and stalking then jailed Paul Trummel "the Journalist" (approaching seventy years of age) without trial or legal counsel contrary to international law.
[Kafkaesque Experiences]

The London-born, grammar school student, Fleet Street indentured apprentice, military veteran, university professor, and National Union of Journalists member, could not comply with an ambiguous and illegal catch-22 that Doerty used to place a prior restraint on free speech. Doerty ordered removal of EU hosted web sites that exposed homicide and elder abuse by his Zionist keepers.
[Censored Articles]

With full knowledge of the imminent jailing, Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary and Claire S Kirby (then NUJ in-house solicitor) neglected to act under Vienna Convention and other international laws. They delayed then denied solidarity and support guaranteed by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
[Solidarity]
[Solidarity Statements]

Timothy R Gopsill, Editor, Journalist (NUJ magazine) orchestrated a seven-year, media blackout to cover up the neglect by Dear and Kirby which prevented NUJ members from knowing about the case and providing their support. Gopsill also invoked an illegal prior restraint with British Broadcasting Corporation and Press Gazette to insure that they followed suit.
[The Fifth Estate]

David C Broom, British Consul (Seattle) colluded with Doerty to ratchet up coercion which allowed Doerty to transfer the Journalist to incommunicado solitary confinement among murderers and rapists. The Journalist languished in jail for 111 days of an indeterminate sentence and experienced several near-death experiences before release on a writ similar to habeas corpus.
[Metamorphosis]

Five international media and civil rights amicus curiae argued the case in Washington Supreme Court. In a unanimous finding by nine judges, supreme court reversed all Doerty's decisions which absolved the Journalist of wrongdoing.
[Washington Supreme Court]

Dear and Roy Martin Mincoff (present NUJ in-house solicitor), while feigning solidarity, actually colluded in a cover up of HM Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dereliction by negotiating a £262,000.00 quid pro quo in a distinct conflict of interest with Gareth R Thomas MP (Harrow West), Minister of State, Department for International Development (the Journalist's MP) and Jack Straw MP, now Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor.
[Quid Pro Quo]

The Law Society, Legal Complaints Service (LCS) has found probable cause that Kirby and Mincoff committed professional misconduct and initiated action by Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Meanwhile, Mincoff abused LCS resolution processes by providing false and misleading information.
[Mincoffs Flying Circus]

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It looks to me like a series of internal institutional corruptions where the victim ends up in solitary confinement without a trial and with his life at risk.

When a child errs, he/she is usually instructed by the parent responsible for the child’s emotional and spiritual well-being, as well as the basic health of the community as a whole, to "admit and make restitution".

What does an institution do when it errs? In these cases each has instituted a series of cover-ups and it appears the only way any of the people involved believe they can extricate themselves is to hope that the victim dies, try to kill him overtly, apply continued pressure, or act illegally to wipe him out of existence. These are not healthy institutions.

It is incredible that the characters in this play consist of two presidents of universities, a falsely qualified dean of a university graduate program, directors of apartments for independent living, a phony UK consul general, and officials of a national union of journalists who are supposed to be public gatekeepers, yet all evidence points in that direction.

None of these institutions follow the advice given even by a responsible parent to a child. By any means, each institution has felt it necessary to exchange one man's life and reputation in order to cover up it's own institutional failure. Not only that, but as time goes on and harassment continues, each has increasingly involved more and more innocent people in their machinations, thus producing more victims.

Obviously, in the minds of these administrators, the institution takes precedence, no matter who dies, who goes to jail, or who becomes innocently and illegally involved.

It is an appalling scenario for vulnerable citizens who depend upon the ethical behavior and honesty of their institutions - the elderly for security of person as in the independent living scenario, or in the instance of the universities, the students for faith in honesty for the tuition they pay, the governments for security of persons for whom they are accountable, or for the journalist unions for preserving the integrity of the fourth estate.

These are institutions who have behaved irresponsibly, yet they are responsible for hundreds of people temporarily under their care. They are institutions that have been corrupted and in need of reform.

Inasmuch as they refuse to reform themselves, for the sake of the people they serve, it seems that a combination of exposure and legal action in a real court of justice or an independent public inquiry, complete with a real investigation, is the only recourse.

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