11 January (Part 2) - You don’t have to be an idiot to rise to the top of Kent Police…
The following is not the original blog but an announcement placed here in February 2025
as part of the long term project to progressively restore old blogs.
A dishonest statement made by a Conservative Councillor in December 2017 persuaded
Kent Police to charge me with harassment for a series of supportive blogs. (The Councillor’s solicitor accepted that they were
supportive). Further blogs revealed that the same Councillor had been involved
in a High Court libel case. The BiB blogs were supported by a libel lawyer, a
media lawyer and the MP for Erith and Thamesmead.
Among many dishonest statements to Kent Police was that I invented the ‘Guilty’ verdict
recorded on Bexley Council’s website and that the verdict was in fact ‘Not Guilty’. An
outright lie! As if that was not sufficiently obvious from the evidence the
Statement went on to say that Bexley’s decision was being considered by the Councillor for
Judicial Review. Found ’Not Guilty’ but challenging the verdict in Court! A clear contradiction of one statement by another.
Sergeant Robbie Cooke based in Swanley ignored the obvious inconsistencies and without reference
to the CPS decided my support for the Councillor was Harassment and the entirely factual reporting of
the High Court Libel case merely exacerbated it.
The CPS dropped the case just hours before it was due to be heard in Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court
I subsequently asked Kent Police to take action against the Councillor who made 13 untrue statements
in support of the accusations. All the complaints were rejected and the
Chief Constable himself said I could not pursue a complaint because I was not
the victim of the Councillor’s false claim. I was named in it 22 times.
My MP took up the case but was thwarted by the Police and Crime Commissioner’s
Office. The Commissioner was at one time a Bexley Councillor who sat alongside the dishonest Councillor.
This blog was removed on 2nd June 2019 but an archived copy remains available to legitimate enquirers.