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Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:08 PM
Subject: False charge of threatened assault
(European Parliament reference Number: Petition 809/2001)
European Union reference: Petition 809/2001
(relating to a FALSE
charge of threatened assault).
Dear Mr Hamilton,
(1) On July 23rd 2002 the local
Policeman (Garda Thomas Kenny) delivered a summons
(by hand) requiring me to appear at Loughrea District Court on
September 11th 2002.
I pointed out to
Garda Kenny when he delivered the summons that the allegation of
threatened assault was false. He seemed
sympathetic, especially regarding the fact that he had been asked to
deliver a similar summons to my brother, who he told me he has known
for 20 years or so, and who is due to appear as a witness in
connection with this false allegation. I stressed to Garda Kenny
that I did not even
THINK of assaulting the person in question (Mr.
Enda Hoey, from Galway County Council), let
alone threaten to assault him. It is true that
I very suddenly got very angry with Mr Hoey after he totally
refused to view one of the
illegal sewage discharges going into the river about
100 yards or so from where we were both standing at the time, and that
I shouted at him twice in rapid succession - immediately
following his highly provocative refusal to take a look at the illegal
sewage discharge - to get off our property: which he was
standing on at the time.
When Garda Kenny left after his visit on July 23rd
2002, I had hoped that he would discuss what I had pointed out to him
regarding the false charge of threatened assault with his immediate
superior who I understand is Superintendent Martin Lally
(at Loughrea Police Station).
(2) One week later (on July 30th
2002), and having heard nothing from Garda Kenny in the meantime, I
then called to the District Court Office in Loughrea and spoke with
Mr. Brendan McDonald - whose signature appears on the
summons. I related to him what I had earlier related to Garda
Kenny regarding the false charge. While Mr. McDonald was willing
to listen to what I had to say, his main response seemed to be that
everything was in order with the summons as far as he was concerned.
Nevertheless, I had hoped that he might make some checks after I had
left his office, and that I might be contacted by somebody later.
In the event, I have not heard anything from Mr McDonald (or anybody
else) since.
(3) On August 2nd 2002 I
telephoned your Office and had a lengthy conversation with a lady who
told me her name was Orla Flood (of the Communications &
Development Unit). As in the case of Garda Kenny, and
Mr McDonald, I stressed that I was being falsely accused of
threatening assault, and asked if I could have an e-mail address for
your Office so that I could present my version of events to you (which
is almost entirely Internet based). After taking all the
reference details of my case Ms Flood told me that it was NOT
possible for her to let me have an e-mail address for your Office.
Towards the end of our conversation I suggested that she discuss my
situation with colleagues, and I further suggested that if she changed
her mind she could leave an e-mail address for your Office on my
answering machine. I have not heard anything from Ms Flood
since; and,
it for this reason that the e-mail address I am using for you in this
e-mail is one that Mr McDonald gave me for the District Court Office
in Loughrea on July 30th 2002 when I called to see him.
Unless I am advised otherwise, I will assume that Mr McDonald will
forward this e-mail to your Office without delay. I feel I
should also add that this ONGOING situation does not
seem at all satisfactory to me: I feel I
have been forced (by a civil servant) to use a WRONG e-mail address
for the Director of Public Prosecutions while in the process of trying
to defend myself against a false charge of threatened assault ???
I find this extremely worrying.
(4) A copy of the summons Garda
Kenny delivered to me on July 23rd 2002 can be seen at the following
www page address:
Background information to Mr Hoey's visit to
New Inn Village on May 1st 2002 can be seen at:
Further information relating to the
ONGOING illegal sewage
discharges in the middle of New Inn village referred to in the
paragraph above can be seen at www page address:
(5) All things considered, I now
take the view that the summons requiring myself (and my brother) to
appear in Lougrea District Court on September 11th 2002 is
an attempt by the State to criminalise and discredit me:
in response to the fact that I have been attempting to
challenge State corruption here in the Republic of Ireland
for some time now. Part of my efforts at challenging State
corruption can be seen at the following www page address:
I would be very grateful to you if you could take
particular note of paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 at the
www page address immediately above - which relate
to the Waste Management (Amendment) Act, 2001.)
In so far as I can judge, and for the reasons stated, this Act
appears to be very clearly in breach of Article 28A of
the Constitution. In what looks like an "add-on" attempt to
deceive the general public into accepting a law which they know to
be invalid and bogus
(and a
direct product of State corruption), the Government
seems to have removed the text of the Constitution
from their own web site: which is why the link on
the above www page to Article 28A is not working at
the present time. I am not sure when exactly the Government
decided to remove the text of the Constitution from their web site;
I do know though that on EVERY occasion I checked it during the past
month or so it was ALWAYS unavailable. I also notice that
copies of the Constitution are no longer available from any of
the larger bookshops which used to stock them in places such as
Galway City and Athlone, and it seems reasonable for me to assume
that this pattern holds true nationwide.
(6) I have tried on several
occasions during recent years to protect my own interests from State
corruption by seeking the help of lawyers here in the Republic of
Ireland: only to find that they very
clearly do not consider it to be in their best interests to provide
such help.
One example of this arose in connection with the
illegal sewage discharges (in the village where I live)
that I have referred to above. Please note that of the
eleven law firms I contacted (listed on the www page
immediately below) NONE of them were willing to
give any clear indication that they would help. Several did
not even reply - including the two that are based near me in
County Galway. Please see www page address:
(7) As I have NO HOPE
of finding a lawyer here in the Republic of Ireland who is
prepared to openly set about protecting my interests against State
corruption - which now includes a false charge of threatened assault
- I feel the only thing I can do is to seek help from the
European Union. Consequently, I am copying this e-mail to
several people employed by the European Union:
with a request that one or other of the European Union
bodies dealing with social justice issues contact me - for the
purpose of providing me with adequate legal defence for this false
charge.
Consequent to the paragraph above, I
would be very grateful if you would defer the Court hearing at
present scheduled for September 11th 2002 (in Loughrea District
Court) until some later date - so that the European Union
have an opportunity to consider my request for help, and to provide
me with a written reply (to the postal address provided at the end
of this e-mail).
I would like to take this opportunity to ask the
European Union to include the false charge of
attempted assault in with the whole gamut of legal
issues connected with Petition 809/2001:
and to deal with them all together through the European Courts.
As I have stated in earlier correspondence connected with Petition
809/2001, I do not believe that the Republic of Ireland has what it
takes to purge itself of the defects
that are sustaining State corruption here. It
needs outside help in my view - of the kind I believe the European
Courts could provide. For more of the reasons why I
have felt this way for some time now, please see Section 2
of the e-mail text at www page address:
In fact, matters seem to be getting WORSE
regarding State corruption here in the Republic of Ireland:
as evidenced by the false charge of attempted assault I am now being
subjected to: which I see as a new and VERY sinister
development (in my particular case).
There is also the matter of recently and greatly
increased spending by Government on so called "spin doctors":
whose main purpose (as I see it) seems to be to mislead the
general public and to hoodwink them out of their INDIVIDUAL rights -
provided for them under our written Constitution - through the
copious use (abuse???) of the media.
The following is a quote from The Irish Times Newspaper
edition of August 5th 2002:
"In
total, the new Government's team of policy and press advisers will
cost more than €2 million a year. Between them, the Taoiseach,
Tánaiste, Ministers and the Attorney General have employed a total
of 31 special or press advisers since early June."
(8) In passing, I would like to
point out that Mr Hoey's enthusiasm for enforcing the law appears to
be extremely anomalous in some important respects: as can be seen
from an e-mail I recently sent send to Galway County Council -
please see www page address:
(9) Finally, I would be very
grateful if you could let me have a photocopy of
the papers my brother (Mr. Gerald Finnerty) signed
in the presence of Policeman Garda Adrian J Mc Walter
and his Garda colleague (whose name is not known to me).
I have asked my brother what he told Garda Mc Walter, and he has
informed me that he simply related what happened:
" that everything was going fine up to the point you asked Mr.
Hoey to have a look at the illegal sewage discharge coming from the
Primary School, and that when he refused you suddenly started
shouting at him ". Unfortunately, my brother
seems to have no recollection of reading the papers he signed for
Garda Mc Walter; and, in addition, he seems to have no recollection
of Garda Mc Walter reading out what he wrote before he (my brother)
signed the statement. I would
ask you to take very careful note please of the fact that my brother
has been on anti-depressant drug medication for a continuous period
of several years for the reasons stated in
paragraph 9 of the e-mail text at the following www page
address:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/Galway_CC_Jn-14-2002_.htm
I look forward to receiving (from you) a
photocopy of the statement my brother signed for Garda Mc Walter
within the coming 14 days please: my postal address
is provided below.
Later today I intend to send a printed
(and signed) copy of this e-mail to you through the
registered post. Also, and mainly for the purpose of providing
a
quick translation service into other European Union
languages, I intend to add a copy of the text of this e-mail to the
following www page address sometime during this present weekend:
Sincerely,
Mr William Finnerty
"St Albans"
New Inn
Ballinasloe
County Galway
Republic of Ireland.
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