Is Marston's killing Free Speech?

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Site Team The Consumer Action Group 

Distress warrant - assaulted my partner, broke my front door, refused to show warrant- help me defeat them!

I have had two further contacts from Marston's.
Firstly - there is another callout to gravitasuk with a suggestion that he allow Martson's to investigate his complaint directly. I have not received anything so far.

Secondly Marston's have complained about some comments in this thread which they consider be defamatory. I have removed the posts containing those comments as I agree that there is a potential issue.

Please will people try to keep their comments factual and try to avoid comments which might cause us problems. It is more useful to everyone to keep the thread on track so that it remains helpful to the owner of the thread.

Thanks

I have not replied to this vein in the  http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk as it will be censured and probably not be published as it directly addresses the one firm that was responsible for the death of Andy Miller.  Before all the hounds start baying through ignorant indignation, I completely understand and empathise with the controllers and management of this website as to their unwillingness and inability to publish views of others for fear of prosecution for libel or slander.  The shame is, as with the detractors of Levison and those wanting to gag free press and open debate, that the multi-million pound rogues still push coffins around in the crematorium.  Who was it who said “Mighty is the Dollar!  To him all doors do open?”  Let us correct that statement.  Mighty is the Pound, by him all doors can be made closed.

There are within that web (http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?382413-Distress-warrant-assaulted-my-partner-broke-my-front-door-refused-to-show-warrant-help-me-defeat-them!/page2) several references to Andy Miller and Marstons Group and queries about the bailiff, a Mr Cache(!?!?) who, had he not been responsible for Mr Miller’s death, could be a figment of Marston’s publicity platform.

If the Consumer Action Group cannot answer some of the questions, let us try to here.  For this we will look at the opening statement by Mr Jack Straw the then Minister of InJustice at that inaptly name sinecure.

Report of the Investigation into the Enforcement of a Warrant against Robert Miller

Summary

  

1.    It is undoubtedly a tragedy that Robert Miller suffered a heart attack and died on 7 January 2009. Mr Miller’s death occurred whilst a bailiff from the Marston Group, acting on behalf of HMCS, had driven Mr Miller to a cash-point so that Mr Miller could pay his outstanding fine.

2.    From the investigation into this matter, which is corroborated by the Coroner’s findings, it is apparent that there is no connection between the bailiff activities carried out that day and Mr Miller’s death.

3.    It is clear from the evidence available that there were actions that could and indeed should, have been taken differently. These are set out below, in the body of the report.

4.    The entire sequence of events began with the failure of Mr Miller to pay the fine he was convicted of in court during the 18 months before he suffered his first heart attack. There were numerous opportunities for Mr Miller to do so, and he failed at each point to comply with the order of the Court. This necessitated enforcement action to be taken. In addition to this, when Mr Miller changed his address, he declined to inform the court despite his obligation to do so, which further necessitated the deployment of enforcement action. Whilst it will be of consolation to no one to know this, it is important to understand that Mr Miller had many opportunities to settle the outstanding fine but failed to do so and this obliged the court to enter into the enforcement process.

The report assumes that a frail, elderly, homeless man, in the initial state of dementia, is capable of making rational judgment.  The statement made by Mr Jack Straw that Andy had numerous occasions to notify the court does not sit well with anyone who has worked within the homeless, aged population as this medical condition is a completely mystery to the majority of willing volunteers and politicians alike, as it is to many Medical Professionals.

5  On 7 January 2009, it is clear from the conversations between members of the Miller       family and the bailiff, that Robert Miller should go to the cash-point, and that the bailiff would drive him there. This course of action was agreed between them all.

This is bailiff spin for intimidation, threats and illegal coercion at its worst.  Where does it say that the bailiff threatened to have a schoolboy –at the time at home studying for A level exams – have two schoolboys arrested for obstruction, a removal van summoned and property to the value of a speeding fine removed from the premises to cover costs?  Where does it mention that the Blackpool Court had been issued with Mr Miller’s address on the 15^th December 2008, whilst Mr Miller was still in Blackburn Royal Infirmary?  Irrelevant is the fact that Mr Miller had vacated the property at least 18 months earlier?  The home was not in his name.  Again put aside was that Mr Miller was not present but conducted a stressful and harrowing three-way conversation over the telephone with the honorable Mr Cache insulting a deriding a sick and frail veteran whilst intimidating children? 

Nowhere does Jack Straw concede that a stroke/heart attack victim ought to be protected from further stress during convalescence, a period medically suggested to be at least three months, not the thirteen days accounted by Marston’s before they sent their goon to the wrong address.

Even the DWP denied the Court access to Mr Miller’s pension, presumably because of lack of money for Mr Miller to live on.  So three tenants of the Industries own rules were being flouted and all Jack Straw and Marston's can do is to blame the victim.  Forgotten and ignored are the facts that Mr Miller was serious ill, was over 75 and had/was homeless. So much for guidelines!

What gets worse is that Labour had recently plugged a gap in Corporate Law to make industries culpable for the misdemeanours of their employees with the Corporate Homicide Act 2007.  Imagine consternation among victims when they were invited to the Ministry of Justice to voice concerns, only to find that the arbiter in that discussion, a senior MoJ official, had negotiated a contract within the bailiff industry for a lucrative job with Rossendales?  From the victims, thank you Ms Christine Sharples.(sic)   We hope you serve your new masters better than you served the tax payers as your previous employers.

Now Marston’s, Rossendale’s, Ministry of Justice, Police and feeble local politicians, TAKE ME TO COURT.

There is much more to this infamy and the Coroner, the Police and other agencies, as with in the Hillsborough debacle, are all culpable of a gross injustice if not Malfeasance.