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Open letter to Mrs Elizabeth Windsor

By John Hirst

Open letter to Mrs Elizabeth Windsor

Dear Maam

I think it is a good value to have, in this climate, a duty as a citizen to keep the peace and be of good behaviour towards all.

I am not at war with anyone.

Therefore, why has my peace been disturbed by firstly a Park Warden called Carl Walker? Secondly, a police inspector? Thirdly, 6 coppers who knocked at my door then told me I was under arrest and jerked my arms up my back to put rigid handcuffs on and then put me in the back of a police van that looked like a dog kennel. Then poor Rocky, my Rescue Dog, was grabbed with a choker wire and dragged unceremoniously into another police van and we were both taken to the Queens Garden Police Station, where that poor man died and they laughed for 11 minutes. Whilst I was in the cell, I could hear Rocky pitifully yipping in distress. It must have been torture for him. We were both in there for 5 hours.

I was charged with assault and being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.

As you know, the CPS offered no evidence against me.

The judge said I was not guilty on both counts.

In my view, the case should have been dismissed.

However, the judge ordered that I be bound over to keep the peace otherwise I have to pay you the sum of £500.

I live below the poverty line.

My bank NatWest has robbed me of hundreds of pounds of my Job Seekers Allowance.

My gas has gone up 107% in less than a year.

I could go on.

I would appreciate it if you could put an end to this nonsense.

Free the "Free Lunch Two".

Your almost law-abiding citizen

John Hirst (formally known as your guest F78903)
Jailhouselawyer in the blogosphere and net generally
not forgetting Rocky.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).