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Old August 26th, 2009 #28
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On Tuesday, July 14 the Court of Appeal (Richards LJ, Jack J and HHJ Baker QC) gave leave to appeal against conviction on all the Internet counts, but refused leave to appeal with respect to the hard copy counts. The full appeal hearing will take place later this year, and take a day. A forfeiture hearing took place on Friday July 31st before judge Grant at Leeds. On the way to court Simon and Steve were attacked by a half caste. Simon feared that his jaw was broken, but fortunately was not the case, although he still had great difficulty eating several days later. The judge decided every contested point against Simon and contravened the letter, as well as the spirit of the law, as many items had been illegally seized by the police in the first place on their three raids. He ordered the forfeiture and destruction of large amounts of valuable office equipment - mainly comprising large printers, which Simon had serviced. An appeal was lodged against sentence, and will be held within the statutory twenty-one days against forfeiture of the printers and other office equipment. An appeal will also be made to the European Court of Human Rights over the decision by the Appeal Court not to review the notorious decision in Reg. v. Birdwood when Judge Pownall's decision that ‘the truth is no defence’ in race cases was upheld. The appeal should result in some useful publicity in a few years time. The prison is so overcrowded that they lost their original cells through their court appearance and and they are now back together pending transfer to a lower category prison. Please write to them at HMP Leeds, 2 Gloucester Terrace, Stanningley Road, Leeds, LS12 2TJ, UK (Wing D4-05) - Simon's prison number is A8042AA and Steve's number is A8041AA.

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