Mike Yates wrote:
>> IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
>>
>> Fellow Citizens
>>
>> Whistleblower Andy McCardle (RIP) died suddenly on the evening of 26
>> December 2004, in the State Hospital, Carstairs. An inquest must be
>> held. Mr McCardle (54) had been in good spirits - he was expecting to
>> attend court this week to secure his release.
>>
>> On 5 December 2003, the Edinburgh High Court of Justiciary declared
>> that Mr McCardle's two-year detention in the State Hospital, from
>> 2001, had been illegal therefore he was "a free man". His freedom was
>> short-lived, though: no sooner had he stepped outside the court, when
>> he was forced into a van and taken back to Carstairs - despite the
>> lack of production of any warrant. A warrant was later produced, dated
>> 4 December 2003, the day before the Court's declaration.
>>
>> Mr McCardle complained to the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman about
>> the Faculty of Advocates' handling of his complaint against Graham
>> Bell, the Court-appointed Amicus Curiae (friend of the court) who,
>> although securing his release, did not present the vital pieces of
>> evidence which would prove criminality within the State Hospital. The
>> Faculty stated, and the Ombudsman agreed, that Mr Bell had properly
>> exercised his discretion (not to do so). In view of this, Mr McCardle
>> had good reason to fear for his life whilst incarcerated in a State
>> facility whose employees had vested interests in his demise, and who
>> felt protected from exposure.
>>
>> The State Hospital's consultant psychiatrist, Dr Lindsay Thomson, held
>> a care review on 25 November 2004 to assess the effect of forcibly
>> injected anti-psychotic drugs on Mr McCardle's long-held 'delusional
>> belief'. Dr Thomson concluded that this 'delusional belief' - of
>> collusion between Strathclyde Police, named lawyers, court clerks,
>> judges and psychiatrists to pervert the course of justice by
>> preventing him testifying in court and producing evidence of State
>> involvement in the illegal drugs trade - was not cured. She therefore
>> felt duty-bound to continue to hold and treat Mr McCardle as long as
>> he held such belief.
>>
>> Was it co-incidence that the legal watchdog website,
>> Scottishlawyerwatch.org, was unlawfully closed after the Parliamentary
>> and Health Service Ombudsman read the damning evidence, publicly
>> displayed, about Mr McCardle's illegal detention and criminality
>> within the State Hospital? Did Andy McCardle pay the ultimate price
>> for his efforts to expose the endemic corruption in the legal system,
>> the police, the court service, the medical profession and the
>> judiciary? Was he, in fact, murdered?
>>
>> Many questions need to be answered.
>>
>> Contact details for Dr Thomson:
>>
>> Dr Lindsay Thomson, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
>> The State Hospital
>> Carstairs
>> Lanarkshire ML11 8RP
>>
>> Tel: 01555 840 293 Ext 446
>>
>> Dr Lindsay Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, University
>> of Edinburgh
>> Department of Psychiatry
>> Kennedy Tower
>> Morningside Park
>> Edinburgh EH10 5HF
>>
>> Tel: 0131 537 6509
>> Email: (E-Mail Removed)
>
>
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Mike
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