Judge Andrew Vickers imposed a secret court and issued a “gag order” against the Oxford Mail and Oxford Times.
Concerned Oxford residents have told British Column that Operation Bulfinch, the police investigation into Oxford's pedophile ring, has succeeded in getting district judge Andrew Vickers to shut down two local newspapers.
The Oxford Mail was reporting on a man's case appearing in a separate court at the same time as the appearance of six men accused of being part of a major child sex ring.
In addition to the gag order, the Mail reporter was asked to leave the court hearing itself.
The draconian measures of ejecting reporters, rather than simply ordering them not to report proceedings, move us even closer to secret courts where judges can do whatever they want.
On March 26th this year, the Oxford Mail reported in a sickening and scathing article:
District Judge Andrew Vickers blocked details of the hearing from being published unless the man was charged and appeared in court.
He ruled under contempt of court laws to block any publication and prevent the men's names and addresses from being revealed in connection with the hearing.
This came after police claimed that any reporting could impede the police investigation.
But the judge then took the unusual step of holding the hearing in camera, meaning reporters and members of the public were excluded, and forced reporters to leave the courtroom.
He ruled that the investigation could be jeopardized if the hearings were not held behind closed doors.
While recognizing that police may well have a legitimate need to protect an ongoing investigation, Judge Vicker's words and actions are not dangerous to open and accountable justice. If not, I highly doubt it.
The judge appears to have ignored the fact that the man had already appeared in court, stating that “details of the hearing will not be reported unless the man is charged and appears in court.” Furthermore, if he was already in court, why hasn't he been charged yet?
Judge Vickers presided over a secret court, imposing closed court hearings and excluding the media and the public.
What happened then behind closed courtroom doors?
Was the stranger threatened, threatened, or coerced in any way?
The public has no way of knowing, but this is precisely the “Soviet style” justice that Chancellor of Justice and Solicitor General Ken Clark is promoting for sensitive government trials, inquests and investigations. It is a system.
Meanwhile, the British column says that despite its achievements in the Lie Operation, Thames Valley Police are still unable to receive official confirmation from victims alleging sexual, physical and racial abuse and intimidation at Oxford University and Cherwell Valley College. He continues to emphasize the fact that he was not interviewed or took any testimony. .
Thames Valley Police, a key player in the same public child protection partnership, has clearly failed to directly protect the girls, raising further questions about the bias of police action against child abusers in Oxford There is a possibility that Such failures suggest, if not more serious charges, fraud or misconduct in office.
