Robert Green has long campaigned tirelessly to get justice for Holly Greig, who was horrifically sexually abused as a child by Aberdeen gangs, and among the people she has named are not just dirty old men in raincoats, but people with connections to professionals and the establishment.
Robert Green has campaigned tirelessly for years for justice for Holly Greig, who was horrifically sexually abused as a child by Aberdeen gangsters. The people she named were not just dirty old men in raincoats, but professionals and people with connections to the establishment. Grampian police treated Holly as an honest witness and acknowledged that she was abused. Despite this, the police did not question or investigate any of the people Holly named in her formal interview. Police incompetence and deliberate, calculated negligence have meant that none of the perpetrators have been brought to justice, remain at large and are likely to commit abuse again.
Robert's efforts to get justice for Holly and thousands of child victims like her have seen him jailed twice, effectively under house arrest for a year and reporting daily to Cheshire Police. The restrictions imposed on Robert are so severe that the public would consider him a dangerous person and a menace to society, when in reality he is just a peaceful and good person who has only ever engaged in peaceful campaigning against child abuse. Robert is waiting to clear his name in another trial which has yet to be scheduled.
Gillian Swanson, one of thousands of members of the public concerned about Holly Greig's case, child abuse in general and the plight of Robert Green, has written an excellent letter to Lord Gill, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Swanson's letter, shown below, speaks for itself. Robert Green then wrote an equally excellent letter to Home Secretary Theresa May, calling on her to make public which members of the Government and its agencies have immunity from prosecution for alleged sexual abuse. I highly recommend reading both letters, which give powerful insight into the corrupt state of justice and child protection in Scotland, England and Wales.
January 8, 2015
Sir Gill,
the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
Parliament Building,
Parliament Square,
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQLord,
Open letter: The extension of Robert Greene's unjust punishment is unacceptable
On 13 February 2014, Robert Green, a Welshman living in England, was arrested in a raid by Scottish police at his home in Warrington, just across the border, and taken to Aberdeen. There, after initial attempts to isolate him failed, he was remanded in Perth Prison for breaching a harassment order. As a result of his incarceration, despite Mr Green's health causing serious concern to his family and friends, and despite the fact that he poses no risk to the general public, he was refused bail for 96 days and was eventually allowed to return to his home in England under house arrest. Since then, he has been required to report to his local police station every day and banned from using the internet. And, almost a year after his initial arrest, the final date of his trial cannot yet be predicted with any certainty.
“This is an extraordinary situation. The maximum sentence for the offences in question is six months, but I understand that this will be reduced to three months if exemplary behaviour is taken into account. Mr Green has also been of impeccable behaviour during his sentence in Perth Prison. He has therefore already served a sentence that is considerably in excess of the maximum sentence that could justly be imposed if the court were ultimately to find him guilty of the misdemeanours charged.”
It is nearly a year since Robert Green was arrested at the behest of a foreign justice system and transferred north of the border. His trial has been repeatedly postponed and no serious consequences are expected beyond the three-month sentence he has already served. This suggests that the Scottish authorities' prolonged restrictions on his liberty are aimed not at upholding the law but at silencing a troublesome figure.
This lengthy ordeal of what appears to be systematic persecution began with the initial failure of Grampian police and Crown Office officials to investigate the well-proven allegations made by Holly Greig, a young girl with Down's syndrome, that she had been gang-raped over a long period of time by a powerful paedophile ring in Aberdeen (see my letter to the Attorney General dated 30 July 2014, enclosed). All of the actions taken by Robert Green that contributed to his current predicament were undertaken with the sole purpose of bringing these alleged crimes before a jury, i.e. in court. Instead, not only has Mr Green himself been forced to appear in court multiple times, but he has also received two totally unnecessary prison sentences, despite there being no evidence that he is a danger to the public, at an unjustifiable cost to his personal finances, health and the Scottish taxpayer.
In addition to the Crown Office's refusal to investigate serious and well-documented crimes against a minor in a position of power, the original trial and conviction of Robert Green did not comply with legal requirements, thereby undermining the very legitimacy of the ongoing prosecution. In particular, the previous close relationship between former prosecutor and later Attorney General Elish Angiolini, who did not take the stand when called as a defence witness, and Sheriff Bowen, who presided over the inquest, runs counter to the requirement that justice be seen to have been done.
Of course, what is ultimately needed is a proper investigation into Hollie Greig's allegations of abuse so that Scotland's legal and political establishment need not fear Robert Greene and Scottish taxpayers do not have to foot the bill to add to the huge sums already piled up to persecute this justice activist.
But as your Chief Justice, you will undoubtedly be in a position to begin to right many of the injustices that continue to occur as a result of the police and Crown Office's initial refusal to investigate a series of brutal and well-proven crimes.
Sincerely,
Gillian Swanson MA Oxford
Warrington
Cheshire
January 8, 2015
Theresa May MP,
House of Representatives,
London
SW1A 0AAMr Minister of the Interior,
Open letter: Sexual abuse victims come forward
You have encouraged victims of uninvestigated sexual abuse to come forward.
But it fails to mention that if anyone comes forward alleging they were abused by someone to whom the Government has granted immunity from prosecution, that individual will likely be prosecuted or isolated by the State in order to intimidate them into silence, as certainly happened with respect to the allegations against State-protected criminals Jimmy Savile and Cyril Smith.
In order to avoid unnecessary stress in the future for those who may already have suffered horrific historical sexual abuse, and to end further persecution of victims, would you please publish, in this election year, a complete list of all individuals who have been given effective immunity from prosecution for alleged sexual crimes, for any reason?
I am sure you will agree that this action is in the public interest and in the best interest of compassion and humanity.
Sincerely,
Robert Greene
