Instead of protecting Melanie, Nottingham Police harassed, intimidated and bullied her. From threatening phone calls, to being chased in police cars, falsely arrested and having a group of police break into her home, it's clear that the police were targeting her. Why?
How do you prove that multiple agencies conducted a coordinated attack on vulnerable child abuse accusers over a long period of time? Proving it can take many pages of evidence. Sometimes it's best to keep it as simple as possible to get the big picture. The flowchart attached to this article is a very simple chronology of what happened to Melanie Shaw. I would like to make a few further brief comments.
In a civilized, compassionate society, vulnerable abuse victims, whistleblowers and witnesses who find the courage to come forward and expose wrongdoing should be given attention, care and protection. Melanie has received none of these. She currently resides in solitary confinement in Peterborough Prison, isolated from friends, family and even other prisoners. She is also isolated from her psychiatrist of 20 years, the same person who helped her survive a cruel and abusive life. As a custodial prisoner, she should receive daily visits, but this right is being denied by Sodexo, a private company that is profiting from Melanie's continued suffering.
“Melanie has received no help, support or protection from Nottingham Police, Nottinghamshire City and County Council, Nottingham Social Services, Nottingham Mental Health Service or any MPs. Of course, it is the same Social Services who were able to act with astonishing speed when they had to make the case to take back her son. Child protection charities, in whom Melanie had little trust, have maintained a scrupulous silence.”
The Crown Prosecution Service, led by Alison Saunders, was able to prosecute Melanie on unfounded, if not fabricated, evidence, but they cannot prosecute Mr Janner. Alongside the Metropolitan police, the Crown Prosecution Service saw fit to appoint Dame Elish Angiolini, a former Scottish prosecutor who was deeply involved in the Holly Grieg abuse case, as the most suitable person to write a report on the response to rape victims. As I have said many times before, this cannot be fabricated. No, there is no need to fabricate it as the evidence is right in front of us.
Instead of protecting Melanie, Nottingham Police harassed, threatened and bullied her. From threatening phone calls, police chases, false arrests and a mob of police breaking into her home, it's clear they were after her. Why? Perhaps because Melanie not only reported child abuse, but also spoke about murder. She was also shrewd enough to expose the police for lying in an investigation called Operation Daybreak.
Scared, alone and without proper counselling or psychiatric help, Melanie was found guilty of imprisoning a male paramedic. Could this really have happened? Was the man really that weak? Or did he have connections to the police?
Melanie was convicted in a secret court where the judge denied her the defence she wanted and was entitled to, before a jury and in public, and was jailed again in Peterborough Prison, while her benefits were denied and, with no idea why they had been stopped, local housing company Nottingham Homes began action to repossess her house.
Melanie Shaw sits alone in her cell, watching the sun shine outside my window and hearing the laughter of mothers chatting down the street.
A mere coincidence? A simple mistake? Simple incompetence? Simple bad luck? Or a planned, systematic and vile attack on a vulnerable woman by public authorities to silence her testimony as an abuse whistleblower? I believe the latter. No wonder the government's Ministry of Justice and Department of Child Welfare have banned coverage of Melanie Shaw.
