Saturday, April 29, 2017

Evil Lurks in all Areanas


A copycat virtuoso of the Chicago Suburban Child Abuse Cult?

Former Judge and Trump's Campaign chair in Kentucky arrested for child sex trafficking

We are told pedophiles come in all bi-partisan varieties, including pillars of the community such as judges, police officers, teachers, and doctors.
The recent arrest of Tim Nolan, a 70-year-old former district judge and former chair of Trump’s campaign, is a case in point.

Scott Wartman reports for Cincinnati.com, April 21, 2017, that the arrest of former Kentucky Campbell County District Judge Tim Nolan on charges of human trafficking and unlawful transaction with a minor has shocked the community.
Nolan, 70, was a district judge in the 1970s and 1980s. He is outspoken in conservative politics and the tea party movement, and was elected to the Campbell County School Board last November. He was also the chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Campbell County.
Court documents don’t give much detail about the incident or incidents that led to the charges. This much we do know, according to the criminal complaint:
  • In August 2016, Nolan gave alcohol to and induced a minor of unspecified age into illegal sexual activity.
  • In February 2017, Campbell County Police served a search warrant on Nolan’s property in southern Campbell County.
The case presents a tricky situation for the legal community due to Nolan being a former Campbell County District Judge and his daughter, Taunya Nolan Jack, is the Campbell County Circuit Court Clerk.
To avoid conflicts of interests, a special judge from out of the area, District Court Judge Elizabeth Chandler from Carroll County, is presiding over the case and all court documents are being filed in Boone County. The attorney general’s office is prosecuting.
It is not clear what action the Campbell County School Board will take. Chairwoman Janis Winbigler referred all questions to the district office, saying, “We’re just learning about this. The board is immensely troubled by this.” Superintendent David Rust did not immediately return calls for comment.
The arrest has some veteran lawyers and judges scratching their heads. Retired family court judge Mickey Foellger who, as an attorney in the Campbell County attorney’s office, had worked with Nolan, said Nolan had a reputation as being a strict judge that “leaned to the tougher” side of sentencing. Foellger said, “I can’t imagine what he did. I don’t want to speculate. It’s mind-boggling that he would be with an underage girl.”
On April 21, Nolan was released on $50,000 bond and placed on an ankle monitor. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 5.

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Investigating Civil Servants


Uncovering abuse of children in the hands of agencies that are expected to protect them.

Local Authorities’ Handling Of Neglected Children To Be Investigated.

The government has just announced that it will carry out a series of inspections on public bodies working with neglected children.
The inspections which will start in May this year, aim to assess how effectively organisations like local authorities, police and probation services work together to help and protect children aged between 7 and 15, the age group considered to be most at risk of neglect, abuse and exploitation.
There will be 6 inspections, which from May until December will focus on children’s experiences at the hands of these organisations. Findings highlighting what works and what needs to be improved will be published when all six inspections are complete.
A further overview report will then be published to offer guidance on good practice in this area.
An initial series of inspections were carried out in January 2016 which looked at children at risk of sexual exploitation, and those who went missing from school or care.
We hope the latest round of inspections reveal the deep dysfunction amongst these organisations who continue to work against, rather than with, each other. There is still an enormous amount of mistrust between agencies like the police and the local authority, which often has serious consequences for the children in their care.
We’ll keep you up to date with any developments.
Thank you to Nick for alerting us to this item.
A new set of inspections will examine how local partner agencies - including local authorities, health and probation services and the police - are working together to protect children living with, or at risk of, neglect.
The series of 6 joint targeted area inspections (JTAI) involving Ofsted, Care Quality Commission (CQC), HMI Constabulary and HMI Probation will begin in May this year.
JTAI assess how effectively agencies are working together in their local area to help and protect children. Each set of joint inspections also evaluates the multi-agency response to a particular issue or theme.
Following feedback from key stakeholders, the four inspectorates decided that the latest series of JTAI should look at local support services for children living with neglect. In particular, the inspections will focus on the experiences of children aged between 7 and 15 years old, who may be at higher risk of going missing or being exploited, or who exhibit challenging behaviours in adolescence.
Guidance published today sets out how the inspections will work in practice.
Uniquely for this JTAI, inspectors will also speak with school leaders and staff to get a wider picture of how neglect is identified and referred.
HM Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman said:
Identifying signs of neglect in middle childhood and adolescence can be very complex, as children at this age experience and respond to neglect differently from younger children. However, at any age, the impact of childhood neglect can be lifelong.
It’s crucial that local partner agencies understand the long-term effects of neglect and recognise the need for early and appropriate intervention.
These inspections will provide valuable insight into the local area response to neglect. And importantly, they will highlight good practice that others can learn from.
Professor Steve Field, Chief Inspector of General Practice at the Care Quality Commission, said:
Neglect is a terrible and far-reaching problem that can present itself in many aspects of a child’s life. We all have a responsibility to safeguard those children who find themselves at risk of neglect, and that means understanding where these risks might be and also where services are doing great work to support children in their area.
By focusing on individual children’s experiences and tracking them across services, these inspections will provide an invaluable chance to see how agencies are working together and the impact this has on the welfare of young people.
HM Inspector of Constabulary, Wendy Williams, said:
It is important that all police officers have the correct knowledge to fully understand the signs of neglect. As HMIC has said previously, although the protection of the vulnerable is not just the responsibility of the police, police officers will often be the first point of contact for vulnerable victims.
These inspections aim to provide an understanding of how the police works with partner agencies not just to identify child neglect, but also to provide the best possible support and protection to keep children safe.
HM Chief Inspector of Probation, Dame Glenys Stacey, said:
Many of the children of adult offenders may be experiencing neglect. This programme will give us the opportunity to examine and report on the work of probation providers in improving the lives of children and young people living in very difficult circumstances. Youth offending teams supervise many children and young people who have experienced and continue to experience neglect in childhood and towards adulthood.
We will identify the extent to which youth offending teams work with these children and young people to reduce the impact of neglect and improve their life chances.
Each inspection report will include narrative findings, clearly setting out what local partners are doing well and what they need to do to improve.
In 2014, Ofsted produced a report on local arrangements to safeguard neglected children under the age of 10. This multi-agency review of the experiences of older neglected children will build on that evidence base.
When all 6 inspections are complete, an overview report will be published to highlight learning and good practice on the theme of childhood neglect.




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Monday, April 17, 2017

Acitivists Expose Judicial Shortcommings


Investigations and research are a pretrial necessity.

Judge Accused of being “Bent as a Banana” in child abuse case

Investigative journalist Richard Carvath has called Judge Jeremy Lea “as bent as a banana”

It has been hard to work out the truth of this case in Nottinghamshire.
Partly this is due to
  • lack of information
  • court restrictions
  • having worked out the establishments official story, there is the problem of judging how close this is to the truth.
Naturally I have no wish to adversely affect any cases that may be brought, nor do I wish to fall foul of any restrictions that I do not even know about.
It appears a family court judgment made a mothers two boys, ward of the court. It was critical of her but the mother (Samantha Baldwin) ignored the judgment took the children with her, against the wishes of the authorities. She was “missing” for several days and then went to police who have taken now taken the children from her. In the meantime the police and family courts have issued statements. It appears that family members were threatened with charges of helping the mother take the children.
                                                    Samantha Baldwin in happier times
Two useful posts on the case are from the Transparency Project.
2017 Apr 3 Police hunt for mother who has abducted her own children – what on earth is going on? [15]
This post summarises what was known on the 3rd and 4th of April and has links to several corporate media articles if people wish to research them. They do not seem to add much to the facts, and corporate media almost never link to sources, so I will not reference them here.
The Transparency Project article states that on 27 Mar the Family Court held a hearing about these two boys. It decided to declare the boys wards of court. Probably on 3 Apr the Family Court then issued a statement via the police website, which now appears to be unavailable, which included
Miss Baldwin is now missing. It is assumed that she has abducted [the children]. The children have now been made wards of Court. Miss Baldwin is considered to pose a risk of harm to the children.”

Superintendent Richard Fretwell of Nottinghamshire Police was in charge of the search for Samantha Baldwin.
The article then explains some useful definitions such as abduction and custody.
The next article, 2017 Apr 10 Samantha Baldwin – another side to a very sad story [16] has more useful information.

It contains links and copies of
  • text of a judgment read out in open court (and hence reportable)
  • statement from the children’s father David Madge
The article states
  • the mother made allegations of sexual abuse of the boys by the father, and others, some years ago;
  • these were the subject of a lengthy fact-finding hearing very recently (12 days, which is a significant duration for a trial in a private law case), but it seems likely that any criminal investigation associated with this hearing did not lead to charges against the father;
  • after 12 days of evidence from the parents, and a host of other witnesses and consideration of more than 2,000 pages of documents, the judge decided that the mother had failed to prove that it was more likely than not that her allegations were true, although she did genuinely believe them to be true;
  • more than that, he found that she was so convinced that the allegations were true that she had gone to the lengths of drugging the boys in order to bolster the case that the children were victims of abuse – in essence she fabricated evidence in the hope of securing the finding she believed was justified;
  • and the judge found that when the mother realised the writing was on the wall, she made a plan and then whisked the children away to her chalet to prevent the court from acting on its judgment.
  • The children are now temporarily in foster care – the reason given for them not returning immediately to the care of their father is that as a result of their mother’s own irrational belief, they may now have a false belief that they were in fact abused by their father. It also appears that they have not had contact with, let alone been cared for by their father for some years.
That then appears to be a summary of the official position. Supporters of Samantha Baldwin, which include investigative reporter Richard Carvath think this is not an accurate picture. He also claims court papers have been served on him and he has been gagged.
He says that he has to balance getting the truth to the public whilst still protecting the legally admissible evidence that is needed to seek justice for them. (OBO stands for On Behalf Of, and it appears that someone is operating his twitter account, presumably with his permission)

Monday, April 10, 2017

Forced Adoptions Questionable


Opening the door to corrupt kidnapping of children via adoptions.

Your Story: Family Support Versus Forced Adoption

Our next story looks at what happens when councils ignore expert evidence encouraging the use of support services and choose to file care orders instead.
1. Could you give a brief summary of the facts of your case?
Our four children were removed from our care without our consent, all through forced adoptions. The two eldest were placed with family and our two youngest were adopted by strangers. The orders were made using the ‘risk of emotional harm’ threshold, however my wife’s lawyer felt strongly that the criteria had not been met. I was unrepresented because I could not afford a lawyer.
Our family became known to social services because my wife pushed one of our children’s car seats a little too aggressively, which resulted in her being placed on the child protection register. She was then removed from the register a year later and was never placed on it again. We both have medical conditions which can be addressed with medication. Both my wife and I have argued in front of the children at times but we have never gotten physical with each other. Like most parents, when we get tired we can shout at the children too, however this behaviour was viewed in a completely different light by social services.
Despite several assessments which confirmed that my wife and I could look after our children with support from professionals, we never felt supported or listened to. When I began to get upset about losing my two eldest daughters, professionals in the case just assumed the behaviour was proof that I couldn’t parent, and instead of offering me help to cope with the loss, they simply penalised me for my pain, and assumed the anger was “part of a pattern,” which professionals ended up taking personally and then simply pushed on with the adoptions out of what felt like spite. It was all very primitive.
Incidents included a social worker assaulting my daughter, another social worker blocking my way when trying to stop the assault, being routinely threatened with prison if I didn’t agree to various suggestions, and being told my children would simply vanish if I was obstructive.
2. What went wrong in your case?
Our solicitors during the first set of hearings didn’t seem to be bothered, and just weren’t interested in pursuing the truth. Most of the judges we came across in subsequent hearings seemed preoccupied with internal politics which appeared to affect the way they processed our case. We got the feeling there was collusion between the professionals and a lot things had been decided before the hearings actually took place. A strange cultural quirk I also noticed was that judges seemed to accept whatever social services told them without questioning the quality of the reports or evidence produced. When it came down to our word against theirs, we didn’t stand a chance.
Bizarrely, when we did eventually get a good lawyer who was fighting our corner, the council then threatened to sue her and her firm. It was like watching a soap opera.
3. What happened after you alerted the professionals to the errors?
Nothing. No one seemed to be able to correct the mistakes that had been made in the paper work. The most distressing aspect of the case was the taking out of an Emergency Protection Order for my son. A prominent politician at the time was so concerned by the EPO in our case that he even raised it in Parliament, where he questioned the legal validity of its use in our case both under Family Law and Human Rights Law.
4. How do you feel the errors were dealt with?
They were never dealt with and no one has been held to account for the incredibly poor way our case was handled.
5. What do you think could have been done differently?
I think adoption targets have a lot to answer for. They blind social workers to their reason for being, which is to first and foremost offer families support and guidance. Not remove children from loving parents who if you treat with respect and kindness would be only too glad to work with them.
6. What message would you like to pass on to the child welfare system?
The system can’t carry on like this, it needs to improve drastically. If it doesn’t, its days are definitely numbered.
If you would like to share your story, get in touch by leaving a comment below or emailing Researching Reform at contactnphillips at gmail dot com. 
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Saturday, April 1, 2017