Alcohol and journalism don't mix:

The question mark in the title of this article is a real Freudian slip. This is a work of fiction, designed to cover up a firmly entrenched local problem of alcohol abuse. Police support and condone it because they are among the worst offenders.

Sam Priestley died after being pressured to drink a yard glass of beer in the family home and then go to the pub and drink some more. The reporter, Nathan Crombie uses words like "the traditional quaff" "cheered on by family and friends", etc, to try and 'normalise' and excuse this behaviour. Sam was a really, really nice guy, his mother worked with me at St Matthews Collegiate, as a Boarding Matron, she is an alcoholic, she encourages and approves of this culture of alcohol abuse and is in total denial of the fact that alcohol was almost certainly involved in the death of her son, and was almost certainly the cause of it. Recently it has been reported in the news that the Department of Corrections is stating it is dangerous to drink a similar quantity of WATER in a short period of time.

Nathan Crombie is a great supporter of this sick attitude to alcohol and bending the truth to the point of lying, it's time to have a good look at the journalists who shape the opinions of the community with this fiction. They invent and fabricate stories like this to protect their friends and their reputations.

This attitude of denial, and "cheering on" this "traditional quaff", is causing the problem. Five days after Sam died people who should have known better were proclaiming that it had "nothing to do with alcohol or drugs." - Alcohol IS a drug for goodness sake and this kind of "reporting" isn't journalism - it's FICTION and propaganda!  It was another year or so until the Coroner's report.

Five days after Sam died, the irresponsible authors of fiction at the Wairarapa Times-Age published the following:

"Sam died suddenly of an undetermined medical condition at his 21st birthday party at the Homestead Tavern on Saturday."

Mr Phillips said it was "not pills or booze or anything like that" that led to Sam's death, but "faulty wiring was probably the best way to describe it".

Sam's father, Randall Priestley, agreed with this assessment, but added an alternative view.

"Maybe his heart was overfull ? look at everyone here." (sic).

An undetermined medical condition is one that doesn't exist yet basically.

Recently another young man died, and it will be a long while before it's known exactly what caused his death - if ever. It's possible it may be to an undetermined medical condition, but it's important to examine the decisions of coroners.

This is a link to another creative decision from a Coroner. This young woman expressed a clear intent and a plan, and then took the action she said she would for the reason she gave, no matter how much others don't like that, and the decision that it isn't suicide is outrageous quite frankly. If it's not, if it's "text bullying" - then the NZ Police need to charge Rachel Betteridge and her husband forthwith for sending me messages saying "you need a bullet" and "watch your back" - not to mention PERJURY!

Betteridge lied to police, I did not send her "over 60 offensive text messages" at all - I didn't send her ONE offensive text message! Statements from two Justices of the Peace, George Groombridge and Ken English, state clearly that they examined the phone Betteridge alleges she received the messages from, and found those two threatening and offensive messages FROM Betteridge in the text message 'Inbox'.

Wairarapa Police Pervert the Course of Justice Again

Here's the letter from Senior Sergeant Johnston, corruptly trying to cover up a vicious, violent, planned home invasion and assault with a weapon.

Here is the link to one of several phone calls to emergency services while the attack was taking place, from witnesses, first hand. This is a blatantly corrupt cover up of a vicious violent home invasion orchestrated by Michael Francis Murphy and Tracy Feast. This is evidence of blatant police corruption, and it's why Sgt Johnston doesn't work at the Masterton Police station any more apparently.

The letter below refers firstly to some of the letters written by lawyer Ken Daniels to the police. Follow the link to read two of the many letters sent by lawyers to the police, and Sgt Murray Johnston's rude and arrogant email dismissal of our complaints. The complaints have been corruptly ignored in spite of monumental evidence of fraud and gross misfeasance.

Secondly, the letter contains the refusal of the police to charge local prostitute Rachel Betteridge with Perjury, or anything else, after Betteridge and her husband sent me text messages, saying "You need a bullet" and "Watch your back" among other extremely offensive and threatening messages. Police have been provided with signed statements from two Justices of the Peace, and a considerable amount of other information, in support of my complaints regarding this lying prostitute. We'll come back to this matter in a minute.

Thirdly, the letter refers to the nasty drunken home invasion and assault committed by corruptly 'elected' Mayor Gary McPhee, and the refusal of the police to charge him or his co-offender. "The matter was investigated at the time and no charges were to be laid." - Oh really? WHY NOT? - This sounds like another PITIFUL EXCUSE used by the police to let criminals off: "I am aware that the Carterton District Council Members, the Carterton Mayor and MP Georgina Beyer have recently discussed issues around the closing of the centre. In such circumstances the actions of the 'elected' officers of the centre are most unlikely to have breached any Criminal Law."

A number of lawyers have written letters referring to the indisputable evidence that it most certainly IS fraud!

Fourthly, the letter refers to the Bill Sticking charges laid against me by Constable Cunningham in about 2003, and the fact that the prosecution was so zealously pursued although there was absolutely no evidence whatsoever to support the police wasting their time on it right from the beginning. Like the lies of Rachel Betteridge.

Like the trespass matters, all politically motivated corruption.
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Rachel Betteridge commits perjury, conspires with police to bring deliberately corrupt malicious prosecution

Here's the story of lying local prostitute Rachel Betteridge of Masterton, who made false complaints to the police, that I had sent her "over sixty offensive text messages".

I never sent Rachel Betteridge any offensive messages - Rachel Betteridge is a liar.  She and her husband sent me several seriously offensive and threatening messages, saying things like "You need a bullet", "watch your back", false accusations that I sexually abused my own daughter, and other filth.

Below is Betteridge's Brief of Evidence, used in the prosecution of me over her false and malicious allegations, in which she dishonestly claims "I did not reply to any of the messages", and the signed statements of two Justices of the Peace, and Betteridge's own father, in evidence that she did, and that she did therefore commit perjury, deliberately.

Corrupt local Police lied in Court, and committed perjury, when the prosecutor claimed to have tried to obtain information from Vodafone about the messages, and the several long phone calls to me from Betteridge around the same time.  Vodafone confirmed in writing that the police never even contacted them about the matter, never even requested any information.  Police wasted time and tax payer's money pursuing a corrupt prosecution.  There was never ever any evidence of Betteridge's lies, it does not exist, the claims are lies, like the lies in the letter from the South End School.  Lies spread by the police, Gary McPhee, and disgraced ex MP Georgina Beyer the Liar.  I never rang Betteridge or sent her any offensive messages, the police know perfectly well I didn't, and pursued the corrupt prosecution deliberately, despite knowing it was corrupt and an abuse of power, abuse of the Court process, and a blatant attempt to pervert the course of justice!  - Which is why I was acquitted!

Two Justices of the Peace would have convicted Betteridge, if they had been sitting in the Masterton Court, all the evidence proves that Betteridge is a nasty malicious, lying prostitute (she worked at Mermaid Bar in Wellington, and is now a "self employed" prostitute,) if the police had bothered to charge her when I showed them this evidence.

Betteridge showed the police NO evidence whatsoever in support of her lies against me - because none whatsoever ever existed, because Betteridge is a liar who made it up and the police know that, which is why they refused to contact Vodafone and request the evidence!

The transcript of the evidence, and the judgements will be up soon, watch this space for more evidence of police corruption and conspiracy between Court Registry officer Liz Harpleton and corrupt police prosecutor Gary Wilson and his mates to pervert the course of justice in the Masterton Court.

Here's Betteridge's Brief of Evidence, here's a handwritten statement from her father, Colin Allomes, and the statements from the Justices of the Peace:

I filed a private prosecution against Betteridge in the Masterton Court.  Corrupt lawyer Jock Blathwayt of Wollerman Cooke and McClure conspired with Court staff to have it struck out in the face of this EVIDENCE, "for want of prosecution".  Click on this link to see how blatantly obstructive and corrupt Court staff commonly deal with applications from people like me, Vince Siemer, and others who seek justice in the New Zealand Courts.

And as for Betteridge's lies about how her father had apologised to her - read her father's statement to the Court for yourself!

Better Work Stories - Glen Taplin explains everything

The latest installment of the indisputable documented evidence of the large scale tax payer funded corruption evidence in Carterton and the wider Wairarapa.  It is in the public interest to publish this evidence and in the interests of justice:

Lo and behold - the latest orchestrated litany of lies from the corrupt Wairarapa Police!

- Sgt Taplin refers to letters from well respected lawyer Ken Daniels which are at this link,  which include the following:

From: Ken Daniels, Lawyer, Chapel St, Masterton

To: The Area Commander, New Zealand Police, P O Box 443, Masterton

26 August 2004     

Dear Sir
    Re: Katherine Raue 

    There have been numerous items of correspondence written between Kate Raue and yourself and correspondence with the Police Complaints Authority over a number of issues that she has raised in recent times.

    I must confess that I have not given what I believe was sufficient attention to some of the matters that Kate Raue had raised with me in the past mainly I suspect because the matters appeared to be far too complex and involved and I tended not to see any relevance in some of the complaints that she was making.

    On a recent visit to me however and after spending some time looking at documentary evidence that she showed me, I largely changed my view and believe that there genuinely are matters of concern that do need to be investigated.

    I have not got to the bottom of all the matters Kate Raue complains about but there is one instance that does seem to suggest that there has been fraud at the Carterton Community Centre which has diverted funds designed for one purpose deliberately to another.

    I enclose with this letter a copy of the accounts which appear to represent income and expenditure from the Carterton Community Centre for the financial year 01 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 as they related to the Community Gardens. You will notice how in the income received, there was a sum of $9,000 received from the Tindall Foundation. It is assumed that this money was received following an application for a grant from that Charitable Foundation. The monies would have been requested and received for purposes relating to the Community Gardens in Carterton. The sum of $9,000 was received in April of 2000.

    The following month in May there was a payment of $6,000.00 paid from the Community Gardens account for a personal grievance payment. The information that apparently exists although I have not personally seen it is that there were insufficient funds to pay a personal grievance from the Community Gardens and the funding that was obtained from the Tindall Foundation was immediately paid out as at least part payment on that personal grievance. The payment apparently could not be made at an earlier stage and the fundng received from Tindall Foundation was a necessary receipt to enable the payment to be made to settle the personal grievance.

    If the above set of circumstances is accurate then there is no doubt whatsoever that there was a fraudulent use of the monies received from the Tindall Foundation. There had been no budgeted allowance made for personal grievances. This can be seen from the budget column in the expenditure part of the accounts where an amount of only $220 was allowed for the twelve months involved. A payment of $6000 was needed and this was paid directly from the charitable donation.

    I believe that the affairs of the Carterton Community Centre are in disarray. There is currently an application before the High Court to have them wound up because of insufficient numbers. There are numerous other complaints as well about the way in which members of the public including members were excluded from meetings etc. This letter does not purport to address all those issues but I am deeply concerned after having seen the information supplied to me by Kate Raue that monies received for one purpose be used for an incorrect purpose.

    I have been advised that a similar improper payment may have been made in respect of the account that was run for the disadvantaged members of the community. This apparently exists under the copy of the account also enclosed which is headed up VOSP 2000 – 2001. You will see also that there is a “miscellaneous” payment of $1,000.00 made in September of 2000 following receipt of a substantial amount fromWINZ funding. It is understood that this also was a payment to an individual who claimed to have a personal grievance.

    I am not an accountant (as will be obvious) but I believe there are sufficient genuine concerns raised here to warrant some investigation. These are community funds which were largely received from charitable donations which appear to have been siphoned off improperly.
    I should add that according to Kate Raue there was possibly legal advice given to the people running the Carterton Community Centre that they should not make personal greivance payments in the way that they did. This is another matter that may need to be looked into because it would make the payments even less appropriate if they were done contrary to legal advice.

    I appreciate the fact that earlier complaints may have been thought to be ill-founded or frivolous or for whatever reason were not properly investigated but I believe that there actually does exist hard evidence to suggest that a reopening of the investigation should be made with urgency. As I have said the Community Centre and its funds are currently subject to a High Court Application.

    If it is more convenient for you to do so I would be happy to act as a go-between between yourselves and Kate Raue so that I can request further details from her.
    Are you able to assist with what I believe is now a genuine complaint?
    Yours faithfully
    Ken Daniels

And:

There are also a number of other formal complaints regarding these matters, such as the letters to the Police and IPCA from Michael Appleby.

The only response from the Police has been a contemptuous insult to the intelligence!