Judge in trial of Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor forced to stand down after admitting to knowing the Conservative Party chairman for Caroline Nokes MP
Courts in Hampshire today confirmed that District Judge Gillibrand (also a family court judge), who was due to hear F4J founder Matt O’Connor’s trial for a Section 5 Public Order offence last Friday, recused himself shortly before the trial began as he knew the Conservative Party Chairman for Caroline Nokes MP, Robin Colenso. Mr Colenso […]
F4J Founder Matt O’Connor’s trial adjourned for Judicial Review after public denied access
The trial of Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor, for a Section 5 Public Order Offence linked to the Caroline Nokes MP dispute, was adjourned at a hearing on 20th February after Magistrates denied the public and defence witnesses access to the hearing. Mr O’Connor objected to taking part in the trial saying: “Members of the public […]
The Daily Echo, Romsey Advertiser, Caroline Nokes and the cancer of censorship
It has become clear in recent weeks that the Daily Echo, Newsquest and their editor Ian Murray – who is responsible for the content of at least eight other titles on the South Coast including the Romsey and Andover Advertisers – are engaged in a Putinesque attempt to censor stories about Caroline Nokes MP and […]
Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor on trial: 9.00am Aldershot Magistrates Court 20/2/15
UPDATE 15/2/15: CAROLINE NOKES MP CALLED AS WITNESS BY DEFENCE TEAM After four months and three hearings, join Matt O’Connor at his final trial as he takes on @HantsPolice and @conservatives in a trial scheduled for an entire day over his politically motivated arrest & prosecution. The Fathers4Justice founder faces a Section 5 Public Order […]
Fathers4Justice founder says prosecution worthy of ‘Putin’s Russia’
Fathers4Justice founder appeared in Aldershot Magistrates court today over Section 5 Public Order Act charges after he was arrested outside his former home in September last year. Matt O’Connor was arrested days after Hampshire Police published a report into an alleged cover up concerning the involvement of Caroline Nokes MP at a violent incident at […]
A Caped Crusade by Matt O’Connor – Coming April 2015
Matt O’Connor’s second book about the Fathers4Justice campaign he started in 2001, is a candid account about O’Connor’s life and the behind the scenes challenges facing the campaign and his family over the last 14 years. Fearless, controversial and impossible to ignore, O’Connor describes the political wheeler-dealing that led to Fathers4Justice winning cross-party support for […]
Fathers4Justice condemn Hampshire Police over ‘inhuman’ treatment of Ashya King’s parents
Fathers4Justice today condemned Hampshire Police over the ‘inhuman’ treatment of Ashya King’s parents which they say is unlawful and amounts to cruel and degrading treatment of parents when their five-year-old son has just months left to live. Campaign Director Nadine O’Connor said, “This is yet another example of how Hampshire Police continues to pervert the […]
Fathers4Justice call in lawyers over Hampshire County Council ‘monitoring’ of Campaign Director
Campaign group Fathers4Justice today said they had called in lawyers regarding evidence supplied in a Subject Access Request from Hampshire County Council. The information supplied revealed that the Leader of Hampshire County Council, Cllr Roy Perry, ordered the monitoring of the Hampshire based Fathers4Justice Campaign Director, Nadine O’Connor on 22nd April 2014. Fathers4Justice say that […]
MP and Hampshire County Council implicated in child sex abuse cover up investigation
An MP who ignored calls by Fathers4Justice and other parent groups to support the closure of a Hampshire school at the centre of sex abuse allegations, has today been implicated in a cover up surrounding the scandal. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11135715.Did_top_cop_order_whitewash_into_probe_at_sex_scandal_school_/ Fathers4Justice can reveal that Caroline Nokes, the MP for Romsey and Southampton North, demanded Hampshire Police keep […]