To the European Court of Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms, Council of Europe, F-67075 STRASBOURG, CEDEX France.  Tel: 00 333 88 41 20 18.  Fax:  00 333 88 41 27 30.

From:  NORMAN SCARTH (born 1925).  Survived bloody battle in WW 2, fighting for Democracy, Freedom, Justice & the Rule of Law.  Late in life became a geriatric observer, researcher, student, & single-handed reformer of law; Parliamentary Candidate, author of the book 'Cause for Concern' (with evidence of corrupt judges);  Hon. Sec. of the Litigants In Person Society & Founder Member of the Article 6 Group (Committed to exposing criminal misuse of law in British Courts). 

With a lifelong record of service to my King, my Queen & my Country equalled by few, at 78 (the oldest man in prison) I am now

Victim GV 5409, in my fourth year of physical brutality, mental torture & starvation

in a succession of Her Britannic Majesty's sophisticated British Belsens, soon to die in one of them,

thanks to the cowardice & treachery of the British people, who allow it to happen.   

Currently at HM Prison Wolds Gulag, BROUGH, HU15 2JZ, East Yorkshire, England.

PREFACE:  This is much more important than one individual case.  Proud to be British for 70 years, it is with shame, sadness & sorrow that I inform you that Britain has become a ruthless, lawless & merciless Police State, with total contempt for it's own laws, International Conventions, common humanity or natural justice.  Only a nauseating pretence remains.  

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(1).  I hereby lodge official complaint to you that for more than five years I have suffered continuing terror, physical brutality & unrelenting mental torture from the United Kingdom, up to & including the present day, in gross, blatant, deliberate & continuing violations of the European Convention of  Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms - as below:  

(2).  ARTICLES 1; 2, (imminent), 3; 6; 13, 14, 17, 18, 34 & 53 of the Convention, & Article 3 of The First Protocol.   Furthermore, in consequence of those violations I have suffered violations of Article 5;  7; 8; 10 & 11 of the Convention itself; Article 1, 3 & 5 of The First Protocol; Article 2 of Protocol 4;  Article 2 of Protocol 7;  Article 1 of Protocol 12.  

(3).  The violations started on Sunday afternoon, 8th August 1999.  I was alone at home, a law abiding World War 2 veteran, doing no wrong in any shape or form.  Having stood as a Parliamentary Candidate at the 1997 General Election in Chesterfield, I intended to do so again in Sedgefield in 2001. 

(4).  Out of the blue there came a potentially lethal terror attack by a mob-handed gang of War Criminal Blair's Secret Police, unaccountable & untouchable, without even the PRETENCE of a lawful excuse!  They demanded entry, threatening to smash the door down.  Though my heart was pounding & my head bursting, I denied them entry knowing they were breaking the law.  They radioed for riot shields & a battering ram, but did not use it, as neighbours were watching.  Instead they laid siege to the house for three hours before backing off, saying "We have decided this is not a police matter", but adding "We'll be back!" - repeated several times in a most threatening way !  

(5).  The attack was intended to silence me by fear -  a heart attack or a stroke the hoped for outcome.  It would have been 'death from natural causes', & there would be one less candidate for the 2001 General Election.  Few men of my age would NOT  have had a heart attack or stroke, but I did survive, so other means had to be used to block my candidature, more subtle than used against Pym Fortyn in Holland.

(6).  From that first attack (8/8/99) I became one of 'The Disappeared' (as in George Orwell's '1984').  I ceased to exist, except to be destroyed, which task is taking much longer than expected. The most fiendish methods have been used, including incarceration in a 'Mental Hospital', where they intended to use force to inject me with drugs to destroy my brain, as in Stalinist Russia.  They were foiled only because honest nurses refused to be party to such depravity.  They continue my destruction by other means, & the task is almost completed!   

(7).    At the age of 78 (the oldest man in prison), I am now in my 4th year of physical brutality, mental torture, starvation, inhumane & degrading treatment, in a succession of sophisticated British 'Belsen' prisons.  I cannot survive much longer.  Home Secretary David Blunkett has power to release prisoners on compassionate grounds, & he, like our judges, is (supposedly) bound by the Sovereign's oath (sworn before Almighty God) "To Deliver Justice with Mercy". 

(8).  Sadly, he models himself on his counterpart in Nazi Germany, Heinrich Himmler.  That psychopath had neither compassion nor mercy, nor does Blunkett.  On the 13th November 2001 - two days after Armistice day - we had the obscenity of Blunkett on TV, still wearing a poppy, as he promised to "Get rid of 'airy-fairy' Human Rights" - rights for which millions gave their lives - including my brave young shipmates!  Only the gullible believe we still have them;  only the gullible believe we still have the Rule of Law in Britain!

(9)..  Mentally & physically exhausted, I will do my best to take this matter forward, but among the many dirty tricks of the Prison Service, they have moved me about 20 times, to disorientate me, taking the opportunity to separate me from most of my court documents, evidence, grounds for appeal etc. 

(10).  Nelson Mandela said: "I have fought against white domination, & I have fought against black domination.  I have cherished the ideal of a free society, in which all persons live together with equal opportunities.  It is an ideal I hope to live for & to achieve.  If needs be it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die".  Those were his final words in court before he was taken away to start his 27 years in prison.  (At the age of 78 I  haven't got 27 years!)   

(11).  I paraphrase the words of Mandela:  "In World War 2, I was prepared to give my life, lucky to survive when my brave young shipmates did give theirs.   We were fighting to defend Democracy, Justice & the Rule of Law,   Eight years ago it was a great shock to learn all those precious things have gone from Britain.  Ever since then I have worked to restore them, cherishing the ideal that I would live to see it happen, but if there is no other way, I am prepared to give my life in the cause".  I have had 60 years longer than my young shipmates who gave their lives all those years ago.  My sacrifice will be small compared to theirs. 

(12).  Sadly I fear it will not happen.  The British people no longer have the courage - or the conscience - they had when we stood alone against the evil of Hitler, nor the courage of the millions who supported Nelson Mandela.  Half of the British people glory in the power given to them by this Orwellian Police State, 99.9% of the remainder are completely corrupt, completely brainwashed,  or craven cowards. 

(13).   I may well not retain enough strength, or live long enough to complete your Application Form (now received), but I ask that you accept the various documents completed earlier which I will send, & that in the event of my complete exhaustion, enfeeblement or death, you should take the case forward without me, investigating as in Article 38 (1a).  To open this most poisonous can of worms as soon as possible, you should first investigate the events of 8th August 1999, & all those who have been complicit in the nation-wide cover up of  that serious police crime - & who gave the orders for it?

(14).  Enclosed with the original version of this letter to you was a copy of the letter dated 19/07/04 from  Brendan Keith, Head of the Judicial Office of the House of Lords, which confirmed that I have done all I can to seek a domestic remedy.  Also enclosed  was a copy of  the Order of the Appeal Court dated 22/1/04, which I had never seen until 19/07/04, when it was sent to me by Brendan Keith, along with his own letter.