Stockport Council News

December 12, 2007

“A Northwest council is believed to have paid out around £250,000 after
settling two race discrimination claims by a former employee.

The cases involved Justin Idehen,
who earlier this year took Stockport Council to an industrial tribunal for a
second time. Mr Idehen, former head of engineering services, won damages of
£160,000 after alleging racial harassment back in 2001.

In the latest claim, he alleged to an industrial tribunal in Manchester
that in May 2006, he had applied for a new position with a council contractor
only to be told: ‘You can’t work for Stockport Council in any capacity at all.’

It is understood that the second case has now been settled out of court for
a figure believed to be above £80,000. The latest settlement suggests Mr
Idehen’s cases have cost Stockport council tax payers around £240,000 in
compensation, before legal fees.

An internal council source who asked not to be named, said: “The latest
amount, which was offered was £80,000, but it is my understanding that this was
rejected by him.

“However, by April all parties agreed on the final figure, which suggests
it was much higher than that original offer.

“However, that settlement would take no account of paying barrister’s fees
for the preparation work, the three-day hearing involving Mr Idehen’s London
barrister and/or the local authority’s own legal bills. The cost to the
authority must have been astronomical.”

The settlement came ahead of a three-day hearing in the spring at which the
authority was warned a decision due in July could award “exemplary damages”
against Stockport council.

Labour councillor Sheila Bailey claimed the case could have been avoided
second time around if the people allegedly committing racist acts had been dealt
with swiftly.

She said: “If the local authority settles out of court, it is accepting it
has a problem, but apart from paying out a huge amount, it a duty to deal with
the people at fault. At the very least there should have been an internal
inquiry not only to look at this, but at its general policy to make sure it is
being adhered to.”

The council has repeatedly refused to comment, claiming to do so would be
an infringement of the Data Protection Act.”

Words of Mr Parnell, RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4otMiXY0g&feature=email

“Tuesday 4th January 2011. This was the first
day the Fred Perry House was opened to the public. I walked past and the
council phoned the police and they were searching for me.

The next day I stopped outside to talk to someone who told me about the day before. Then within
5 minutes the police came and arrested me – 2 oclock three police vehicles. They
took me to Cheadle Heath Police Station held me until 23:45 hrs. Released – no
charge but on police bail to go back 19th Jan.

On Tuesday 11th I went into Fred Perry
house to contact the Welfare Rights Office and was again after only 5 minutes being arrested at 1 o’clock. Released 19:30hrs. Police taking no further action. When will the council stop victimising me? They say in this
their film this building is to be accessible to all people, or is it, as the
council leader Dave Goddard says in the film, he is to breach the people in Stockport. He seems under the influence of the falling-down medicine. I hope he didn’t
drive home.”

Email received – 10 June 2011 13:08

Dear Mrs Oliver

I refer to your email copied to the Chair of the Police
Authority on 7 June.

The meeting is a public meeting open to all and it
certainly will not be the intention of Greater Manchester Police Authority to
attempt to restrict attendance by any particular members of the
public.

Yours sincerely

Nigel J Battersby
Solicitor
Greater
Manchester Police Authority
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley
Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5DA
Tel: 0161 793 3040
Fax: 0161 793
3085
email: nigel.battersby@gmpa.gov.uk

Visit
the new GMPA Website: www.gmpa.gov.uk/

—– Original Message —–
From: “Sheila
Oliver” [sheilaoliver@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 07/06/2011 18:04 CET
To:
“Leader” <leader@stockport.gov.uk>; “barry
khan”
<barry.khan@stockport.gov.uk>;
<eamonn.boylan@stockport.gov.uk>

Cc: “Michael Parnell” <micksara@btinternet.com>;
Councillor Paul Murphy; “Peter Devine” <peter.devine@menmedia.co.uk>;
“Ged Lucas”
<ged.lucas@stockport.gov.uk>

Subject: Police Authority Meeting, Stockport town hall

Dear Councillor Goddard,
Barry Khan, Mr Boylan

I note the Police Authority are coming to
Stockport Town Hall – a jolly good idea!

Will you be allowing Mr Parnell
to attend and will you be allowing him to put a question should he so desire,
or will you try to have him arrested on a restraining order on a crime of which
he was acquitted after council employees were found to have lied to the Court
and Ged Lucas, Assistant Chief Executive, couldn’t be bothered to respond to
nine attempts by the police to contact him to ask him to appear before the
court, and following which he was severely criticised by the judge? Just
wondering.

You remain my humble servants

Sheila

Just a few of Mr Parnell’s arrests –
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/custodies,-arrests,-imprisonment.html

Dear Mr XXXXX

I refer to
your below request for information from Greater Manchester Police Authority
received by email on the 15 May 2011. This request has been dealt with
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In answer to your question.

In response
to a previous Freedom of Information Act request, an Inspector of Greater
Manchester Police with knowledge of the matter informed me:

“Mr
Parnell is well known to us on my patch however I am unable to breakdown the
number of times we have dealt with him whether that was simply advice or
resulted in his detention.

As you correctly assume there is no
specific fund or costing allocated to Mr Parnell to enable us to identify costs
it would be part of general duties. The problem is increased as we hold a
number of budgets for each NPU or response team none of which drill down to the
fine detail in respect of which individual was arrested etc. Given the number
of units several would have had dealings with Mr Parnell and it is not possible
to collate these collectively”.

Other than
the above, as Greater Manchester Police
Authority is a separate organisation from Greater Manchester
Police, the Police Authority does not
hold information relating to the number of times officers of
Greater Manchester Police has been called out to Mr Parnell etc.

However it is possible that Greater Manchester Police may hold some or
all of the information you require. If you require any further information
I would advise you to

resubmit your request to the Greater Manchester Police Freedom of
Information team at the following email address:

freedomofinformation@gmp.police.uk

If you are unhappy with the way Greater Manchester Police Authority has
handled your request for information, you can request a review by writing to:

Mr Russell Bernstein, Executive Director, Greater Manchester
Police Authority, Salford
Civic Centre, Chorley
Road, Swinton, Salford,
M27 5DA.

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or
complaint, you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane,

Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.

Telephone: 08456 30 60 60

or 01625 54 57 45

There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours sincerely

Nigel J Battersby

Solicitor

Greater Manchester
Police Authority

Salford Civic
Centre

Chorley Road

Swinton

Salford

M27 5DA

Tel: 0161 793 3040

Fax: 0161 793 3085

Email sent – 12 November 2012 22:14

c.c police commissioner candidate <info@bannisterpreston.co.uk>; police commissioner candidate <tony4gtrmcr@gmail.com>; police commissioner candidate <michael@michaelwinstanley.co.uk>; police commissioner candidate <roywarrensnr@aol.com>; Matt Gallagher <Mattgallagher2012@hotmail.co.uk>; Leader@stockport.gov.uk <Leader@stockport.gov.uk>; andew.webb@stockport.gov.uk <andew.webb@stockport.gov.uk>; barry.khan@stockport.gov.uk <barry.khan@stockport.gov.uk>; eamonn.boylan@stockport.gov.uk <eamonn.boylan@stockport.gov.uk>; mickysara@btinternet.com <mickysara@btinternet.com>

Dear Chief Constable

Is it any wonder your officers get shot when you
allow hundreds and hundreds of hours of police time to be wasted by the corrupt
Executive councillors and corrupt senior council officers at Stockport Council
in persecuting a man they had a legal duty to help? He is a very sick man and I
have already written to the Coroner Mr John Pollard about what is being done to
him. When you have all pushed him to an early grave I hope he holds you and the
rest of your presumably Masonic chums at Stockport Council to
account.

I am emailing every MP with what is going on. You
are not fit to hold public office:-

http://www.sheilaoliver.org/town-hall-protester.html

Sheila

Email received – 04 April 2013 22:18

Stockport’s town hall has a peaceful protester

Dear All

Hello, how are you? I wish you all are well. Firstly let
me introduce myself – my name is Michael and I am married to my dear wife Karen and we
have two lovely, adopted daughters.

You will see from the subject title Stockport
Town Hall has a peaceful protester and, yes, that is me who is now, if you would
like, telling you why I am stating I am a peaceful protester.

I was not, in the first instance, having cause to protest but there was a need to request for services, not for myself but for our troubled adopted
children in response to their calls for help.

I am of a kind and peaceful nature and always
willing to help. I was a cub, boy scout and while being a venture scout
volunteered to help less able persons through the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme
to assist their needs and help to do things which they could not normally do. It
might look that I praise that which I am proud of, and why shouldn’t I? Doing it
has rewarded me in being able to help others. I am proud of everything I have done,
but when it was that I couldn’t find a way to help those who had suffered a
terrible trauma, I asked for help; for someone to help me to help those in need,
when that help is conditional at a cost and not as unconditional as given by
myself, where are we now with me rambling on? Well when services are not
forthcoming if we are not happy I was told to make a complaint, which I was
reluctant to do. Yet to help others this had to be done. It is not for my own
selfish gains but for children I submitted the complaint. I won’t trouble you
with the rights and wrongs of a complaints system but help for children was needed when
they were children. The time taken to respond and then process the complaint meant the children then were no longer children but more surely troubled adults.

Responding to these needs how can the requests progress? Well, I was told to be
patient and wait. That is what I did outside the Stockport Town Hall, neatly
dressed with polite manners and holding an A4 size piece of paper on which I had written:-
HELLO HOW ARE YOU?

And I was there firstly each day for over 12
months, peacefully again. What is peaceful protest? Well, nobody unless they
asked, knew what my protest was about apart from Stockport Council who have
cause to hide their failings. How did they do this? Peaceful protest!! – they
falsely made allegations accompanied with assaults, discrimination, intimidation, victimisation and with other related unacceptable treatment. Where did this
leave me? Assault injury caused Barretts cell and for a unlucky few – 2% risk – develops into cancer. That is now something I have to stand up to as well, and
requires removal by high risk surgery.

When in preparation to get my affairs
in order, some loose ends had to be tied up.
The Council, knowing of my illness, tried to divert the true course of justice by alleging my arrest
for a section 4A public order offence. By my putting in writing, as requested
from the police, what threats had been made towards myself and that was that “Mr
Stephen Duggan, Council security guard, has said he would smash my head in or kill
me.

Today 5th April 2013, I should have gone into hospital for an operation tomorrow, but the surgeon was not available so it is postponed to next week. The above arrest trial
discontinued but today was revived, and as I was not going into hospital was
requested to attend court, which I did to be acquitted in less then 10 minutes in
and out of the courtroom. A stress lifted but something not needed when facing high
risk surgery.

I have to rest from this for a while, I will, if you would
like to know more, carry on with what has happened further.

Keep well and
all look after yourselves.

Michael

Email sent – 06 February 2011 15:33

c.c. barry khan; FOI Officer; Leader; John Schultz; eamonn.boylan@stockport.gov.uk

Dear Chief Constable

Finally, the police seem to be backing down on
shutting up the enemies of corrupt council officers and councillors at
Stockport.

About time, but much appreciated.

Kind regards

Sheila

Email sent – 23 June 2013 07:22

To peter.jones@stockport.gov.uk
c.c. MICHAEL PARNELL; eamonn.boylan@stockport.gov.uk; leader@stockport.gov.uk

Dear Mr Jones

To persecute someone over non-existent council tax
arrears (I have seen the evidence and Mr Parnell doesn’t owe any money) when
they are officially recognised as a vulnerable council taxpayer and whilst in
Intensive Care following a life threatening cancer operation wins you a place on
Stockport Council News, and your actions will be publicised on
Twitter.

I have already informed the Coroner, Dr Pollard,
over what is being done to Mr Parnell, and good man that he is he showed
concern. You may well find yourself dragged into the Coroner’s Court to account
for your despicable actions.

Sheila