Mr Roderick Russell 6 Spath Holme Holme Road West Didsbury Manchester M20 27% 19/04/2005 Dear Mr Russell TheGuardian 110 Faringdon Read, Londen einen Telenhone 020 7278 2332 guaraia.co.uk ‘Thank you for your letter, which nas been passed to me. | have spoken to Helen Carter about the loss of your documents and she assures me that they have looked everywhere in the office for them and they are nowhere to be found, for which | apologise. | understand that you are concerned but I think it almost impossible that any criminal gang could have mounted a plan to intimidate you and your wife within two hours of you leaving the Guardian's offices. Helen is willing to talk through your case with or without documents so please contact her at the Manchester office to arrange a time to speak to her. May | assure you that they have been truly lost for which, once again, | apologise, Yours sincerely Chris Elliott Managing Editor Guardian Newspapers Limited /Amember of Guarlan Meda Group ec Rogictered Office 164 Deansnate, Manchester ss26c Telepnone 0161 682 7200 Registered in England Numbr 208066 fata Holme, Holme Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2TX Tel; O161 438 0311 Ms. Emily Beil Editor in Chief ‘The Guardian 119 Farringdon Road London ECIR Apeil 12 2005 Dear Ms. Bell Very confidential documentat of a dangerou ture lost in your office, Tain bringing to your personal aitention my concern that your newspapers processes for the protection of sources of confidential information has been severely compromised in your Manchester office, and that this possible failure may have put my family and myself in danger. On March 24" my wife and I visited your Manchester office and asked to speak to a reporter. We met with Me. Mark Smith and handed him documentary information that shows that we have been intimidated and threatened by crime gangs that operate on behalf of elements that are high in the London establishment. The intimidation is to stop me from launching a civil law suit. We also provided a correspondence file that shows that although this matter has been brought directly to The Home Secretary's attention that the authorities are doing nothing since the parties involved operate at levels that are disgracefully above the law in Englind Mr Smith has told me that he passed the documentation to Ms. Helen Carter Ms. Carter denies having received it I can’t ask that you run my story, fut Lam deeply concerned that the information (which is very dangerous to my family) has disappeared from your office, and that the cstablishment-contacted crime gangs may have been alerted that I am now trying to contact the press. Tworhours after leaving your office, my wife and I wre again intimidated. My wite, my younger son (also a Chartered Accountant) and myself have all been threatened in Manchester on several occasions, my eldest son in Birmingham and my daughter, a student in Aberdeen, have also been threatened. If you had experienced the power and reach of these crime gangs, you would understand why I lake the disappearance of my documentation so seriously. tndeed the intimidation, which has been going on for 5-years, is so sophisticated that we almost believe that elements of the security services may be involved, Would you please find this documentary information, and also fet me know if anyone outside your office has had sight of it Sincerely . Roderick Russell BA PCoe , Home Office The RU ton Hazet Blears MP MINISTER OF STATE 2 Marsham Sireet, London SWAP 4DF ‘viwanhomootfice,gouuk John Leech Esq, MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Reference: M28463/5 Your Reference: JHJ/1224/211105 uta itl Thank you for your further letter of 21 November 2005 on behalf of your constituent Mr Russell of 4 Maple Gardens, 411 — 413 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4NN about his complaint regarding the Home Office. The letter has been passed to me as the Minister responsible for policing issues in my leller of 18 November | explained that my officials had spoken to Greater Manchester Police who advised that Mr Russell had reported these incidents to the Police who have investigated them. The Police have advised Mr Russell that his concerns are of a civil nature and, as such, Mr Russell should seek advice from a solicitor. Hf there are any matters for the Police to investigate they should be contacted again, Mr Russell suggested in his letter that there was a “cover up in the Home Office” As | said in my letter dated 12 July, this is not the case and the reality, as you of course know, is that itis the police and not the Home Office who are responsible for investigating crimes. (AZEL BLEAI BUILDING A SAFE, JUST AND TOLERANT SOCIETYJOHN LEECH MP HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SW1A 0AA Onur Ref: JHI/336/1805 Roderick Russell c/o 4 Maple Gardens 411-413 Wilmslow Road Withington Manchester M20 4NN, 1 August 2005 Dear Mr. Russell, have received a reply to my enquiry on your behalf from the Home Office. I enclose a copy of this letter for your information. Thave also sent a letter to Greater Manchester Police asking them to clarify why they have no record of your contacts with them. ‘When I receive a reply to this letter I will back in touch again. In the meantime please do not hesitate to contact me on this or any other issues, Yours sincerely, ee eae John Leech MP Ene. For correspondence please reply to: John Leech MP, House of Commons, London SW1A OAAee Home Office ‘The Rt Hon Hazel Blears ME MINISTER OF STATE 2 Marsitam Street, London SWAP ADE snvwhomeoftice. Bou John Leech Esq, MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Reference: M15612/5 : Ser Mii Thank you for your letter of 28 June to the Prime Minister on behalf of Roderick Russell, c/diMaple Gardens, 411-413 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4NN who states that he and his family have boon subjected fo numerous doath threats and intimidation from international crime gangs. | am answering as the Minister with responsibility for policing issues. 12 JUL 2005 My officiats have been in contact with Downing Street and been told that Mr Russells letter was in fact received on 17 June, and signed for in the recorded delivery book. | am not sure why Mr Russell was told that the letter had not been received. ‘You may not be aware that Mr Russell has previously written to the Home Office, both in person and through his former MP Keith Bradley. in my letter of 16 March to Keith Bradley I explained that my officials had spoken to Greater Manchester Police who could find no record of Mr Russel! having contacted them, | also Suggested that if he wished to report the incidents he had experienced he might wish to contact Inspector Mike Dawson on 0161 886 4593 who had responsi lity for policing Mr Russells local neighbourhood. | am afraid that | can only repeat the advice | gave on 16 March.For more Information on the police complaints system please refer to the IPCC at 90 High Holborn London WCtV 6BH www.ipec.gov.uk 0207 166 3000 HAZEL BLEARS MPJOHN LEECH MP HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SWIA 0AA Our Ref: JHJ/249/25705 ‘Mr. Russell 4 Maple Gardens 411-413 Wilmslow Road Withington Manchester M20 4NN- 25 July 2005 Dear Mr. Russell, Thave received confirmation from the office of the Prime Minister that he has received my letter on your behalf. He is going to arrange for a Minister to reply to me in due course. ‘When I receive this reply I will back in touch again In the meantime please do not hesitate to contact me. ‘Yours sincerely, ait] ee Lie ee John Leech MP For correspondence please reply to John Leech MP, House of Commons, London SW1A OAAJOHN LEECH MP HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SWIA 0AA ‘Mr. Roderick Russell 4 Maple Gardens 411-413 Wilmslow Road ‘Withington Manchester M20 4NN 28 June 2005, Dear Mr. Russell, Lam writing to confirm that I have been in contact with Tony Blair’s office asking him to confirm that the letter has been received and asking him to address all the issues that have been raised in your letter. As soon as I receive a response I will contact you again. Yours sincerely, eee John Leech MP For correspondence please reply to: John Leech MP, House of Commons, London SW1A OAARodorick T. M. Russell BA FCA 4 Maple Gardens, 411-413 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 4NN (Mobile +44 (0)797 9858 018) Rt. Hon. Tony Blair MP Prime Minister 10 Dewning Street London SWiA 2AA June 15" 2005 Dear Prime Minister, Re: Death Threats & Serious Criminal Intimidation for 5-years ~ Minister Hazel Blears MP ~ Cover up by The Home Office For the last 5-years my family and | have been subjected to numerous death threats and intimidation from international crime gangs. There are witnesses outside of my own family, as well as substantial documentary evidence. Several of the telephone death threats are recorded 1am sorry to have to bring this to your attention, but unfortunately there is also clear evidence of a cover up by your officials in the Home Office - Why is the Home Office scared to have these crimes investigated? Iwas slandered by Grosvenor Intemational years ago and have filed a report that suggests that there may be some form of linkage between the slandering and the threats, since | tend to gel threatened when | mention the siandering. Perhaps it is. coincidental - but the authorities could check this oul, | am not complaining about a civil matter, | am complaining about serious criminal intimidation. Three examples: * Grosvenor /The Duke Of Westminster ~ 40 minutes atter | made a telephone call lo my daughler that referred critically to the Duke, | received a telephone death threat against both myself and one of my sons, and our daughter was intimidated the next day in Aberdeen where she is a university student. | have provided the Home Office (and Grosvenor) with a list of several other incidents where there is at least a strong appearance of this type of linkage. 1ce Charles's Circle ~ Three hours after | had met with a reporter from a newspaper, my wife and | received a death threat which was — Diana times 5 / ARH (there are 5 In our family). I know the Prince is not involved: yet the crime gangs are definitely trying to suggest to me that the threats are coming from his circle. Coincidentally, several of the Trustees of Grosvenor are high in this Circle, and the Council of The Duchy of Cornwall + Cover up by the Home Office ~ For 5 months the Home Office pretended to be investigating and did nothing, following a complaint made directly to The Home Secretary ~ They didn’t even contact one single witness — Yet the authorities have a detailed written complaint, and recorded evidence of some of the death threats in their possession ~ Why the cover up??Cover up in The Home Office ‘The facts of the Home Office cover up can be summarised as follows. On Oct, 26° and again on Nov. 3° 2004 my wife and I reported these serious criminal offences to the Police in Didsbury, both in person and in writing. A Police Inspector, who has. never met us, refused to investigate even though | was told that he had been urged to approve an investigation by one of his own officers, Mr. Bradley MP, himself a former Home Office Minister, (as evidenced by his letters to me of 24" Nov. and 6" Dec. 2004, and 11" Jan. 2005) then brought this matter directly to the then Home Secretary's personal attention, and the Home Office told Mr. Bradley that they were investigating. In fact 2s shown by Home Office Minister “Ms. Hazel Blears” letter to Mr, Bradley dated 16" March 2008 this earlier statement the Home Office made (4 months before) that they were investigating was completely untrue, as they had never investigated at all Ms. Hazel Blears' letter then dismissed my complaint to the Home Office on the spurious grounds that her officials had stated that there was no evidence that | had initially reported the intimidation to the police. This excuse is amazing and completely untrue, since a 5-second phone call to me from a junior official would have easily determined where and when | originally reported this to the police. Needless to say no attempt was made to contact me. Ms. Blears then suggested that | contact the same police inspector who had refused to investigate in the first place. Quite amazing, is it not!! Bul it is worse than this. | am sorry to say that there is circumstantial evidence that an official may have tipped off the crime gangs ~ There are three examples ofthis. One example: On the same day (March 16") that Ms. Blears signed her letter that put a stop to the pretended investigation, | also got ordered to “stop” by the crime gangs ~ presumably stop complaining. As I wrote to Mr. Bradley on March 22" 2008 all this suggests to ma is that the authorities do not want to find out the truth, and presumably are relying on the crime gangs to keep me silent. Nothing could (and has) encourage the crime gangs more that the knowledge that in relation to my family they can operate with impunity above the law. The week after | made this written comment, my other son was subjected to a barrage of telephone death threats. The authoritios oven have recorded evidence of some of the death threats, and they still will not investigate Five Yoars of Death Throats and Intimidation How serious have these multiple criminal threats been? Well in addition to numerous telephone threats against us all (in several cities) and some very sophisticated computer intimidation and surveillance, I have had vehicles driven directly at me at speed, laser beams fired into my living room, been hit on the head by a pellet fired from some form of gun, been threatened on the street, prowlers, cars following one around and very much more. There have been dozens of such evil threatening incidents over the last 5-years together with hundreds of phone calls,These threats have been so bad that after one of the earlier incidents my wife collapsed, She was hospitalised for three days. Hardly surprising when one considers that my wife and | have had to live with the very real possibility that at eny time very powerful establishment-contracted erime gangs could murder either us or our three children. This is what the threats are alt about. Our Children (A Chartered Accountant in Manchester, An ACA Trainee in Birmingham, and a student at Aberdeen University) have also been directly threatened. You have to experience these threats to know just quite how horrible it is. Yes, it is bizarre. What is most bizarre is the total failure of the Home Office / Police to even begin to investigate these crimes, and the cover up in the Home Office. Given the nature of the threats | have taken the precaution of filing copies of my evidence and correspondence safely off shore; so that the matter can still be dealt should something happen to me. Lot me just repeat what these threats are: The direct threats (not phone calls) include ~ some Very sophisticated computer intimidation and surveillance - vehicles driven directly at me at speed several times, and up onto the pavement - laser beams fired into my living room - hit on the head by a pellet fired from some form of gun — we have been threatened on the street, subjected to prowlers in the night, and had cars following us around in the day, and very much more. There have been dozens of such evil threatening incidents over the last S-years together with hundreds of phone calls, some of which are recorded, Executives who are aware of some of the evidence of intimidation have described all this in writing as “an absolutely awful situation that you and your family are confronting” “shocking” “serious and dangerous ~ I hope the police are guarding." (Some hopel!} Prime Minister, my wife and | have hed the courage to report these serious criminal offences. Is it not time that the Government had the courage to investigate them properly, no matter where such an investigation may lead. Sinceroly Roderick Russell BA FCAThe Rt. Hon. Keith Sredley MP 225 eon Hons West ds HOUSE OF COMMONS “MD LW LONDON SW1A 0AA 0161 ae 2047 Our Ref: 042154RUSSO04 48 March 2005, Roderick Russell 6 Spath Holme Holme Road West Didsbury Manchester Mz0 21x Dear Roderick Russell, Please find enclosed a copy of a reply I have received from the Home Office following the representations | made on your behalf. #0164 445 6549 ¢. kelthbradleymp@parliamentuk If you feel that | can be of further help on this or any other matter, then please do not hesitate to contact me again. Yours sincerely, Tho Rt. Hon. Keith Bradley MP, ‘Manchester Withington.Home Office Hazel Blears MP MINISTER OF STATE 2 Marsham Street, London SWIP 4DF wurwhomeoffice.gov.uk Rt Hon Keith Bradley, MP ATO House of Commons Quite wae, lesp fee et London’ wy Defio| 2005 I» MBS a ce SWI1A OAA ow Cotas Rassot # A Tell, Oe. Se Reference: M19028/4 a 48 AR 2006 ‘Your Reference: RUSSO04 042154 he b \ se chee Koi a Thank you for your letter of 24 November 2004 on behalf of Mr Roderick Russell of 6 Spath Hoime, Holme Road, West Didpbury, Manchester, M20 2X in which he complained that he was being victimised by organised criminals. 1 am very sorry for the delay in replying to your letter. My officials have been liaising with Greater Manchester Police, and | am sorry to tell you that they can find_no record of Mr Russell contacting them regarding the allegations_in_his. letter. | would suggest that if Mr Russell wishes to report the incidents he has ‘experienced to the police, he may wish to contact Inspector Mike Dawson, who is responsible for policing his local neighbourhood, on 0161 856 4593. | can reassure Mr Russell that the Home Office does take both organised crime and victimisation very seriously. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill, published in November last year, proposes a radical overhaul of the way law enforcement agencies combat organised crime, and modernisation of police powers. The proposals will see the creation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and new powers to secure more convictions of crime bosses. SOCA is being established to create a single, specialist organisation focused on reducing the harm caused to society by organised crime. It will bring together ‘existing agencies and skills and create an intelligence-driven mix of analysis, surveillance, technical skills, financial expertise and law enforcement powers to achieve a much greater impact of organised crime than ever before.Reforms to police powers of arrest and the new measures aim to help crack the scourge of organised criminals, whe trade in fear and intimidation, tearing apart communities and affecting the quality of life of every citizen, while strengthening and modemising the police service to ensure stronger, safer communities for all. ican also reassure Mr Russell that the Government will make sure that criminal Justice agencies put the needs of victims al the heart of the criminal justice system. In July 2003 the Government publishod the strategy document - A new deal for victims and witnesses ~ national strategy to deliver improved services - which outlines the national framework for the delivery of new services for victims and witnesses. The strategy identifies weaknesses and remaining gaps in services and sets out the future initiatives which will help to make new and lasting improvements in the service offered to victims and witnesses. In addition, a National Victims Advisory Panel has also been set up, consisting ‘of 10 members of the public, who have been victims of crime. The Panel is not to provide advice to victims, rather it has been established to advise Government Ministers and other representatives of the criminal justice agencies of their views on the planned Govemment policies for victims and witnesses. This will enable Ministers and others to hear their experiences, and generate idoas and practical proposals for improving services to victims and witnesses. Finally, | would like to fell you about the personal support which is available to victims of crime. The Government provides a substantial grant (£30 million in the current financial year) to the voluntary organisation, Viclim Support, which has enabled the organisation, through its local schemes, to continue its work of advising and helping victims and witnesses of crime. Mr Russell may wish to contact his local scheme, as they may be able to help him now or in the future. The Victim Support Line is 0845 3030900 (local call rates apply) A b/ Mi ity heel ' HAZEL BLEARS MP2, WH <