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Please note that the information on the website is set out under a number of tabs. If this is your first time to go to this website, then, if you are using a computer, the best sequence is to read from left to right.

(If you are using a phone or tablet, click on Menu, and follow the sequence top to bottom).

We were dealing with a number of statutory bodies, and therefore there was a lot of concurrent activity with the various bodies, and therefore there is a certain amount of duplication. However there is also a lot of information that has not been included in the interests of keeping this blog as brief and as relevant as possible.

The first tab is this “Contents” page.

The second tab is “Intro/Background”.

This starts with a commentary on Miscarriages of Justice, then gives a bit of background on the case. It includes a verbatim content of a letter from the PSNI dated 27 Nov 2018. At this point we have exhausted the official channels to clear Mary’s name.

The third tab is “Letter PPSNI 22May17” This is a copy of my letter to the PPSNI which provided copy of communications to/from the Forensic Scientist. After the inquest in Jan/Feb 2017 I heard that the Forensic Scientist had much clearer photos that had not been provided to the inquest. With the aid of these photos I was able to solve the mystery cause of the marks on Seamus’ neck.

The letter also details four factual errors that were in the “Outline of Case” submitted by the PSNI to the PPSNI.

The fourth tab is “Meeting PSNI 23Aug17”

Further to my letter of 22 May 2017 the PPSNI arranged for PSNI to contact me. I then had a meeting with PSNI on 23 Aug 2017. This tab contains a full record of this meeting.

This record covers several important issues.

It explains why we had to initiate a Judicial Review of a decision by the Coroner, and why no media attended the subsequent preliminary hearing.

It also comments on the fact that arguably the two most important witnesses (the pathologists) were put on the stand together in a very tight timeframe at the end of a long day.

It also mentions that a notebook presented to the inquest by a police officer as contemporaneous clearly was not contemporaneous.

And much more.

The fifth tab is “Coroner Verdict-Comm”

This tab contains the full report of the Coroner following an inquest over 4 days from 30 Jan 2017 to 2 Feb 2017. I have inserted my detailed comments on the findings.

Note in particular that there was a substantial nose bleed as a result of the paramedics bursting a blood vessel while attempting to insert a nasal airway. This happened shortly after 6:23am.

The PSNI forensic doctor estimated that death occurred at approx 7am.

However the Coroner found that death occurred between 3 and 4am.

The PSNI say that marks on the body could not have been caused by the paramedics because they say that Seamus was dead when the paramedics arrived, and a body doesn't bruise after death.

This is nonsense!

To put it simply:

If a body can bleed, then it can also bruise.

The sixth tab is “Core Group” (Click on “More” first)

The Core Group is a partnership of state agencies set up following the PSNI launch of a murder inquiry. The partners included the Northern Trust, the Belfast Trust, the RQIA, & the PSNI. Meetings were hosted and chaired by the Northern Trust and therefore all my correspondence was addressed to the Northern Trust as the lead partner in this Core Group.

I have also provided information about the Northern Trust’s “Safeguarding” investigation.

The Chief Nursing Officer from the Department of Health was also involved by sending out an ”Alert Notice” during Christmas week 2012. No explanation has been received as to the timing of this Alert Notice issued 9 months after the launch of the murder inquiry.

After a protracted delay, the Northern Trust allowed Mary to return to work “without restrictions”.

The seventh tab is “OPONI” (Click on “More” first)

This tab starts with a recap.

A recurring theme in this case was the difficulty of dealing with statutory bodies, who invariably directed us to take our queries elsewhere.

“Elsewhere” on several occasions was the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

We had three separate contact occasions with OPONI.

Our final contact with the OPONI was a somewhat acrimonious meeting on 26 Aug 2016. Unfortunately we came to the conclusion that the investigation of our complaint by OPONI was flawed.

The eight tab is "Media" (Click on "More" first)

This has links to online stories in the media.

Abbreviations:

NMC           Nursing and Midwifery Council

OPONI        Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

PSNI           Police Service Northern Ireland

PPS-NI        Public Prosecution Service – Northern Ireland

RQIA           The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

MIT             Major Inquiry Team (PSNI)

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