A Dublin judge has conceded to the extradition of a man
for the crime of posting a DVD to the judge of a 7/7
terror trial in the UK.
William Hill, 60, was been remanded in custody on
Thursday, 2 April 2009 for a minimum of 15 days by the
High Court judge Justice Michael Peart, pending
extradition to the UK. Mr Hill, who has lived in Ireland
for the past 10 years, can appeal the decision, which
would postpone any extradition until the results of the
appeal.
Mr Hill, who calls himself Maud ‘Dib after a
character in the science fiction novel and film Dune,
posted a DVD containing his documentary 7/7 The Ripple
Effect, with no covering letter, to the UK London
bombings terror trial judge as he says he is is convinced
that a miscarriage of justice was about to take place in
the UK trial. The documentary has been freely available
on the Internet for the past year.
The posted copy was not given to the judge, to whom the
package was addressed but was instead given straight to
police, which resulted in an extradition request to the
Irish authorities. The UK wants to charge Mr Hill with an
attempt to ‘pervert the course of justice’
which carries a maximum term of life imprisonment.
Friends of the arrested man have on their website
http://mtrial.org/action called on people to anonymously
post copies of the documentary to High Court judges in
Ireland and to the trial judges in the UK, and to the
prosecution and jury foreman.
The website claims that as nothing was sent with the DVD
posted to the trial judge except the documentary itself,
which contains mostly footage compiled from broadcast
television, Mr Hill was in effect expressing his opinion,
which is not a crime and the right of which is guaranteed
under international laws to which both the UK and Ireland
are signatories.
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Man faces extradition trial on
Thursday 19th March for the crime of sending a DVD
March 17, 2009
The following is a press release concerning the arrest
and trial of John Anthony Hill, with information on where
to go if you wish to show support.
The maker of the film "7/7 Ripple Effect", John
Anthony Hill, who was arrested by gardai on Tuesday 10th
February 2009, and kept in prison for nearly 10 days
before being released on bail, will be attending court on
Thursday 19th March 2009 at 2:00 PM, at the Four Courts
building in Dublin. There is a noticeboard in the
reception area under the dome, that provides information
concerning in which courtrooms the trials are being held.
The British authorities are attempting to have him
extradited to face trial for "attempting to pervert
the course of justice", for mailing a DVD to the
judge and jury foreman of the first trial of Waheed Ali,
25, Sadeer Saleem, 28, and Mohammed Shakil, 32, who were
being tried at Kingston Crown Court, England, wrongfully
accused of helping the four designated patsies of the
London 7/7/2005 bombings who were; in reality; victims,
as much as all the others who died and/or were injured
and traumatized that day.
As far as John; who was born in Sheffield, England and
has spent the last 11 years in Ireland; is concerned, he
firmly believes those men are innocent, just like the
Guildford Four and Birmingham Six, and he mailed the DVD
in order to help straighten out the course of justice not
pervert it.
The film "7/7 Ripple Effect" proves that the
four men wrongfully accused of carrying out the London
7/7 terror attacks, are innocent, and that therefore the
three men who are presently being re-tried for allegedly
helping them, are also innocent and have no case to
answer.
Information has reached John, that the DVD never even
reached the judge and jury foreman of that first trial,
as the "Kingston court staff" did not pass it
on to them. Which I don't think was very nice of them.
Neither was the fact they instead gave the DVD to the
police, to whom the DVD was not addressed to. A DVD of a
film that had been publicly available on the internet
since the 5th November 2007, six months before he mailed
a copy of it to the court at Kingston.
The maximum sentence for the false charge that has been
laid on him, is Life Imprisonment. He is 60 years old. He
doesn't want any sympathy because of that as he is a
fighter, but I wanted to mention it regardless because I
believe he is a great example to all who strive for truth
and justice in this world.
John is asking anyone who is not working that day or can
take the afternoon off (this Thursday the 19th), and
wishes to attend to show support, to come along at
1:30pm.
I also know he is a very interesting and nice man, a true
friend who loves his neighbour, and it wouldn't do anyone
harm to meet him. So be there if you can. The authorities
only get away with evil things like this because no-one
cares enough (all it takes for evil to triumph is for
good men to do nothing). It is an absolute crime that the
Irish and British authorities are expending so much time,
effort and money, on this case, whilst the thieves in the
higher strata of society continue to rob both countries
blind.
More information on this can be found at the Friends of
Muad'Dib website:- http://mtrial.org/
