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Thursday, 15 July 2004 |
Did I tell you about the strange letter I got at Belmarsh almost three years
ago? I had many anonymous letters there. A few abusive; some supportive. This
one was strange. Written on parchment, it felt, in an old quill pen, but quite
readable. The writer was full of distress about my trial. She (I assumed a
female) said I was an honest, decent, honourable man and should not worry.
I would emerge from this a better and happier person. Then she went on
to predict bad karma for those involved. But it was very vague. What caught
my attention was when she said "two of the eleven jurors involved in your
wrongful conviction will die within three years... indeed, one is already dead".
There was no way I could verify that but what struck me was... how did she
know there were only eleven jurors (one walked out in disgust at the
considerations of the others on the first day and gave me a sympathetic look
when I saw her getting into the lift by the restaurant, but this had not been
reported anywhere).
Another prediction stated that "someone not directly involved but who encouragec
others to lie will shortly discover a close relation is terminally ill". Some
months later I read that Max Clifford's wife had been diagnosed with cancer.
A third comment was that "a judge involved in your case, who you met years
ago, will die very shortly".
I thought that was absurd. I'd never met Judge Paget, the only judge at my
trial. However I did peruse the papers, especially when two Old Bailey judges
were rumoured to have been caught in Operation Ore (no further news or names
on that?).
Last week. Lord Justice Kay died aged 60. In reading his obituary, I discovered
he was, in fact, John Kay who had visited me twice at Cambridge, where we were
both students in 1964. He had been the presiding judge at my appeal.
Very strange. If you are that person, or wrote that letter, do please contact
me at KING (FF8782) HMP Maidstone, County Rd, Kent ME14 1UZ and this time give
your name and address. The other many predictions, involving claimants and
police and lawyers, were equally fascinating. I'm not a believer, but this
is WEIRD!
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