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SIMON HAMFORD RECORDED MEETING ZEN,
AND SEBASTIAN WORDPRESS
IN SEP 2012,
IN AN EML TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
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02.01.1
About a week ago,
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I was on my way to the city centre Tesco's,
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when I saw a man with a placard,
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which read
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'WHICH PLYMOUTH SOLICITOR
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BLACKMAILS BOYS INTO SEX,
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WHILE POLICE TWIDDLE THUMBS?'
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02.02.1
So I approached him,
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told him it was interesting,
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and asked
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what the answer to that question was.
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02.03.1
He told me, quite dramatically,
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that he did not need to tell me the name
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because the people of Plymouth knew his name,
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and would provide it themselves,
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for he has told people
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to shout out the name of the Solicitor
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when they see him [ with the sign ].
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02.04.1
I found it a little perplexing
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that he would not provide the name,
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but then I was interupted by two local men,
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who came up to the man,
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and one said:
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'You know who that is, don't you - Alan Harris '.
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02.05.1
At which point ,
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the man with the placard turned to me,
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and said:
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' As I said -
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the people of Plymouth know him by name,
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he has been doing it for a very long time.'
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03.01.1
The man with the Placard
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gave his name to me as 'Zen'
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and also gave me
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a folder of information he was carrying,
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which I took home and read.
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03.02.1
I then met with 'Zen' the next day.
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03.03.1
I had told him
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that if his story were true
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I would like to potentially make a film about it,
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to highlight the cause,
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as I am very capable at this.
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03.04.1
I met 'Zen'
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and found him to be quite anti-authority
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and yet to his credit
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he seemed to be the only one
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who was actually doing anything
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about what is apparently common knowledge.
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03.05.1
He told me again
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about how
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those deemed by the Solicitor to be vulnerable
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are told that their case
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will be presented very badly
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and that they will do many years in prison
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unless they have sex with him.
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03.06.1
I had spent a long time talking with 'Zen'
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and then an associate of his
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arrived out of the blue,
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and as he approached
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'Zen' told me:
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' Here is one of the victims '.
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04.01.1
Meeting the victim
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really opened my eyes
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to the reality of what was being said.
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04.02.1
The victim described to me
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some details of his blackmail experience,
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of his own volition,
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but left
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before I could take his full name
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or his contact number.
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04.03.1
I believe this was because
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the memory was very upsetting for him.
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04.04.1
The incident involved coercive rape
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as well as a further incident of the Solicitor,
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Alan Harris,
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keeping all the victims files,
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consisting of 15 years worth of priceless information
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to do with the victim's career in Media.
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04.05.1
A further blackmailing was done
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in order for the victim
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to get back his personal property.
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05.01.1
I am now in the position
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of only having a rather eccentric man - ' Zen '
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as the steward of this little campaign
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and I wonder if you might offer me some advice
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as to how to help
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bring this apparent criminality by a Solicitor
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to the acknowledgement of the powers that be,
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that is it seems;
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the very courts he represents.
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06.01.1
I request only that your reply
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does not simply ask me to report it to the Police,
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whom no-one seems to trust in this case,
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and that you perhaps allow me
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to talk to a local representative of yours.
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06.02.1
Coercive rape is a serious crime
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and as far as I can see
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it is a definite breach of human rights,
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especially when involving the young and vulnerable.
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06.03.1
If I was homeless and without family,
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facing criminal charges,
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I would not like to have such blackmail
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given to me to absorb.
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