16th April, 2014
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Jarrod Bleijie
Level 18
State Law Building
50 Ann Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Dear Mr Bleijie
I have now written to you on 3 separate occasions (1st
December 2013, 14th December 2013 and 23rd March 2014)
and here I am yet again writing to you as I am yet to receive any form of
response from you with regard to any of my letters. It has been 2 years since Jason was shot and
killed by Detective Thomas Hess and this government continues to sit on its
hands and do nothing but ignore the facts, the evidence and the undeniable
truth that things just don’t add up here.
We have asked you several times to review the evidence of
Jason’s case, have an open look at all the inconsistencies, and be honest with
the citizens of Queensland. I ask you
yet again why should a Police Officer not face a jury of 12 independent people
like any other lay person? Two years on
my family continue our fight for justice for Jason and we will not rest until the
day that Detective Thomas Hess faces a jury and we are given a verdict from
independent people, after the evidence is tried and tested, after all the
inconsistencies are probed and answers given as to why versions have changed
over and over again by the Police. Only
then can we truly accept the fate of our son.
On that point of versions changing, are you aware that at
the initial critical interview with Detective Thomas Hess at the Boondall
Police Station, the afternoon of the shooting.
Inspector Walton asks Detective Thomas Hess how Jason was shot in the
back and Detective Thomas Hess responded by saying because he was going for
cover, he had the perfect cover, and I had none. Yet the following day at his walk through his
version of events changed to Jason and I were standing approx. 2 meters apart,
face to face, stationary, arms out stretched, then I aimed for centre of mass
and fired and Jason was still standing when I finished firing.
I am also reiterating the last inconsistencies I advised you
of, and with each letter I write to you I will include another
inconsistency. On the afternoon of
Jason’s killing Ian Leavers in his capacity of Qld Police Union President
stated words to the effect that the reputation of these two detectives involved
were beyond reproach. Are you aware that
in the short period Detective Thomas Hess, the killer if not murderer of my son
has been with Qld Police Force approximately 5 years. In this short time Detective Thomas Hess has
3 complaints of allegations against his name including 5th March
2007 Police Officer may be supplying local drug suppliers with information
identifying details relating to planned police raids in Karanda, Mareeba and
Cairns district. 23rd May 2011 officer drew firearm although not
discharged and 28th June 2011 forced confessions/threats to induce
admissions/confessions/obtain incriminating evidence.
Are you also aware in the evidence that Thomas Hess started
his own recording from the lanyard around his neck after the shooting
occurred? During this recording an
officer came up to Hess and clearly asks did he have a gun? Thomas Hess replied
yeh mate yeh. Then he removed his lanyard/recording
device and placed it down, you then hear him go off and whisper to this officer
before he returns for approx. 1min 40seconds.
It is not clear exactly what is being said between Hess and this other
officer however parts that can be made out clearly demonstrate that he is
giving a version of what happened. At
the inquest he was asked if the officer he was talking to could have been
Officer Weston and he replied with “quite possibly it could have been him”. Once again all of this contradicts the
statements given by Hess and Weston that they had not spoken at all.
In summary, two years has passed since Jason was shot dead
by Thomas Hess and still no justice has been seen. Well may you have your text book protocol to
cover up, distort, pollute, lie, manipulate and to pervert the course of
justice but I am here to tell you that I will not be threatened, intimidated,
abused, accused or silenced. Your
ignorance is something I anticipated long ago.
Not only your ignorance but your arrogance has proven that the police gang
mentality is alive and rife in this state and you are the “first lawman” of this
state. I have all the video, audio,
photographic and written evidence of Jason’s case and I will continue to share
this with people on my blogsite. I am
currently making a documentary showing all the inconsistencies and differing
accounts and I will air this documentary on the internet for the public to form
their own opinion. I was gagged from
telling the truth, the media was gagged from printing the truth and the public
were gagged from hearing the truth, however I will be gagged no longer.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
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