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Video Blog for shooting Death of Jason Protheroe by Qld Police Officer
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Letter to supporters 23rd November 2014
23rd November 2014
Approaching the end of 2014 I feel compelled to update our 97000
followers on where we currently stand. I
sit here pondering on not just what has happened to me and my family but the generalised
state of the atrocities being carried out by some members of the Qld Police
Force. I saw on the news as recently as
last week another citizen shot and killed by police and a double amputee and
his carer being mistreated and beaten at a local Brisbane shopping centre by
Qld Police officers. Ian Leavers from
the Qld Police Union yet again appeared on television justifying these police officers’
actions although not present at the time of course. In my opinion, on the day of Jason’s death
and the following day Ian Leavers in his capacity of Qld Police Union President
with his vicious and malicious lies about Jason having a fully loaded semi-automatic
pistol hunting the officers down with the intention to do harm he had no remorse
about the damning lies he had told. Yet
at Jason’s inquest he explained to the Coroner Michael Barnes that he had
changed his ways and in my belief the same statements continue to be voiced by
him every time a Qld Police officer is involved in an incident that calls their
conduct into question. In my mind my son’s
death was covered up and swept under a carpet by the Qld government, Qld
Attorney General Jarrod Bleijie, ex Qld Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson,
current Qld Police Commissioner Ian Stewart, state Police Minister Jack
Dempsey, Qld Ethical Standards, Qld CMC, Qld Police Union President Ian
Leavers, Ex Qld state Coroner Michael Barnes.
In my own personal opinion, even taking into account the final submission
by the State Coroners right hand man Peter Johns the outcome of Jason’s inquest
should have been entirely different but yet due to what I believe to be the gutless
and cowardly act of Michael Barnes who obviously takes his cues from above, he
ignored his right hand man and found Thomas Hess acted within the law. This whole life changing trauma is not only
about my son being possibly murdered by Qld Police Officer Thomas Hess, it’s
now become something that all of Qld and possibly Australia should protect
ourselves against. The distortion of
facts to be allowed to be given and played by the media, by the hierarchy of
the Qld Government and Qld Police force respectively and what I believe to be
the illegal gagging of the real facts to prevent the people of Qld aka Australia
from hearing the real facts. With the
passing of what I believe to be one gutless man who refused to at least stand
up and make the honourable decision to hold Police Officers accountable and
face a jury like any lay person would have to.
The spirit of this family or my resolve will not succumb to threats by
anyone including Jarrod Bleijie the Qld Attorney General or Assistant Police
Commissioner Ross Barnett (As per previous letters uploaded on this site). What is a clear problem in our state of Qld
started for me with the tragic death of my son Jason on 17th April
2012 but has become a quest to expose the corruption that exists throughout the
Qld Police force and The Qld hierarchy.
I will continue to do this in a righteous, lawful and peaceful manner. I ask that you share my blogsite with anyone
and everyone you know, not just to support Jason but to also support all the
victims of Qld Police crime. The
corruption within Qld Police makes it difficult for those young officers who
are upholding the law to perform their duties efficiently. In my opinion Thomas Hess may have gotten
away with murder thanks to the help of the Qld Government and Police
hierarchy. (So he thinks.) I ask all of our followers to keep watching
and sharing this blogsite. Justice must
prevail.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
Monday, September 29, 2014
Rememberance Day
29th September 2014
Today is National Police Remembrance day for the brave and
selfless officers who lost their lives defending our rights as citizens to live
in peace and safety. They are true
heroes who deserve to be recognised and I ask that if you can’t march with them
then at least give them a minutes silence out of respect and thanks. I personally salute them for their sacrifices
and offer my heartfelt condolences to all of their families. Lest we forget. Having said that there is a particular element
in all Police Forces in my mind particularly the Qld Police Force which has a
rogue element using their badges and guns as a licence to kill or murder and is
supported by the mateship mentality of the Qld Government and Qld Police hierarchy.
On 17th April 2012 my son Jason was shot twice in
the back of his body and died at the hands of Qld Police Officer Detective
Thomas Hess from Carseldine Police station.
At the Coronial Inquest Coroner Michael Barnes found that Detective
Thomas Hess acted within the grounds of the law despite the overwhelming
evidence that my son was unarmed. In a
cowardly and unprecedented move five days after the closing of the inquest he
then went on to gag the evidence so the public could never hear the true
version of the events that transpired that fateful day.
There is a group called Australian Police Watch which was
set up for victims of crime by Police. I
became aware of this organisation after my son’s death and recently I received
an invitation to attend a Police Victims Remembrance Day on Sunday October 26,
2014. Never did I know that I myself or
my family would become victims of crime by Police, Police Hierarchy and the Qld
Government. I urge all Australians to
read not only my blog site but to support this Police Victims Remembrance day
to support all the victims of police crime and cover ups. From the outset I said my resolve would never
waiver and it hasn’t nor will it. There
is a state election looming in March 2015, I intend to bring my son’s death to
the forefront of this election and make Campbell Newman and his Government
accountable for what they are refusing to do about genuine complaints about the
Qld Police Force.
In closing, lest we forget our fallen Police Officers and lest
we forget my son Jason and lest we forget the victims of Police Crime and lest
we forget what this government has done to protect the citizens from the rogue
elements that I have spoken about.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
Friday, September 12, 2014
Letter to our supporters
13th September 2014
I woke this morning with thoughts of my son Jason as I have
done for the last 2 1/2 years. Recently
I have noticed an upsurge in the amount of followers who are supporting our
fight for justice for Jason. The support
network is not only spreading throughout Australia but around the world as
well. In recent media headlines notable
cases are Gerard Baden Clay for the killing of his wife Allison and Oscar
Pistorius for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva. One was said to be a professional business
man and the other a professional sports person.
Both claimed they were not guilty of committing crimes against their
partners as do most defendants accused of these crimes, both have faced a
criminal trial and both were found guilty.
The dilemma I face every morning since my son’s death is why should Qld
Police Officer Thomas Hess who without doubt killed my son by way of 2 bullets
into the back of my son’s body verified by the pathologist who performed the
autopsy and witnessed by a civilian who was in the backyard at the time of the
killing and had full view of what happened.
For the gratitude of our supporters whom I have never met I
am a 59 year old father of 5 children (including Jason) and a grandfather to 12
children. I am constantly asked by my
wife and adult sons where things stand with justice being served for Jason. I constantly feel inadequate to my family as
everything takes time and it feels like forever. From the outset I have faced a hostile
government, a hostile justice system, a hostile police force but I will not
back down. I have been threatened, I
have lost faith in the justice system of Queensland, I have lost faith in the
Premier of Queensland, I have lost my eldest son but I will not give up on
having the killer of my son brought to justice.
I want to thank each and every one of you for your support you have
given me to date and I ask that you continue that support by sharing this story
with everyone you know. I am not asking
for money I am asking for help to bring my son’s killer to justice.
Another high profile killing of a Queensland citizen also killed
by a Qld Police Officer was Cameron Doomadgee in 2004 where a community rioted
and burnt the Palm Island Police station down.
Whist I would never instigate or condone any form of violent protest
what so ever, the one thing that can be said about the Cameron Doomadgee case is
that the community stuck together and stood up to a hostile government. I’m
simply asking that as a community we stick together and hold this government to
account that laws are passed that a uniform, a badge and a gun does not give
you the right to kill or possibly murder any citizen and not face a jury and
have the facts tested within a court of law by an independent jury.
At the Coronial Inquest, to my knowledge Coroner Michael
Barnes in his findings chose to ignore not only the facts presented by our
barrister Sam Di Carlo and Solicitor Craig Stevenson but also the summary of
his own right hand man Peter Johns. He
found that Thomas Hess had acted within the grounds of the law ignoring all the
factual evidence presented that stated otherwise. To then add more fuel to the fire the Coroner
in an unprecedented move then placed a gag order on the case 5 days following
the inquest. So our fight for Justice
has led us to social media as the media has been gagged and they will not help
us in our fight no matter how many facts we present to them as they are all too
scared of this government. What happened
to freedom of speech?
I often ask myself why me? Why Jason? Why my family? This
could have happened to any person anywhere in Queensland. If this person had been anyone but a Queensland
Police Officer I believe I would have faced a sympathetic police hierarchy and
government. Even after all that has
happened I hold no malice towards the Queensland Police Force as a whole, I
still believe that majority of our Qld Police Force are fighting to serve and
protect us as citizens of our state. I
also believe that most decent and honourable Police Officers agree that Thomas
Hess should face a jury. It is a blight
on the Queensland Premier and government that as a citizen of Queensland
holding most of the evidence of this case I should have to take out a private
prosecution against the killer of my son knowing the evidence exactly as I know
it, simply because this person is a Police Officer. I currently have my legal team preparing for
this.
The reality is simple Thomas Hess by his own admission deliberately
shot and killed my son, he doesn’t deny it.
So the question is what is this government trying to cover up? Campbell
Newman said after the last Stafford Bi election where his team was thrashed
that he would start listening to the people.
Well he’s not listening to me or my family and it is quite clear that
this Government after receiving letters from the Attorney General Jarrod Bleijie and Deputy Police Commissioner Ross Barnett wants
me silenced. This government and Police
force has clearly swept my son’s death under a carpet to protect their
own. There is an election looming early next
year and with your help I ask that if they’re not prepared to bring Thomas Hess
to a jury trial then as a united front you help me rid us of this government and
sweep it under a carpet, just as they did with my son’s death.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Reply to Deputy Commissioner (Specialist Operations Unit)
31st August 2014
Ross Barnett
Deputy Commissioner
(Specialist Operations)
GPO Box 1440
Brisbane Qld 4001
Dear Deputy Commissioner Mr Barnett
I have reposted below a letter that I sent to the Attorney
General Jarrod Bleijie on December 13 2013.
I received no such response from this letter until now.
Attorney-General and Minister for
Justice
Jarrod Bleijie
Level 18
State Law Building
50 Ann Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Dear Mr Bleijie
On December 1 2013 I responded to
your letter with regard to the death of my son Jason Protheroe. In
that letter I said I will endeavour to seek legal advice at my earliest
convenience and make my decision after receiving such advice. On
reflection, after 13 days to consider what I believe to be your threatening
letter I’ve decided that I will not succumb to your bullying or threats and I
will not edit or delete anything I have posted on my blog site. I
believe that I have spent 20 months trying to argue the truth and what the
Queensland police union, the Ethical Standards unit, The Coroner and you have
done nothing but try to cover up the truth. I say prove to me that I
am wrong because I do not lie and I will never ever make a statement that I
believe to be incorrect, I am not an idiot and I have the evidence to prove
what I am saying. Why should I believe anything that is said
when clearly the hard facts and evidence points to lies and untruths. A
young woman witnessed the events that took place that day, a police officer was
told by Troy Weston the partner of Thomas Hess on the day that he saw nothing
on the day as he dodged behind a car to take cover, even though in evidence at
the Coronial Inquest he claimed he did not say this or he can’t explain where
Inspector Jones got that version from. The truth in this matter
remains unchanged. I believe that Thomas Hess needs to stand trial
for the unlawful killing if not murder of my son and if you do your job and
investigate the case as a whole with all its inconsistencies then you will
understand where I am coming from. If you as the first law officer
of the state can’t see what I believe to be the truth then I will continue to
proceed with my own private prosecution in 2014 against:
Ian Leavers (I am still awaiting a
reply from the CMC regarding my complaint of misconduct against him for the
perversion of justice)
Thomas Hess for the unlawful killing
if not murder of my son
Troy Weston who I believe the
evidence suggests committed perjury
Mark Reid from Ethical Standards
command who I believe the evidence suggests committed perjury (I am still
awaiting a reply from the CMC regarding my complaint of misconduct against him
for the perversion of justice)
Constable Belinda Baker who I believe
the evidence suggests committed perjury
I ask you where are the responses and
answers to all of my legitimate complaints I have submitted? How long does
it take to pick up a phone and ask the question “where are we at with
this?” As the number one law man of the state I expect you have the
power to get answers.
In summary, a fair system would see
that it is unmistakable that Thomas Hess killed my son by way of two gunshot
wounds to the back of his body contrary to what Michael Barnes stated in his
findings. Pathologist Ben Ong originally stated that it would be difficult
if not impossible to interpret and reconstruct how these shots were sustained
in the circumstances as described in Police Form 1. This same
Pathologist stated at the Coronial Inquest that he changed his autopsy results
because Ethical Standards aka Mark Reid asked him to. No matter how
much I love my son the reality is I was not there on the day. I have
never ever said I was there, the only thing I have ever tried to do and will
continue to do is search for the truth. The greatest respect I can
show Jason and the legacy I can leave to my family and Jason’s children is to
stand up for the truth, not be bullied, not turn a blind eye to the truth, not
be silenced by the hierarchy of the Qld Police service or the Government bodies
including the Ethical Standards Command, Crime and Misconduct Commission and
the Attorney General’s Office aka Jarrod Bleijie.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
For approximately 9 months I waited
for a response from the Attorney General Jarrod Bleijie and heard absolutely
nothing and now I am faced with a renewed threat from you. Could this be because of the approximate
50000 people who are now following the truth with interest as to what this
government has done to my son and this family?
I will once again state uncategorically that I will not be bullied,
threatened or silenced by your threats.
I will reiterate that I made a pledge over my son’s dead body, for him, his
children and my family that I will not stop until Thomas Hess faces an independent
jury over the killing, possible murder of my son. Your letter states that I immediately remove
any information which falls within the scope of the non-publication order but
yet you do not state which information this is.
Firstly in section 41 of the information you sent me it states that a
coroner before, during or immediately after the holding of an inquest may make
an order prohibiting the publication of information relating to, or arising at
an inquest. This order was made 5 days
after the inquest was finalised and to my knowledge this act by Coroner Michael
Barnes was a precedent and has never been tested in a court of law, I have
always questioned the legitimacy of it under the law. I raised this issue with Peter Johns counsel
for the coroner at the time. Why did he
do it and what is this government trying to hide? If what they are saying is true then why
would the government want to prevent the people of this state from hearing and
reading the truth within the media. On
24th March 2012 Campbell Newman was elected Premier of Queensland 19
days prior to my son being shot dead by way of 2 bullet wounds to the back of
my son Jason’s body by Snr Constable Thomas Hess of Carseldine CIB. He won on a platform of openness and honesty
to look after the people of Queensland.
He has done nothing for my son, he has done nothing for the truth of
what happened to my son and in fact has openly supported his Attorney General
and his police force and his court system.
He has blatantly sat back and allowed my son’s death to be swept under
the carpet. There is a state election
looming in 2015 and I intend to do my very best to make this an election issue.
Well may Police Union President aka
Police Officer Ian Leavers have stated damning and malicious lies on national
media the afternoon my son Jason was shot by Police Officer Thomas Hess by 2
gun shots to the back of his body in fact stating that he was shot in the chest
and lower abdomen. Then went on to state
words to the effect that the officer involved was a good family man and it was
a case of shoot or be shot, he also said words to the effect that my son had
stood in front of Thomas Hess with a fully loaded semi-automatic pistol hunting
him down leaving him no place to go. At a
later date Ian Leavers stated words to the effect that he made a mistake and
that he understands that Jason was not shot in the chest and lower abdomen as
he reported. Jack Dempsey promised on
national television that the investigation would be open and transparent,
another lie. If it was so open and
transparent why was it gagged? It was
proven that my son never held a fully loaded semi-automatic pistol and the
pistol shown on the national news was actually the gun of a Queensland Police
Officer probably the gun that shot and killed Jason and let’s never forget the
Partner of Thomas Hess who never at any stage saw a gun in Jason’s hands or saw
Thomas Hess remove any weapon from Jason’s person after he lay dead on the
ground. The most damning evidence of all is an independent eye witness who saw
exactly what happened and stated that Thomas Hess shot Jason dead whilst he was
unarmed in any way. The independent eye
witness has never altered her version of events in any way, unlike the police
version of events that has changed repeatedly to suit the scenario that they feel
they need to have to protect their own.
Now my family faces this new
threat. Our grief is as constant and
unbearable as it was the fateful day this happened. We live under constant fear of police officers
storming our home, goose steps coming down our driveway in the middle of the
night. We have always tried to act in a
lawful and honest way and our plight is very simple we want to see the government
change the law that all police officers should stand trial and face a jury like
any civilian has to. We don’t want to
watch another family suffer and go through what we have endured for over 2
years and continue to endure every day of our lives. I stand by these words by stating this I
intend to make this an election issue. If
you are a little peeved at my blog site get ready to be really peeved off as I
intend to do letterbox drops and billboards throughout the state and make this
a real election issue. I will not stand
by and let my son’s killing be swept under the carpet. I will not allow you to continue to ignore
and intimidate my quest, I have a right to let the people of this state know
exactly what’s happened so that no other family ever faces the horrific
challenge to find the truth. No man be
it police officer or civilian should be allowed to kill someone and not stand
trial and be found innocent or guilty by a jury. I have always accepted that if an independent
jury found Senior Constable Thomas Hess innocent of illegally killing my son
Jason at a fair and honest trial I would accept the verdict. But I will never accept one man Coroner
Michael Barnes making this decision without the evidence being tested in a
court of law. I will be asking the
people of this state to continue to share with as many people as possible my
blog site in order to allow them to see the type of government that is
manipulating this case.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Letter 15/7/2014
Tuesday, 15
July 2014
Stephen
Protheroe
RE: GERARD BADEN CLAY CONVICTED TODAY
OF MURDERING WIFE ALISON
My name is Stephen Protheroe. I’m the father of Jason
Protheroe. Three days prior to the disappearance and murder of Alison Baden
Clay my son Jason was shot dead by Queensland Police Officer Thomas Hess by way
of two gun shot wounds to the back of his body.
The only difference between Gerard Baden Clay and Thomas Hess
getting away with murder is that Baden Clay chose the wrong career. He should
have become a Qld Police Detective and have his police gang mates lie and
protect him with their brotherhood mentality, and a government too scared or
too corrupt to stand up and give my son Jason a fair chance at justice, like
what was given to Alison and her family.
Unlike Alison, the evidence at Jason's coronial inquest was
not circumstantial. There was an eye witness to the murder of my son by Detective
Thomas Hess. The only other witness was Senior Constable Troy Weston, the
partner of Thomas Hess.
At Jason’s coronial inquest, lead council assisting the Coroner,
Peter Johns, stated that very little weight should be placed on the evidence
from Senior Constable Troy Weston. Peter Johns also stated in his closing
submissions that there was no basis on which you would comfortably find or find at
all that Krystal Sinn (the independent, non-police eye witness) lied.
Police Minister Jack Dempsy, on national television, promised
my family and the public an open and transparent investigation, yet five days
after the closure of the inquest, coroner Michael Barnes gagged all the
evidence from the media and the public. I
believe this was done solely because of my efforts to inform the public of the
facts that came out during the course of the inquiry that was paramount to the
disclosure of the real truth. I believe
it also proves that Jack Dempsy’s words were nothing more than a disguise to
fool the people of this state in an attempt to cover the actions of his own men.
A jury of twelve people found Gerard Baden Clay guilty of
Alison's murder based on circumstantial evidence. The media was not intimidated and
printed what appeared to be the truth for Alison and her family. And yet five
days after closing the coronial inquest into Jason’s death, coroner Michael
Barnes gagged all of the evidence from the public and the media, preventing the
truth from being told. What was he or the Queensland Government scared of? Take a police officer out of
this equation and ask yourself how many coroners decisions are gagged from
media and public scrutiny. As I’ve
stated before, a badge and a gun does not give you the right to kill!
As Jason’s father I’m aware of the real evidence and my
resolve will not be broken. I believe
the killer of my son, Police Officer, Thomas Hess is no different to Gerard
Baden Clay, Husband and real estate agent and therefore should not be treated
any differently because he chose a career as a Qld police officer.
In summary, I have been
threatened by the Attorney General Jarrod Bleijie with contempt of court if I
persist in speaking the truth of the gagged evidence of my sons murder-on this
blog.
The media may be too scared to print the truth
about my son for fear of retribution by the government run court system, but I
am not. I intend to defy the corrupt order given by Coroner Michael Barnes and
will openly share the real visual and audio evidence supplied by the Police
officer who put two bullets into the back of my son’s body, Detective Constable
Thomas Hess, his partner, Senior Detective Troy Weston and independent eye
witness Crystal Sinn who are the only people present at the time of my son’s
death.
I
would like to sincerely offer my condolences to the family of Alison Baden Clay.
May you finally find peace and closure.
Myself
and my family stand alone. We do not have the support of the government and now
the gag order has prevented us from having the support of the media.
Please
help us in our quest to be heard by giving your opinions and use social media
to share with your friends.
Steve
Protheroe
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Letter to Attorney General - 2 years after Jason's Death
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
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Letter to Attorney General 23-3-14
23rd March 2013
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Jarrod Bleijie
Level 18
State Law Building
50 Ann Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Dear Mr Bleijie
I wrote to you on 1st December 2013 and again on
14th December 2013 (I have attached copies of these letters) and I
am yet to receive any form of response from you with regard to either letter. Since writing those letters we have received
a response from the Ethical Standards Command with regard to the complaint of
perjury that I made against Inspector Mark Reid the lead investigator in the
case relating to the death of my son Jason Protheroe. I have attached a copy of the letter that I
sent the Crime and Misconduct Commission and the replies I have received from
Queensland Police Service Ethical Standards branch and Crime and Misconduct
Commission for your investigation.
At no point did I lodge an official complaint against Snr
Detective Sergeant Anthony Buxton, nor did I suggest that he did not pass on
information to Inspector Mark Reid. In
fact I felt quite comfortable with the reassurance from Detective Anthony
Buxton that he did in fact pass on all my questions and feedback to the boss
aka lead Investigator Inspector Mark Reid.
The initial letter received from the Crime and Misconduct Commission
stated that I would be contacted via Qld Police Investigating this matter and
yet neither myself, my son Stuart or my son Stephen were contacted by anyone
regarding this investigation, so how exactly did any investigation occur
without even talking to the key players who were present for the conversation
that I referred to in my letter. The
post hearing letters that I have received are a continual indictment of how I
believe the case was run from day one. I
believe they are still continuing with their deliberate and damning lies. I
believe they have continually perverted and polluted the case from the outset from
Ian Leavers the Qld Police union President, Senior Constable Thomas Hess if not
the murderer of my son, undisputedly the killer of my son, Troy Weston the
partner of Thomas Hess, Inspector Mark Reid the lead investigator of the case
and Constable Belinda Baker. The
Minister for Police Jack Dempsey stated on national television that my sons
case would be open and transparent, yet Coroner Michael Barnes gagged the
evidence of this case 5 days after the inquest concluded with the support of
the Qld Government, Qld Police force, Ethical Standards, CMC and Police union
to suppress the truth so that they could legally sweep my son’s death under a
rug and protect their own police member aka gang member. Open and Transparent in what way
exactly? In my mind this was no more
than an attempt at the perversion of justice, if I’m wrong please explain, I
eagerly await your reply as would any intelligent person reading this letter.
We have asked you several times to look at Jason’s case as a
whole, look at all the inconsistencies and look at the evidence as a
whole. I continue to ask the question
why should a Police Officer not face a jury of 12 independent people like any
other lay person, especially when there is inconsistencies in the evidence
including from the shooting officer’s own partner on the day. As a family we will continue our fight for
justice for Jason until the day that 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 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.
Are you also aware that at the inquest Thomas Hess’ own
barrister made a statement that Thomas Hess should be given a commendation for
killing our son? Given the facts and the
evidence of this case I ask what sort of justice system we have here in
Queensland. Although I have only
mentioned a couple of inconsistencies here, there are countless others, in fact
I’m sure I could write a whole book about this case and the inconsistencies.
I ask you how three people directly witnessed the killing of
my son and two out of the three including an independent eye witness Krystal
Sinn and a Police officer Snr Detective Troy Weston firstly number one did not
see a weapon in my son’s hands as he was being shot dead by Detective Thomas
Hess although they both said they witnessed the shooting. Secondly nor did they see Detective Thomas Hess
remove the alleged weapon from Jason’s hands as he lay motionless on the
ground. Even though Snr Detective Weston
was supposedly right there covering Jason as Hess removed the alleged weapon
from Jason’s hands and threw it backwards onto the grass. I believe Snr Detective Weston stated that he
first saw the alleged gun in the grass after coming back into the rear of the
yard after calling the ambulance. I
believe that in any other killing this alone would be cause for this case to be
tried and tested by an independent jury of 12 people.
In
summary, I believe because Qld Police Detective Thomas
Hess shot and killed my son and he is the only person to state
uncategorically
that he saw the alleged weapon although the two eye witnesses did not
see this
alleged weapon at any time during the killing, I believe the only reason
a jury
trial was not held is because he is a Qld Police Officer. No Police
Officer is above the law. From day one I have fought a hostile Qld
Police Union, a hostile Qld Police Ethical Standards Unit, a hostile Qld
Police
Force, a hostile Crime and Misconduct Commission, a hostile Coroner, a
hostile
Government and a hostile Attorney General and yet these post killing
correspondence clearly show what you’ve done throughout the whole case,
you’ve
ignored all of the evidence, you sit back and you’ve now decided to say
absolutely nothing to me accept distort what I’ve been saying and then
turn it
around and tell us that everything is above board. Well it’s not “above
board”, I don’t accept
it. We’ve asked you to look at our case,
what have you done? We’re tired of this
Police gang mentality, it’s got to stop.
Justice is there for everybody.
If the Qld Police are prepared to take the applause when solving high
profile murder cases then they also better get prepared for the
criticism when
totally ignoring facts to protect their own members. Whilst I would
never compare police
investigations or cases anyone who has lost a son through murder of any
form
knows the days faced through investigation and unanswered questions.
But when your son is killed by a member of
the Qld Police Force it makes the struggle so much harder. I only hope I
can maintain the courage and
dignity to get my resolve. So Mr Bleijie the first lawman of the state I
ask
you what have you done and are you going to investigate our son’s case
or are
you going to continue to ignore our correspondence in the hope that we
might
just disappear one day?
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Letter to Attorney General 23-3-14 *** Further Attachments will Follow Tomorrow *****
23rd March 2013
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Jarrod Bleijie
Level 18
State Law Building
50 Ann Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Dear Mr Bleijie
I wrote to you on 1st December 2013 and again on
14th December 2013 (I have attached copies of these letters) and I
am yet to receive any form of response from you with regard to either letter. Since writing those letters we have received
a response from the Ethical Standards Command with regard to the complaint of
perjury that I made against Inspector Mark Reid the lead investigator in the
case relating to the death of my son Jason Protheroe. I have attached a copy of the letter that I
sent the Crime and Misconduct Commission and the replies I have received from
Queensland Police Service Ethical Standards branch and Crime and Misconduct
Commission for your investigation.
At no point did I lodge an official complaint against Snr
Detective Sergeant Anthony Buxton, nor did I suggest that he did not pass on
information to Inspector Mark Reid. In
fact I felt quite comfortable with the reassurance from Detective Anthony
Buxton that he did in fact pass on all my questions and feedback to the boss
aka lead Investigator Inspector Mark Reid.
The initial letter received from the Crime and Misconduct Commission
stated that I would be contacted via Qld Police Investigating this matter and
yet neither myself, my son Stuart or my son Stephen were contacted by anyone
regarding this investigation, so how exactly did any investigation occur
without even talking to the key players who were present for the conversation
that I referred to in my letter. The
post hearing letters that I have received are a continual indictment of how I
believe the case was run from day one. I
believe they are still continuing with their deliberate and damning lies. I
believe they have continually perverted and polluted the case from the outset from
Ian Leavers the Qld Police union President, Senior Constable Thomas Hess if not
the murderer of my son, undisputedly the killer of my son, Troy Weston the
partner of Thomas Hess, Inspector Mark Reid the lead investigator of the case
and Constable Belinda Baker. The
Minister for Police Jack Dempsey stated on national television that my sons
case would be open and transparent, yet Coroner Michael Barnes gagged the
evidence of this case 5 days after the inquest concluded with the support of
the Qld Government, Qld Police force, Ethical Standards, CMC and Police union
to suppress the truth so that they could legally sweep my son’s death under a
rug and protect their own police member aka gang member. Open and Transparent in what way
exactly? In my mind this was no more
than an attempt at the perversion of justice, if I’m wrong please explain, I
eagerly await your reply as would any intelligent person reading this letter.
We have asked you several times to look at Jason’s case as a
whole, look at all the inconsistencies and look at the evidence as a
whole. I continue to ask the question
why should a Police Officer not face a jury of 12 independent people like any
other lay person, especially when there is inconsistencies in the evidence
including from the shooting officer’s own partner on the day. As a family we will continue our fight for
justice for Jason until the day that 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 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.
Are you also aware that at the inquest Thomas Hess’ own
barrister made a statement that Thomas Hess should be given a commendation for
killing our son? Given the facts and the
evidence of this case I ask what sort of justice system we have here in
Queensland. Although I have only
mentioned a couple of inconsistencies here, there are countless others, in fact
I’m sure I could write a whole book about this case and the inconsistencies.
I ask you how three people directly witnessed the killing of
my son and two out of the three including an independent eye witness Krystal
Sinn and a Police officer Snr Detective Troy Weston firstly number one did not
see a weapon in my son’s hands as he was being shot dead by Detective Thomas
Hess although they both said they witnessed the shooting. Secondly nor did they see Detective Thomas Hess
remove the alleged weapon from Jason’s hands as he lay motionless on the
ground. Even though Snr Detective Weston
was supposedly right there covering Jason as Hess removed the alleged weapon
from Jason’s hands and threw it backwards onto the grass. I believe Snr Detective Weston stated that he
first saw the alleged gun in the grass after coming back into the rear of the
yard after calling the ambulance. I
believe that in any other killing this alone would be cause for this case to be
tried and tested by an independent jury of 12 people.
In summary, I believe because Qld Police Detective Thomas
Hess shot and killed my son and he is the only person to state uncategorically
that he saw the alleged weapon although the two eye witnesses did not see this
alleged weapon at any time during the killing, I believe the only reason a jury
trial was not held is because he is a Qld Police Officer. No Police Officer is above the law. From day one I have fought a hostile Qld
Police Union, a hostile Qld Police Ethical Standards Unit, a hostile Qld Police
Force, a hostile Crime and Misconduct Commission, a hostile Coroner, a hostile
Government and a hostile Attorney General and yet these post killing
correspondence clearly show what you’ve done throughout the whole case, you’ve
ignored all of the evidence, you sit back and you’ve now decided to say
absolutely nothing to me accept distort what I’ve been saying and then turn it
around and tell us that everything is above board. Well it’s not “above board”, I don’t accept
it. We’ve asked you to look at our case,
what have you done? We’re tired of this
Police gang mentality, it’s got to stop.
Justice is there for everybody.
If the Qld Police are prepared to take the applause when solving high
profile murder cases then they also better get prepared for the criticism when
totally ignoring facts to protect their own members. Whilst I would never compare police
investigations or cases anyone who has lost a son through murder of any form
knows the days faced through investigation and unanswered questions. But when your son is killed by a member of
the Qld Police Force it makes the struggle so much harder. I only hope I can maintain the courage and
dignity to get my resolve. So Mr Bleijie the first lawman of the state I ask
you what have you done and are you going to investigate our son’s case or are
you going to continue to ignore our correspondence in the hope that we might
just disappear one day?
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
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