4th October 2015
***** URGENT CORRESPONDENCE *****
To whom it may concern
This letter is to dispute an overdue account reminder dated 25/9/15 Party ID 87258562 referring to payment of legal costs ordered to be paid by me from the Magistrate in the recent private prosecutuion of muder/manslaughter against Qld Police Officer Senior Constable Thomas Hess against the death of my son Jason Paul Protheroe (BRISBANE; MAG 9609/15 (6) - STEPHEN PAUL PROTHEROE - V - HESS). This payment of $15000 was ordered by Magistrate Court Judge Stuart Shearer for costs for Qld Police Union legal team to represent Thomas Hess. His decision for awarding these costs was based on his decision which stated my son's death was not an injury, although my son was shot twice in the back of his body and died as a result of the injuries he sustained from these gun shot wounds. In my opinion how any intelligent person can arrive at this contemptable decision is beyond comprehension and shows a total lack of justice or common sense or a true commitment for finding the truth. Firstly, late last week I called SPER call centre and spoke to Carol and after explaining the situation to her she advised me to seek assistance at the Magistrates Court regarding this matter as there was nothing she could do from her end. I then spoke to Sam at the Magistrates Courthouse in Brisbane who got up the receipt from the payment and advised me that there was nothing he could do but suggested to me to put the information in writing and contact the Qld Police Legal Dept. This payment was made on 17/2/15 via receipt no 004272429 as per attached Queensland Courts Official Receipt. I fail to understand why I am receiving these threatening notices when this payment was made nearly 8 months ago and this matter has already been heard again by the Magistrates Court. One can only think that it is just clearly another attempt to destroy my resolve into a jury trial for my son which based on the evidence then and now remains the same.
I would appreciate your Urgent response to this matter.
Yours Sincerely
Stephen Protheroe
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Letter to followers 19-8-2015
19th
August 2015
I’d like to
apologise for not being as forthcoming as I’d like to be with our followers but
the unfortunate truth is that we are under a non-publication order with most of
this case. As you would be aware we
recently lost our private prosecution case of murder/manslaughter against
Thomas Hess within the Brisbane Magistrates Court. Let me make it perfectly clear this decision
did not find Thomas Hess Not Guilty of the murder/manslaughter of my son Jason,
it was purely about whether I had the right as a lay person to bring charges
against this Qld Police Officer. His Qld
Police Union legal team were successful in winning that argument, but that is
all and because I as a lay person was unsuccessful in my bid the charge was dismissed. We have spent time as a family determining
what our next step would be in our fight for justice for Jason. Make no mistake that I believe that Detective
Thomas Hess was given many pats on the back and full support from his Police
gang mates but I will not be silenced, I will not just lay down and accept
their decision. This Queensland Police
officer needs to be made to stand trial.
Thomas Hess needs to face an independent jury like any lay person and be
tested, have all the evidence that has been gagged tried and tested within a
court of law. Some people have asked me
why I can’t just let this go and my answer is that this is not just about my
son, it’s about the Police force as a whole, it’s about the next person that
dies at their hands questionably. I am a
60 year old man, father of 5 and a grandfather of 12 and this has happened to
me and it could happen to anyone. I’m
not saying that every Police officer who shoots someone is a murderer but I am
saying it does happen and too many people accept what is said and move on. I refuse to allow this to continue, “the law
needs to change” and somebody needs to stand up and change the way this government
deals with Police who think they are above the law. If he is so innocent why are they so afraid
of putting him on trial. It’s not just
about what has been done to my son, it’s about the cover up that followed, the
lies, the deception of the police, Ian Leavers, Qld Police Union, Crime and
misconduct Commission, Ethical standards, the attorney general, the premier,
the police commissioner, the police minister.
Every single one of these people have received letters from me and they
don’t respond, why? Because they are too
scared to respond or they have no answers for me. In my opinion the public abuse from Ian
Leavers started on 17th April 2012 when my son was killed, he didn’t
care about justice as he spoke malicious lies all over the media and continued
with this attack including saying I had filed private prosecution charges of
murder/manslaughter against Thomas Hess describing it as a whim. A whim I say is defined as a sudden desire or
change of mind that is unusual or unexplained.
My resolve has been going on for 3 years and 4 months and there has been
no change. His ego is bigger than Ayers
Rock, he took an oath to serve and protect and the only thing he has ever done
is serve and protect himself. in my opinion this man is one of the most unconscionable,
egotistical grubs I have ever had the misfortune of having to speak about. In my opinion if the decision made by the
Brisbane Magistrates Court on 27th July 2015 wasn’t one of the most dishonest court
decisions ever made than I believe the only other reason can only be ignorance
and fear by the Magistrate. Make no mistake
if this case ever goes to court the Qld Police Union with its grubby leader will
amass their gang forces into solidarity against the truth as I believe they did
in the Cameron Doomagee versus Chris Hurley trial. In my opinion anyone who knows that case
knows that too much force was used by Qld Police. I’ve never suggested or wanted that we burn
down Carseldine Police station or start riots in the street. I put my faith in a police system that I believed
was unbiased against finding the truth, I now know better. It is clearly against the truth when it comes
to protecting their own.
In my
opinion the Police shot the wrong man’s son they thought I would just accept
everything they said without question, trust them and believe that my son
deserved what he got. We are a family who
trusted in the Police, we always respected them and we knew our son was no
angel. We now know that the Police gang
mentality must be stopped. This state
deserves an honest police force not a police gang. I appeal to all genres, our
children/grandchildren deserve honesty and integrity.
I want you to look at this
photo. It is a photo of Jason’s mother,
myself and one of our son’s pulling up at the crime scene. As we exited the car a Qld Police Officer
approached us and told us to “fuck off or we would all be arrested”. This was the very start of the cover up and
protection of one of their own and it has been going on ever since, so has the
pain in the hearts of our family. We are not just voices we are a family
seeking the unbiased truth.
Before the
end of this week I intend to lodge an appeal in the Supreme Court against the
decision made by Justice Sheridan in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 27th
July 2015. I pray that the Supreme Court
Judges have a better moral code and are less fearful and ignorant than what was
displayed by Justice Sheridan’s decision.
I have no personal vendetta against Justice Sheridan, he made his
decision and he must live with it. On
closing I’d like to propose a toast (here’s to those who wish us well, and
those who don’t can go to hell). On
second thoughts I don’t want them to go to hell I want them to stay the hell
away from me and my family.
Yours
Faithfully
Steve Protheroe
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Letter to CMC 24th June 2015
Stephen Protheroe
June 24, 2015
Crime and Misconduct Commission
To whom it may concern
I wish to lodge an official complaint again
with regards to the death of my son Jason Paul Protheroe on 17th
April 2012 by Queensland Police Officer Thomas Hess. During the Coronial Inquest into my son’s
death several issues were raised with regards to the release of mug shots and alleged
criminal histories of my son and the only independent “non-police officer” eye
witness to the shooting Krystal Sinn.
These photographs and information obtained by the media were very
clearly released by a Qld Police Officer as also recorded in the findings of
the Coronial inquest that the dissemination to the media of the mug shots and alleged
criminal histories involved either official misconduct and/or police
misconduct. The Coronial findings from
the Coronial Inquest also stated that this should be vigorously pursued as it
was a criminal act under Police Service Administration Act Section 10.1. The Coroner stated that the purposely
criminalization of the only independent eye witness and the deceased in the
eyes of the public is a particularly sinister development. It was also stated that the QPS information
technology systems are configured so as to record the identity of all users who
access any data. Therefore if an
investigation was to take place the identity of the person who leaked the
information to the media would be obvious and charges of misconduct laid. This information is clearly correct
considering the charges currently pending against Police Officer Rick Flori for
allegedly leaking CCTV footage of police corruption. Officer Rick Flori reported police misconduct
under the Police Service Administration Act section 7.2 which he had a duty to
do. This Police Officer in my mind
clearly went outside the gang style mentality of the Qld Police Force and
exposed the truth for what it really was and for this he is being
punished. Amazingly the police managed
to turn the tables on this whistle blower and file charges against him for
media leaks that involved corrupt police, in my opinion allowing the real
criminal police to get off criminal charges.
Yet in the case of my son’s killing the same situation (media leak by
Police) has occurred in this case against an innocent civilian and you don’t
seem interested to investigate let alone lay any charges. This incident occurred in January 2012 and
charges have just been laid. This
criminal act I am referring to in this complaint occurred in April 2012 and I
want answers, I want to know who is being charged with leaking photos and
information to the media under section 48 of the Coroners act. Leaking of this information perverted the
cause of justice and caused witnesses to have blurred accounts of the day. It also caused Krystal Sinn to have a fear
and intimidation of talking to the police for terror of repercussions. Everything about this case is wrong and I
have lodged complaint after complaint but I guess it is Police investigating
Police, I want the truth. Recently I
took out a private prosecution against Qld Police Officer Thomas Hess and I was
told that I was not to discuss this matter with anybody. Yet, the very day Officer Hess was served the
papers Qld Police Union President Ian Leavers appeared on the media. Not only did he expose that I had taken out
the said summons which by itself is questionable if not totally illegal within
the grounds of the law but he in detail said that Thomas Hess had been cleared
by all independent investigative bodies which in my judgment I can only assume
means the Police. Mr Leavers stated at
the Coronial Inquest that he had learnt from his mistakes but clearly he has
learnt nothing as he continues to behave in the same manner. I believe it is tantamount that yet again he
is trying to pervert the course of justice as I believe he did on the day my
son was killed with his viscous and damning lies. In closing it appears quite obvious that the
Police know who accesses their police database as it was so evident when
charges were laid against Police Officer Rick Flori when it suited the police hierarchy. Why isn’t it just as simple for me and my
family.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Letter to Attorney General
20th January 2015
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Jarrod Bleijie
Level 18
State Law Building
50 Ann Street
Brisbane Qld 4000
Dear Mr Bleijie
On Friday 15th January 2015 and again on Saturday
16th January 2015 Ian Leavers Qld Police Union President appeared on
national news stations across the country after chairing a press conference to expose
the private prosecution I have filed against Senior Constable Thomas Hess for
murder/manslaughter over the shooting death of my son Jason Protheroe on 17th
April 2012. Not only did he expose that
I had taken out the said summons which by itself is questionable if not totally
illegal within the grounds of the law but he in detail said that Thomas Hess
had been cleared by all independent investigative bodies which in my judgement
I can only assume means Ethical Standards who are the Police, Crime and
Misconduct Commission who are the Police and a Coronial Inquest that only has
the power to gather the evidence but does not have the power to find a person
guilty or not guilty. In my mind this
power can only come from an independent jury of 12 people which I have been
pursuing since the Coronial findings were delivered by Coroner Michael
Barnes. I believe and I’m asking you to
investigate my belief that all of Ian Leavers statements and actions on the 15th
and 16th January 2015 are tantamount to trying to pervert the course
of justice. My understanding as a lay
person when I originally took out the summons and was issued with a copy of the
Justices Act 1886, I was told very clearly that publication is prohibited as in
section 102F. I suggest that this
condition not only applied to me but also to Ian Leavers and anyone else who
was in the position to divulge this information including my own legal team and
family members. Due to the statements
made by Ian Leavers it has been suggested through the mainstream media of this
state that the Attorney General has been asked to strike out the charges and is
currently seeking legal advice. If this
is the case, I ask for your immediate response or a meeting with myself and my
legal team prior to the case being heard to discuss Ian Leavers’ actions and
discuss your intentions. As a father of
5 and a grandfather of 12 this has never been about revenge, payback or
compensation, it’s simply about finding the truth as to the circumstances
behind my son Jason’s death. In order to
find the truth all the inconsistencies need to be tried and tested within a
court of law by 12 independent people.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
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