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Sprocket Trust: Trustee Malcolm Lidbury20yrs of Gay Equality & HIV/AIDS Campaigning in CornwallBorn in Barnet Middlesex, 1959, Malcolm was the younger of two sons. He grew up in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, going to Mount Grace Comprehensive School. He moved to Cornwall in 1977, worked as a herdsman, antique restorer and at Mount Wellington Mine, one of the last working tin mines in Cornwall. He served six months in prison in 1988. He has been married once and divorced.This is the Cornwall LGBT History which some people do not want you to know!1989: Lidbury came ‘out’ as a gay man.1992: In the absence of any gay accessible information in Cornwall he started, published, & was editor of the ‘Independent Cornish Triangle’ a local LGBT newsletter in rural Cornwall, UK with both male & female readership, it had over 1,000 subscribers.Tim Teeman, former editor of National LGBT Pink Paper (now owned by Gay Times) wrote of Lidbury in 1997 as:- “Malcolm is more than just an effective campaigner. He is also an extremely brave and forthright one. He is the most public face of homosexuality in the region. This is a tough position for anyone to hold. Not only must he face the prejudice of narrow minded heterosexuals, he must also combat fear and ignorance on the part of gays in Cornwall, who would prefer certain matters to remain private and not discussed.”May 1994: Lidbury organised, in co-operation with others the first ever Gay PRIDE gathering in Cornwall. An evening in support of the London PRIDE Trust. Attended by Teddy Witherington, London Pride Trust Director, Adam Jeanes London Pride Chair, & ‘Yvette’ of Love Muscle. Over 140 LGBT people attended the event at Portreath, as featured in London Boyz magazine.CORNWALL GAY PRIDE: Through out the 1990’s Cornwall Lesbian Line, Acorn Women’s Group, ICT LGBT Publication, SPROCKET TRUST, Cornwall AIDS Council & GU Clinic organised yearly LGBT Cornwall Pride events (as featured in Gay Times Magazine). There are some “Johnny come lately” who would re-write this aspect of Cornwall’s proud LGBT history.August 1994: Lidbury’s partner, Andrew Roger Smith was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. The couple fought a public battle against prejudice and discrimination. Their home subjected to dog excrement attack, graffiti, hate mail and death threats. Local youths even ‘stoned’ Andrew, after he had gone blind as a result of an HIV/AIDS related symptomatic condition.These HATE CRIMES reported to Cornwall police. Cornwall Police reaction, quote"Your gay and have AIDS, what do you expect?"The couple slept with pre-prepared petrol bombs on their window sile, least they needed to defend their home in which Andrew was blind.1995: The couple won an Ombudsman enquiry & compensation against Kerrier District Council for maladministration for failing to comply with housing benefit regulations to Andrew as a gay person with HIV/AIDS & terminally ill.1995: Malcolm & Andrew drew up the ‘Sprocket Trust’ deed with Nalder & Son solicitors. A Discretionary Beneficial Trust with two primary objectives.1. The care of Andrew’s pets after he died2. Raising Awareness & Combating HOMOPHOBIA & HIV/AIDS prejudiceMay 1995: Gay Times Magazine named Lidbury in their 200th celebratory edition as one of the top 200 gay people in Britain for contribution to gay community, equality & HIV/AIDS campaigning and awareness in Cornwall.Lidbury was trustee of HIV/AIDS Cornwall Aids Council, trustee for the discretionary HIV/AIDS Sprocket Trust and gay men’s voluntary support worker for the Truro City Hospital GU Clinic.Lidbury organised and ran an LGBT supper group, along with a midweek lgbt social group & a summer weekend tea garden throughout 2003-05.1995: He organised the only gay rally in Cornwall on equalising of the age of consent, featured in CH4 television documentary "Age of Dissent". The documentary produced by Will Parry, one of the young men who took Britain to the European Courts over the age of consent. The age of equality of consent came into affect 1st Jan 2001.Lidbury was the LGBT STONEWALL Equality 2000 representative for the Falmouth/Camborne constituency.April 1996: Malcolm and Andrew publicly contributed taking part visibly in an HIV/AIDS documentary. Made by Westcountry television ‘Days of Judgment’ about HIV/AIDS in the south west of England at a time when it was publicly dangerous to be open with both ones gay sexuality and his partners HIV/AIDS status in Cornwall.July 1996: Comedian Julian Clary agrees in writing to become the patron of the SPROCKET TRUSTNov 1996: Lidbury whilst taking part in a live television studio debate as invited guest speaker on LGBT issues.Nov 1996: Lidbury received on behalf of two Spanish gay men an apology from the English Tourist Board, WestCountry & Cornish tourist board for homophobic prejudicial breaches of the British tourist board ‘pink’ book of rules.1996: Lidbury attendeded as an independent delegate at Health Authority conferences in Plymouth & Salisbury and he was instrumental in obtaining the original increase in funding for HIV preventative project for gay men in Cornwall.20th December 1996: Sprocket Trust founder, Andrew Smith died in his partner’s arms. Hundreds attended Andrew’s funeral and took a solemn oath to combat homophobia & HIV/AIDS prejudice. The fight still continues in Cornwall.“The oath is as sacred to me today 15yrs later as it was the day of Andrew’s funeral in combating continued protected institutional homophobia in Cornwall” Malcolm Lidbury, SPROCKET TRUST Trustee 20101997: following death of Andrew Roger Smith, Lidbury fought & won posthumously on behalf of his former partner a public apology from Cornwall County Council for adverse treatment, abuse and failure to deliver statutory care to Andrew as an HIV/AIDS sufferer.Lidbury was a founder member of the Cornwall & Isles of Scillies Health Authority Gay Men’s Health steering group and instrumental in creation of the Cornwall Gay Men’s Health Project in 1997.Now known as ‘Healthy Gay Cornwall’. Unfortunately Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Health Authority took the attitude ALL gay men were potential criminals and put the Criminal Probation Service in charge of administering the Cornwall Gay Mens Health Project. As a result, this ostracised & excluded many informed gay men from Cornwall’s gay health project, including Mr Lidbury who resigned in disgust.He (& other gay campaigners) have been subsequently barred from all access to gay health care via the Healthy Gay Cornwall project ever since.Ironically, Lidbury was personally responsible for writing a damning and widely circulated report on HIV/AIDS:- "Implication for Cornwall".Lidbury’s report sponsored by the National Gay Business Assoc. The C.A.R.A Trust, The Life Benefits Resource Foundation, Ivan Massow Associates, Gay West Lesbian & Gay Society, Bristol, Body Positive Somerset, The Holistic Therapy Centre Plymouth & The Sprocket HIV/AIDS Trust. Had the report recommendations been followed there may not have been the HIV bubble in St. Ives Cornwall in 2006.As a direct result of Lidbury’s campaigning in a letter from the then Health Minister Lidbury was informed he had helped secure £50,000/pa for the Gay Men’s Health Project (Healthy Gay Cornwall)Oct 1997: Lidbury made and won an Advertising Standards Authority complaint against a local business, ‘Trago Mills’. The Trago millionaire owner Mike Robinson had run adverts in local Daily Mail owned Cornish newspapers advocating…“the castration of gay men”Oct 1997: Readership of the National LGBT newspaper Pink Paper voted Lidbury as No. 119 of the 500 people who historically had the greatest influence upon gay life in Britain.1997 following further harassment from Cornish authorities Lidbury attempted suicide, he withdrew from active contribution to gay equality and HIV/AIDS campaigning.The Sprocket Trust with limited resources and escalating vet’s bills, concentrated over the next few years upon the primary objective, the care of Andrew’s pets.In 2004: the LGBT Intercom Trust asked Lidbury to assist with a forum on Cornwall LGBT community opinion of the Criminal Justice Service as part of research for the Lord Justice Kay award 2005. Following a press release critical of continued homophobic policing in Cornwall, the original location for the lgbt meeting cancelled in part due to the conduct and actions of Helston police officer DC woods (thankfully retired) against Mr Lidbury.Here is valuable insight into Cornwall police thinking (still) & attitudes against gay persons from 2004-2010.DC Magnus Scott has much to answer for his instigation of abuses against gay people in Cornwall carried out by the Cornwall police# When a gay employer enabled 16/17yr old student gay/bi employees to attend a GU Clinic in work time to receive professional sexual health advice & inoculations against Hepatitis…Cornwall police considered this to be an offence of ‘SEXUAL GROOMING”# When a gay employer allowed 16/17yr old gay/bi student employees to watch a gay themed film on a rainy day, NB: The film was the 15 Certificate comedy, “The Birdcage”, starring Gene Hackman & Robin Williams....Cornwall police considered this to be “SEXUAL GROOMING”.# When a 16yr old ‘out’ gay youth (S. Read) choose a ‘Secret Santa’ gift of a pair of Tesco Christmas underpants & a small rubber novelty willy key ring for his 17yr old bisexual closet boyfriend (D. Tressider). ...Cornwall Police considered this to be “SEXUAL GROOMING”.# When a woman spread rumours (T. Tressider) that a gay man had HIV/AIDS (he did not and had to prove it with a letter from the GU Clinic) & screamed homophobic abuse at him in the streets in front of a witness. Her son later confided that his mother conspired with another over a false allegation against a gay man.Cornwall police Homophobe (Inspector Bolt, previously of Helston) stated in 'writing' this abuse of a gay person was NOT (HOMOPHOBIC) harassment.This is merely ‘tip of the iceberg’ of reported but un-investigated homophobic police incidents against lgbt persons in Cornwall, UK.A protracted period of conflict, lasting years to the present followed between Lidbury and homophobic Cornwall police. This homophobic police vendetta & abuses by Cornwall police is still continuing unabated against Mr Lidbury.Despite Lidbury’s home being raided twice in a 3yr period, vehicles stops & endless homophobic police harassment. No criminal charges resulted against Lidbury for the false allegations made and police Criminal Forensics admitted both in an Independent Police Complaints Commission report & in Civil Crown Court in Sept 2006 there were NO ‘alleged’ illegal images on a computer.Lidbury's businesses entirely destroyed by homophobic Cornwall police actions. This homophobic abuse has never been addressed by authorities.Lidbury: a listed gay artist with a Middlesex University Archive of gay artists, along with Hockney, Mapplethorpe, Gilbert, & George.In Nov 97: Lidbury had jointly exhibited at the Penzance Art Club his male bronze figures with Leigh Heppell a sculptor of erotic female forms. Lidbury has Artwork in the Barcelona Spanish Museum of Erotic Art and Homosexual Art Foundation in New York, USA. In 2004, Cornwall police attempted unsuccessfully to prosecute Lidbury for his perfectly legal homocentric Art.In Civil Court, Judge Rucker homophobically condemned and referred to Lidbury’s 20 year contribution to gay equality & HIV/AIDS care treatment & awareness campaigning as ‘Evangelical Proselytising’.Regarding assistance Lidbury & his mother had given to 16/17yr old gay/bi youth, the Judge referred to the equal age of consent becoming effective with the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (effective 1st May 2004). The Judge was of course wrong as the age of equal consent of homosexuals with heterosexuals became effective 1st Jan 2001.THE JUDGE WAS WRONG & HOMOPHOBIC in the opinion of ALL the many gay persons in the public gallery! Assistance given to a homeless Cornish gay youth (and by Lidbury's 75yr old pensioner mother, who became the youths landlady ) was described by the Judge as “Grossly Irresponsible”.Despite the total absence & refusal by the Cornish Authorities to assist the homeless 15yr old child.Cornwall police, Cornwall Social Services, Cornwall youth services & Cornwall education dept. ALL fully aware the 15yr old youth had been living homeless & rough on the streets of Helston for 2 months as a 15yr old child. Cornwall police dishonestly & corruptly suppressed this information, & evidence from court, along with multiple public witness statements.So grave is the problem of protected homophobic attitudes & practises within the DEVON & CORNWALL Constabulary.This is the Cornwall authority & Cornwall police abused gay youth, Peter Midwood's own video which he co-created http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpwloMfpcoNB: Following a long campaign, finally in 2009 Ofsted carried out an inspection of Cornwall’s Children’s Services. The report outright condemned Cornwall’s Childrens services in a damning report, forcing resignation of Mr Dean Ashton, Head of Cornwall Children’s Services, who had refused to assist the homeless gay youth.However, that is one bigoted homophobe less in Cornwall’s Authorities!Cornwall Social Services failed entirely to meet a single objective they set at the youths case conference, adding to the violent abuse he had already suffered in the family home & homophobic environment of Helston school & by Jim Walters, a Cornwall Social Worker who attempted to blackmail the gay youth. (This was tape recorded by Mr JC Smith)Mr Lidbury had been asked by members of the public & serving members of the Navy to assist the gay youth. None of the gay supporters in the public gallery that day, left court without knowledge Institutional Homophobia within both the Cornwall police & the judicial system in Cornwall was a grave problem & sinister problem....and still is today in 2010Members of the Lidbury household have continued to be relentlessly targeted & intimidated by homophobic Cornwall police and have been victim of multiple homophobic HATE CRIMES Cornwall police choose to ignore.Despite reporting to Cornwall police:-.. Attempted blackmail/extortion.. Theft from the property. . Car damage. . Threats of physical assault & violence. Death threatsCornwall police REFUSE to do anything due to involvement of their own police officers in instigating these offences against members of the Lidbury householdIn 2006: Lidbury’s 74yr old pensioner mother was verbally abused by Cornwall police (abuser PC Alexander of Helston) when Mrs Lidbury went to give witness assistance to a gay youth being persecuted by police.The youth a witness against police for other formal complaints of police homophobic conduct made to the IPCC. The youth detained by police in a chapel coffee morning, where he was subjected to a partial strip search, sworn at, and then forcibly taken by police to a retail outlet.The shop staff positively identified the youth WAS NOT the person who had stolen an item. Police failed to give a stop and search form & failed to apologise to the youth or his pensioner landlady, Mrs Lidbury.The reason police gave for targeting the gay youth was he had ‘Blue Hair’.

It remains the opinion of those involved, police deliberately targeted the gay youth as he was a witness in formal IPCC complaint procedures against other Cornwall police officers, namely PC Tar & another abusive officer.

The person who was actually responsible for the theft later detained & prosecuted by police, however there has never been an apology from Cornwall police for the abusive intimidation & treatment by PC Alexander & the other police officer, neither to the innocent gay youth or his pensioner landlady, but that’s the HOMOPHOBIC Cornwall police for you.

May 2006: Lidbury along with another gay/bi male were violently assaulted in Helston Cornwall. The other gay/bi male was bottled over the head, and then violently kicked in the head, face chest & stomach by the assailants.

Mr Lidbury shielded the prone victim with his body, preventing attempts by the assailants to stamp on the victims head. The assault witnessed by numerous persons, many of whom were also gay. However when the victim reported to the police it was a ‘homophobic assault’, police told the victim Mr P Lealand to: quote “Shut up, be quiet, you don’t want to say that”.

This police misconduct entirely contrary to the 'True Vision' police policy on dealing with a homophobic incident & CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) policy on homophobic incidents.

The police then allowed the assailants to leave the scene (the police helped assailants into a taxi) despite Mr Lidbury having positively identified the assailants to police.

Mr Lidbury took the injured male to hospital for stitches & x-ray. Directly due to the hostile & prejudicial attitude of the police attending the scene, none of the other gay persons witness to the incident felt safe to come forward to Cornwall police.

Mr Lidbury attended voluntarily the following day to the local Helston police station where he was threatened by police if he (Lidbury) pursued making a complaint regarding the incident, they would prosecute the other gay victim.The gay youth previously abused & targeted by police was just one of the several witnesses who did not feel safe to come forward as a witness due to personal experiences of homophobic police in Cornwall.Cornwall police have ALAWAYS refused to identify the homophobic police officers responsible for this abuse.

The police intimidation regarding an alleged (false) rape allegation involving Mr Lealand was most successful in intimidating the victim Mr Lealand into not proceeding against the Helston police officers concerned.

August 2006: Lidbury was again violently assaulted. The entire assault captured on CCTV. Once again none of the four other gay witnesses present felt confident in involving Cornwall’s well-known & renowned homophobic police force.Lidbury’s complaint of police misconduct lead to two separate Independent Police Complaints Commission 'partial' investigations 2004/2006 resulting in numerous recommendations being made to Devon & Cornwall Constabulary of needed improvement of public service.

These are some of the FACTS the IPCC DID establish regarding complaint made by a gay person in Cornwall.

NOTHING has been done about these incidents or the catalogue of other Cornwall police abuses highlighted:

IPCC FACT: A Cornwall police officer lied about a (non-existent) signature in a pocket book. Abuser in the company of PC Tar (Camborne)

IPCC FACT: Police failed to provide (withheld) legal court documentation. abuse by PC Tar of Camborne

IPCC FACT: Police failed to return a computer after it had been cleared by police forensics (police kept it for weeks in a lock up garage or similar) abuse by DC Anning

IPCC FACT: Police did make un-logged (not recorded by police) visits to the family home (these were most intimidating to his elderly mother) abuse by PC Tar & another, also DC Crowe & DS Beckerlegge

IPCC FACT: kept a gay person on a computer as a suspect AFTER the case had been NFA'd (no further action) abuse by DC Anning

IPCC FACT: failed to provide food for over 7 hours whilst a suspect was in custody. Abuse by Camborne custody officers

IPCC FACT: failed to inform a gay suspect weeks after a case had been finalised that there was no further actionAbuse by DC Anning again

IPCC FACT: there was no means to follow received mail into Exeter Middlemore police HQ within the internal system of the police headquarters, therefore no quality control on delivery of service

However the IPCC despite the ESTABLISHED above police abuses admit in their report they did not (bother) to interview fourteen witnesses regarding a catalogue of other complaints made!

Many aspects & further reported complaints of Cornwall police conduct against gay persons still remain entirely un-investigated. (see:- Freedom of Information Act information 25% of official complaints against Devon & Cornwall police officially go un-investigated/completed)

These are further complaints regarding Cornwall police conduct the IPCC choose NOT to investigate and still remain buried to the utter frustration and angst of the gay victims of Cornwall police continuing homophobic abuses:-COMPLAINTS AGAINST CORNWALL POLICE NEVER INVESTIGATED!!!

1. Failure of ‘Duty of Care’ to a homeless 15yr old teenage gay youth (UNIVESTIGATED) abuse by PC Treloar & PC Fuller of Helston

2. Attempted blackmail of a teenage gay youth (UNINVESTIGATED) abuse by DC Scott of Camborne

3. Abuse of a gay teenager in a strip search & botched ‘Stop & Search’ (UNIVESTIGATED) abuse by PC Alexander & another police officer

4. Seizing of a computer leading to destruction of a gay businesses (UNIVESTIGATED) abuse DC Anning & senior officers

5. Failure to follow ‘TRUE VISION’ & CPS definition of ‘Homophobic Incident’ following serious physical assault of two gay/bi persons (UNIVESTIGATED) abuse by Three Helston Police Officers

6. Refusal to take statements from Gay/Bi witnesses (UNIVESTIGATED) abuse by Sgt. Rowe of Helston

7. Perjury by a police officer in Crown Court (UNINVESTIGATED) abuse by DC Scott of Camborne

8. Further un-logged visits by police officers to further intimidate complaintents against the police (UNIVESTIGATED) abuse by DC Crowe & DS Beckerlegge

9. Refusal of a police Sgt. to take a witness statement from an adult gay eyewitness (a founding member of Cornwall's lesbian women's publication OUTBACK was witness to this police refusal) (UNINVESTIGATED) abuse by Sgt Rowe of Helston

10. Only an 'out' gay person was arrested out of a group of people equaly taking part in lawful activity (No charges were made against the gay person. ( UNINVESTIGATED) abuse by DC Parker who also ignored text msgs from the false accuser ADMITTING it was a false allegation against the gay man & failed to return lawful belongings seized by police

2007: Appointment of three new diversity police officers to Cornwall police force was an immediate effect of partially investigated catalogue of complaints made against the Cornwall police by Sprocket Trust trustee Lidbury (and others also whose complaints have NEVER been investigated).

2007: aspects of Lidbury’s gay life were researched as contribution to a London Drill Hall Theatre stage play,‘A gay man’s guide’.

August 2007: Cornwall Police once again arrested Lidbury, just days PRIOR to the Cornwall PRIDE Beach Day. Lidbury was ‘Chair' of the 2007 Cornwall Gay LGBT PRIDE Beach day and the LGBT gathering was put in serious jeopardy of cancellation, contrary to the lies, false & misleading information put out by a Cornwall police diversity officer Aaron Piper in the media.

August 2007: Despite a successful Cornwall Gay PRIDE Beach Day attended by over 100 people, the steering group, comprising of gay men, gay women & gay youth disbanded after the 2007 PRIDE event out of fear of further Cornwall police reprisals.After months on bail, NO criminal charges, NO criminal prosecution, & NO conviction resulted towards Lidbury.

However, during prolonged period of bail Lidbury had attempted suicide due directly to Cornwall police homophobic misconduct & prolonged abuses. Over two years later Cornwall police finally admitted ‘in writing’ that there was evidence that the allegation against Mr Lidbury was indeed… false.

This did not deter continued police harassment. Lidbury was still subjected to repeated vehicle stops & un-logged visits felt to be intended to harass & continue to violate his life as an 'out' gay man and those lives of other residents in his home.

Plus Cornwall Police (abuse by DC Parker) choose to ignore:-

1. There were several eyewitnesses as to the falsehood of the allegation made against Lidbury

2. There was physical evidence ignored by police

3. There were TEXT messages from the false accuser ADMITTING it was a false allegation!Not for the first time only Lidbury, an 'OUT' gay male, was targeted & arrested by Cornwall police, out of a group of several people all taking part equally in lawful activity.Such is the homophobic practises of Cornwall police.

It is believed the police did not prosecute the false accuser, Jason ‘Jai’ Prior/Issacs, as it would have raised serious issues regarding Cornwall police homophobic attitudes & practises AGAINST gay persons!Cornwall Police claimed they could not locate Mr Jason ‘Jai’ Prior/Issacs. (The Devon & Cornwall Constabulary Independent Advisory Group LGBT vice chair, who is NOT a police detective, but lets holiday cottages for a living, took just ten minutes to establish whereabouts, email, telephone number & home addresses of Mr Prior/Issacs, highlighting contempt Cornwall police have towards victims of homophobic crime like Mr Lidbury)

In 2007:- Lidbury was subjected to an attempted extortion & blackmail attempt by Mr M Pascoe . This immediately reported to Cornwall police.Cornwall police (Sgt. Rowe of Helston) refused to interview a gay direct eye-witness and dropped the investigation.

Despite fresh complaints reported to various authorities, including the IPCC, these further complaints along with many other previous complaints against Cornwall police have not been investigated!

There is some evidence to suggest Cornwall police themselves (DC Parker) may have instigated the attempted blackmail against Mr Lidbury.

Sgt. Rowe by his own admission in front of a witness later targeted Mr Lidbury, because Rowe recognised Sprocket trustee Lidbury as a gay man who had made complaint against police.Such is the homophobic abuse culture still protected by Chief Constable Stephen OTTER within Cornwall police force in 2010.Dec 2007: Sprocket Trust trustee, Lidbury was voted 3rd in 'Queerwest' 'Person of Gay Influence in the Southwest'. An online lgbt news publication run by editor Craig Denney.

June 2008:- Lidbury was contacted by the National Audit Office to give witness evidence for an investigation regarding the effectiveness of the Independent Police Complaints Commission.Lidbury had nothing good to say about the police pet poodle, the IPCC. He believes gay people should consider very carefully before making a formal complaint against the police to the IPCC."In our personal experience, an already victimised gay person can find themselves further abused & violated by the ineffectiveness and bias of the IPCC towards & in favour of police. Gay people become further intimidated and victimised by police & IPCC. That is our bitter experience". said Lidbury

In June 2008:- Lidbury submitted evidence to a Human Rights Enquiry into institutional breaches of Human Rights.

This evidence included his blog http://www.pinkpasty.blogspot.com/ which raises awareness of continuing widespread problem & numerous instances of continuing institutional homophobic attitudes & practises against gay persons in Cornwall, UK.Devon & Cornwall Constabulary threatened in writing to prosecute Mr Lidbury unless he destroy Blog evidence he submitted to the HRE. Lidbury refused.

This the 2nd time Cornwall police had tried intimidation to cover up their abuses by threatening legal action against him for making public, his and other Cornwall gay persons experiences of homophobia carried out by Cornwall police force.

2008:- it was made clear that Mr Lidbury & other gay persons who had made complaint of police homophobic conduct & practises were NOT welcome at a Cornwall 'pride' event, in which Cornwall police were taking a very visible involvement. Gay Equality campaigners are still excluded from Cornwall PRIDE facebook page.

2008: There were four known gay male suicides in Cornwall this year. Cornwall police even wrote to the deceased mans x-partner expressing their intent to prosecute (the corpse?) of the gay male suicide victim...twenty days after he the victim had taken his own life after being arrested by Cornwall police.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90e1MuGsx7AAt the 2008 Coroners inquest of one gay suicide victim, ‘Homophobia in Cornwall’ was given as evidence by one family witness as driving the victim to take his own life. In another Cornwall Gay Suicide Coroners inquest in 2009, in which Cornwall police had direct involvement having arrested the victim prior to him taking his own life, the Coroner has instructed an urgent review of Cornwall’s Services.Unfortunately, there is a strong attitude amongst SOME in the Cornwall lgbt groups to ignore or worse ostracise gay victims of hate crime & homophobia. Just so long as they get their gay group funding, have a good time or achieve their commercial interests in exploiting the ‘Pink Pound’.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEgZED9fYMA

Year leading up to March 2008:- A request under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that there were over 1,200+ official complaints made AGAINST Devon & Cornwall Constabulary in that year.The 3rd highest level of complaints of the 42 police forces in the UK. Almost 25% of theses OFFICIAL complaints not investigated, buried or never finalised by the Devon & Cornwall police.

Jan 2009:- Lidbury received a personal letter of thanks from Dame Nuala O'Loan DBE, chair of the British Equality & Human Rights Commission, for Lidbury's written & verbal evidence to the UK governments enquiry into Human Rights in 2008.

Most of Lidbury's evidence & hours of taped interview with the Criminal Research Dept. Kings College consisted of lists of abusive conduct, practises & homophobic attitudes by authorities of Cornwall, UK against gay people.In particular, homophobic abuses & abusive attitudes & practises carried out from within Cornwall Police & Cornwall County Council.

Malcolm Lidbury:-"Forget hoodie wearing youth, the single most likely person to intimidate, traumatise, violate, abuse and adversely affect the life of a gay person in Cornwall...is still likely to be a Cornwall police officer".January 2010:- Over 1 MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND views had been made of Sprocket Trust trustee Malcolm Lidbury's videos on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/thepinkpasty

Raising awareness of continuing problem of harboured & protected homophobic attitudes & practises prevalent within Cornwall authorities, in particular within the HOMOPHOBIC Cornwall police force.Sprocket Trust trustee Lidbury continues to run an LGBT blog

http://www.pinkpasty.blogspot.com/

and also a gay themed youtube channel www.youtube.com/thepinkpastyThe SPROCKET TRUST (1995-2010) Still Campaigning with gay victims in mind

email;- m.lidbury@tesco.net

There is nothing in the above I, Malcolm Lidbury, would not testify in a Court of law as being a true account.NB:- This blog started specifically due to direct contribution by multiple homophobic harassment, attitudes & practises, failure of 'duty of care', misconduct & or contribution to police criminality & abuse of power in abusing gay persons as contributed too by ALL of the following Devon & Cornwall Constabulary police officers to my factual knowledge & experience....

DC WOODS (retired)

DC SCOTT (Camborne)

DC ANNING (Camborne)

DC CROWE (Camborne)

DC PARKER (& his DS at Camborne)

DS BECKERLEGGE (Camborne)

PC TAR & accomplice (Black Female Police colleague) (Camborne)

PC FULLER (Helston)

PC TRELOAR (Helston)

PC ALEXANDER & Police Colleague,

PC PIPER (Diversity Officer)

PC CANNON (Diversity officer)

Sgt. ROWE (Helston)

Inspector BOLT (Camborne)

Inspector EASTERN (Professional Standards Unit),

Various Custody officers from Camborne Police Station 2004,

Three Helston Police Officers on duty evening Flora Day Helston 2006,

Former Chief Constable Maria Wallis

Former Acting Chief Constable Nigel Arnold

Chief Constable Stephen Otter

....This is NOT the complete list of violating & abusive Devon & Cornwall Police officers or employees I know personally and factually to be responsible for contribution to continued abuse & adverse affect upon gay persons in Cornwall.Until the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary address these issues of police homophobic conduct by known, identified, named &/or identifiable homophobic police, I will continue to Blog their names on the internet.