B! David War put Road, Fintury Park Hornses Crouch End in North London. It isan heavily populaled by Creeks.
Wirl Indians, and Irish people. Police patrol are theretore a regular sight.
The Stapleton is a popular pub lor young people as it has live music. On a summer evening more pleasing sights is large numbers di loung people enlovine themseres on the pavement outside the pub.
11 August was one such evening. Suddenly a group of people finishing their drinks Stapleton discovered that a large contingent of police had turned up.
the group were Maloney, 20. children's theatre and her younger sister Nicola Maloney, 18. worker in South London. With them friend, Kevin Logether with his brother and sister. Complaint Diane told Socialist Challenge: 'It was about Ipm. A hundred police officers were there with dogs. claimed that neighbours plained about the noise. This was odd bevause there wasn't that much noise. No more than usual. And in anycase a hundred coppers are rarely sent investigate a noise complaint.
1 soon became clear that it was an SPC raiding party. A senior police officer stood pointing people.
Says Diane: 'Two walked insulted Kevin. He kept Disappointed being provoke him, they arrested him for obstruchon. I was shocked and tried to drag Kevin back, so 1 was arrested as well.
'They flung us in the police van. Kevin was beaten and abused.' nicola inen tried to get She was obstructed lies which linki and ond oi ha outside the Diane Kevin Codd works for a social Codd, vile sexist remarks.
well.
They had comsister (height 6it.-rall constable arrested. They were Irish. several policemen verbally cool. Strip-searched nIs unable to Nicola were past the tv a number of policemen. Her top fell off and two policemen grabbed hold of her so she couldn't get it back on. All the time they were commenting on the »t vi ner orcasi, and makie ornei Finally they let her put her top on. but lor good measure arrested her as Kevin's brother was walking away from the pub to the chip hop. He was and Kevin's fins) was arrested and charged with assaulting a soon became obvious why the C'odds and the Maloneys had been When the Maloney sisters gavc their names at the police station there were nudges, anti-Irish remarks, and pulled taces.
In the police station both Diane and strip-searched. They protested, but to no avail. Nicola told us: "i couldn't untie the knots on my dress. My nails are too short. When I told the policewoman she threatened lo call iwo male coppers to tear it off.' tound it intimidating go by airin Nicola Maloney searched', says Diane. "No one else was and the object was to humiliate and insult us. I had a bottle of Petulia pertume on me. One of them said, 'That could be liquid cannabis", but they decided not to push that one.
Abused Kevin Codd was constantly abused insulted. and threatened lence. Though once in the station he was not actually physically assaulted.
Diane is a member of Haringey National Abortion Campaign and a LTOM supporter. She was on the big Irish demonstration last August. The Coddsare a known Irish family.
Kevin Codd's lather received an "anonymous' phone call at home and was told that his children had been arrested for shouting 'Up the IRA' outside a pub. He was also told that he would be SHOL 'Politics was discussed at all that evening', says Diane. 'It was a lie.
The question arises: Who rang up Mr Codd and why? It doesn't require too much thinking to work out that the phone call must have been made Diane Maloney had been made and why. indicate that the phone call was made by someone connected with the police torce.
worth Superintendant Keegan, chief of the SPG for many years, has moved slation. Hisarrival has coincided with a major operation by the SPG with vio- North London police Hornse! Journal, the SPG are cutting down burglaries in the area.
Codds and forgiven for not accepting that story.
betore magistrate (where eise?) they got a further taste of British law and order.
Barred visiting the Stapleton Pub till the trial restarted.
difficult to or witness goury given record magistrates it is dubious if that would help them very campaign is being mounted.
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