John Bowden - latest news

[Loupylou]

write to JB at:

John Bowden
Prison No. 6729
HM Prison Glenochil
King OMuir Road
TULLIBODY
FK10 3AD
Brighton ABC
e-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: http://www.brightonabc.org.uk

I think I have something more urgent to do.





like rearranging my sock drawer.

 

[STFC]

Being locked up in jail on a long sentence is horrendous enough...

But looking on the bright side, at least he hasn't had his head chopped off.

 

[The Black Hand]

you missed this;

naysayers fek orrffff

 

[phildwyer]

Attica, this doesn't explain why he absconded. Any ideas about why he'd do such a foolish thing? To me it suggests that he is a bit of a nutter.

 

[JHE]

you missed this;

naysayers fek orrffff

Good point, Brig. If we'd noticed that, we'd have said nowt - at least, I would.

 

[The Black Hand]

Attica, this doesn't explain why he absconded. Any ideas about why he'd do such a foolish thing? To me it suggests that he is a bit of a nutter.

how the fek do i know, i just copied it.

 

[phildwyer]

how the fek do i know, i just copied it.

Well you obviously feel strongly about his case. Doesn't the fact that he absconded give you pause--suggesting as it does that he remains unable to control his impulses?

 

[JHE]

Attica's c&p does offer an explanation of sorts:

Under duress and fearing yet another fit-up was under way to prevent his release and send him back to maximum security again, he absconded. ​

Mind you, there's nothing there to persuade the sceptical that it would be a good idea to free Mr Bowden.

 

[Fullyplumped]

As John said in a recent letter received after his 'apprehension' "Yes it's very depressing being dependent on faceless bureaucrats for some hope of release, especially when you know they possess not a shred of compassion or humanity and certainly no sense of fair play or justice. "

They might not have faces, but they do still have their heads connected to their shoulders, unlike his unfortunate victim, Mr Donald Ryan, who was 49 when he was killed and who worked as a park-keeper. You don't hear much abour Mr Ryan from Mr Bowden and his sympathisers. As the trial judge said, "The person who was behind it all was the codefendant, Bowden, who obviously enjoyed inflicting pain and even killing."

If Mr Bowden had refrained from dismembering Mr Ryan alive with a saw before severing his head with a carving knife and keeping it in his fridge, he would not have needed to endure the terrible injustices he complains of at the hands of these faceless bureaucrats. Perhaps the faceless bureaucrats are thinking more of the interests of park-keepers like Mr Ryan, than those of anarchist pin-ups?

We may never know.

 

[Yelkcub]

If Mr Bowden had refrained from dismembering Mr Ryan alive with a saw before severing his head with a carving knife and keeping it in his fridge, he would not have needed to endure the terrible injustices he complains of at the hands of these faceless bureaucrats. Perhaps the faceless bureaucrats are thinking more of the interests of park-keepers like Mr Ryan, than those of anarchist pin-ups?
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Attica probably thinks it was just high jinks.

 

[The Black Hand]

Attica probably thinks it was just high jinks.

Bollocks.

 

[cesare]

how the fek do i know, i just copied it.

Ah, but did you read it?

Attica's c&p does offer an explanation of sorts:

Under duress and fearing yet another fit-up was under way to prevent his release and send him back to maximum security again, he absconded. ​

Mind you, there's nothing there to persuade the sceptical that it would be a good idea to free Mr Bowden.

I'm thinking probably not.

 

[Fullyplumped]

This was in last week's Sunday Mail -

Exclusive: Social worker moved from jail over 'emotional relationship' with killer

Dec 7 2008 By Steve Smith

A SOCIAL worker was moved from a prison after she admitted becoming too involved with an inmate jailed for beheading a park-keeper.

Killer John Bowden - whose victim was dismembered with a saw and machete and had his severed head stored in a fridge - last week revealed his "emotional relationship" with counsellor Anna Wilkinson. They became close when Wilkinson, 38, who then worked at Castle Huntly prison, near Dundee, was preparing an assessment of Bowden for the parole board. She was transferred out when bosses found out about the "inappropriate" development. Wilkinson lives with her boyfriend while Bowden is married to Alice Still, of Edinburgh, who he met during a previous escape from prison. The relationship emerged last week as Bowden, 52 - nicknamed Ginger - gave evidence at his trial for escaping from Noranside prison, near Forfar.

Wasn't one of the issues his fan club was raising that he had been stitched up by a social worker's report that linked him with terrorism?

And this is a new detail -

Bowden, whose small band of supporters organise internet campaigns for his release, spent 18 months on the run after escaping while on compassionate leave in 1992. But he was sent back to jail after being caught for dole fraud and identified by his fingerprints as a prisoner on the run.

 

[Danny Rose]

This is a bit worrying:

"Her boyfriend, who answered the door of their cottage near Auchterarder, said: "Nobody of that name lives here."

Has anyone checked the fridge?