Broomleigh Housing Association lying to newspapers

Ex-MP suffered internet hate campaign

May 13 2005

A PEST who subjected a former MP and his case worker to a "campaign of vilification" in which he blackened their names on his website and "assumed their identities" on the internet was guilty of persistent harassment, a High Court judge ruled on Tuesday.

Thomas Moore, now living in Rochdale, Lancashire, was brought to court by former Croydon Central MP, Geraint Davies, and Mr Davies' one time case-worker, Sarah Branson, whose lives he plagued with his vindictive internet onslaught.

Mr Justice Eady, who granted Mr Davies and Ms Branson a permanent injunction against Mr Moore, said he had pestered the duo with "abusive, offensive, false and defamatory" material, pillorying Ms Branson despite the fact that he has never met her.

The judge said it was impossible to pin-point the precise cause of Mr Moore's grievance, although he appeared to have "taken umbrage" after attending Mr Davies' constituency surgery for advice on housing matters in 1999 and 2000.

There was no justification for his resentment, said the judge, which was also levelled at certain housing association officials and members of other organisations.

But Mr Moore's grudge against the MP and his case worker sparked a campaign of internet harassment, which included the "sinister" element of his "assuming their identities" and using their names to "post a great deal of material which could be characterised as racist," said the judge.

Mr Moore had "over a considerable period of time" adopted "a course of action in posting material about them on his website," he added.

Mr Davies, a former Labour MP who lost his seat to Tory Andrew Pelling in last week's general election, took action against Mr Moore under the Protection From Harassment Act, as did barrister Ms Branson.

Mr Moore, of Pares Land Walk, Rochdale, did not attend court.

Despite finding him guilty of harassment under the 1997 Protection From Harassment Act, the judge declined to sentence him at this stage given his absence from court.

Sentencing was adjourned to a later date. Mr Moore was also found to have breached the terms of an earlier temporary injunction barring him from waging his relentless internet campaign.

You will not find any mention of finding me guilty, but the letter at the end says this is "the only Order on or about 10 May 2005". The earlier injunctions were permanent, this web site has no hate, etc., etc. Broomleigh Housing Association tells so many lies, listing them would send you to sleep.

What is "(g) must not publish confidential information about the Claimants, including their home addresses," supposed to mean? Click here (Barrister Miss Sarah Branson BA) and here (Geraint Davies former New Labour MP) to see if it has any meaning at all.