Correspondence between FBGA and the Campaign on Behalf of Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers (FACT). FBGA response to Chair of FACT, Michael Barnes' recent email, 01/02/10 (PDF format). Email dated 28/01/10 to FBGA from Michael Barnes, Chair of the Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers, following our comments in the Sunday Times 24/01/10 (PDF format). Not all victims of alleged false accusations will be innocent by Dr Michael Naughton, November 2007 (PDF format). The Challenges of Historical Allegations of Past Sexual Abuse from the perspective of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) A paper by John Weeden, CCRC Commissioner, 16/02/09 (PDF format). The Challenges of Historical Allegations - The Way Ahead By Mark Barlow, barrister, Garden North Chambers and Mark Newby, Solicitor Advocate, Jordans LLP, the defence team for previous miscarriages of justice historical abuse cases. Conference paper 16/02/09 (PDF format). FBGA are please to announce that they attended a high profile Historical Abuse conference in Manchester on the 16/02/09, looking at the challenges posed by past Historical Abuse cases within the current Justice process (PDF format). The May 2004 web edition of FACT's magazine, FACTion (Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers Information Opinion and News), which is available here as a PDF file, included a piece by Helen Porteous entitled "Scotland Awake!" on page 2, and a letter from John Porteous headed "Not told of rights" on page 16. FACTion article by Helen Porteous, May 2004 (PDF format). FACTion letter from John Porteous, May 2004 (PDF format). Having read these two items David Whelan sent an email to FACTion on 03/08/05 and received this response from David Sherwell, the editor of FACTion, the following day. He sent a second email and received a second reply the same day. Email from Michael Barnes, secretary to FACT, to David Whelan, 09/08/2005. History revision: How reliable are allegations of child abuse 30 years ago? by Fay Wertheimer, Guardian 29/11/06. Where have Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers (FACT) got their figures from that they can claim that there are over 100 falsely accused cases waiting to be adjudicated on? Email to a member of the FBGA from John Weeden the Criminal Cases Review Commissioner, 04/12/06. David says, "WHY IS IT THAT ONLY MR AND MRS PORTEOUS HAVE EXCELLENT MEMORIES AND THEY CLAIM THE VICTIMS HAVE IMPAIRED MEMORIES OR FALSE MEMORIES!" |