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From: John O <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 13 July 1999 15:01
Subject: Justice For Leo O'Reilly
>Join our Protest
>On the 5th Anniversary of Leo O'Reillys Death
>following a Period in Police Custody
>
>Outside Lloyd House
>West Midlands Police Headquarters
>Colmore Row
>Birmingham City Centre
>Saturday July 17th
>12.00pm to 1.30pm
>
> Five years ago Leo O'Reilly died after being in Police Custody.
> His family still don't know why he died because the police have
>refused to release the documents. pertaining to Leo's time in custody.
>
> Join Leo O'Reilly's family and the Leo 0'Reilly Support Group on
>a demonstration which will demand:
>
> 1. The release of all documents concerning Leo's time in custody
>
> 2. A public enquiry into Leo's death
>
> Leo O'Reilly was a 64 year old Irishman who died shortly after
>being in police custody for 15 hours. The police assumed him to be
>drunk because he was Irish. In fact he was suffering, from a serious
>head injury. After 15 hours in custody paramedics said that Leo was
>"Lying in a pool of his own urine and vomit" and that ---he had an
>obvious head injury---. He should have been taken to hospital
>immediately - then he may have lived.
>
> Leo's family have been trying for the last five years to find the
>truth of what happened to him on the night he was arrested. The
>family believe custody records they were shown shortly after their
>father died have been changed in order to cover up the neglectful way
>their father was treated.
>
>Release the Documents Now!
>
>For a Public Inquiry into Leo's Death!
>
>Dear All
> On Saturday July 17th of this year it will have been five years
>since my father Leo O'Reilly died after being in police custody for
>fifteen hours. My family and I are trying to examine custody records
>so that we can find the truth of what happened to him on the night he
>was mistakenly arrested for being drunk. A medical examination
>showed. in fact, Leo had no alcohol in his blood. He was however.
>suffering from a serious head injury. I think he was stereotyped as a
>drunken Irishman and he was left to die in a police cell. We are
>convinced the police left Leo in the most barbaric and inhumane
>conditions to die and have changed the custody records to cover up
>their neglect.
>
> My dad was a 64 year old Irishman he had never been in trouble
>with the police. He could have been anyone he could have been your
>father or brother. If the police had done their Job properly I think
>they would have realised that Leo was suffering from a serious head
>injury and taken him to hospital. Instead paramedics found Leo. after
>15 hours in a police cell and said he was lying in a pool of his own
>urine and vomit and his hair was "matted with sick. The paramedics
>also said he had an obvious head injury".
>
> After all these years my family and I still feel as though we are
>no nearer the truth of finding out what happened to him on the night
>he was arrested. Last year we were able to hold a demonstration
>outside Lloyd House on the anniversary of my father's death, which
>called on West Midlands Police to release custody records into the
>hands of my solicitor so they could be independently examined. I am
>appealing to you and your organisation to attend a demonstration once
>again outside Lloyd house on Saturday 17th July 1999 from 12.00pm to
>1.30pm. The demonstration once again will be asking for the release
>of all documents pertaining to my father's time in custody.
>
> I hope this demonstration will be bigger than last years and will
>show the West Midlands Police Force that the family of Leo O'Reilly
>and their supporters are not going to stop demonstrating until the
>truth of the circumstances surrounding Leo's time in custody are
>revealed. I am also hoping that the support I receive will show that
>what happened to my father is not acceptable in a democratic society.
>
> My family and I loved our Dad dearly and his loss was tragedy
>enough but to be prevented from finding out what happened to him on
>the night he was arrested is almost unbearable. I have been through
>all legal channels and now I am appealing to the public, trade unions
>and other organisations to help put pressure on the police so they
>are compelled to release the documents. I am also calling for a
>public inquiry into my father's death. If the police have got nothing
>to hide they should release all of the documents now!
>
> My family and I are making a special appeal to you to attend
>outside Lloyd House to show your support for our demand that the
>police release all of the documents. I look forward to seeing you on
>the day. Please send any messages of support or donations to the
>above address.
>
>Yours faithfully
>Ges O'Reilly
>
>
>Leo 0'Reilly Support Group
>c/o Coventry Trades Union Council
>Unit 15, Arches Industrial Estate
>Spon End
>Coventry CV1 3JQ
>
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>Full background:
>http://www.ncadc.demon.co.uk/news10html/leo.html
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David Wood
PhD Research Student ('Intelligence Sites in Rural North Yorkshire')
Centre for Rural Economy
Department of Agricultural economics and Food Marketing
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
0191 22 5305
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