heaven above
10-20-2004, 06:38 PM
This is Mr. Anti-Paki but he is not racist he says ! :rolleyes:
He keeps changing his name to 'Mr.Anti-paki' by deed poll, just before General elections .
He lives in a 99% paki area in Sparthbottoms, Rochdale, but he still likes them he says . :mad:
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 20 October, 2004, 11:04 GMT 12:04 UK
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Ex-soldier in human rights claim
Mr Roche underwent tests at Porton Down in the 1960s
The government has been accused of breaching the human rights of an
ex-soldier who was exposed to mustard gas at Porton Down more than 40
years ago.
Thomas Roche, 65, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, claims he was
unable to work after he was exposed to nerve agent experiments in the
1960s.
He has had several previous attempts for compensation refused.
The case has now been brought before the European Court of Human
Rights in Strasbourg, France.
'Fair trial'
Mr Roche's lawyers said he had been denied access to his medical
records and information about the experiments, which took place at
the Porton Down laboratories on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.
They said the government breached the Human Rights Convention by
using the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 to prevent him suing the
Ministry of Defence (MoD) for negligence.
The act blocks any such proceedings concerning events before 1987.
The judges must now decide whether the lack of disclosure of
documents, and the use of the 1947 act to block legal action, amounts
to human rights violations.
Pension granted
Mr Roche, who is registered disabled, won the right to a war
disablement pension earlier this month.
A High Court judge ruled the Pensions Appeal Tribunal "erred in law"
when it rejected Thomas Roche's previous pension application.
He was unable to work from the early 1990s because of breathing
difficulties, including attacks of chronic bronchitis and chronic
asthma.
He had served in the Royal Engineers as a sapper between February
1954 and April 1968.
He says in the tests he underwent, he was strapped into a chair in an
unventilated room and had drops of mustard gas applied to patches of
material taped to his skin.
He was later placed in an air-tight cubicle and inhaled another gas
through a face mask similar to an oxygen mask.
Judges are expected to deliver their verdict later this year or early
in 2005, following Wdnesday's hearing.
He keeps changing his name to 'Mr.Anti-paki' by deed poll, just before General elections .
He lives in a 99% paki area in Sparthbottoms, Rochdale, but he still likes them he says . :mad:
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 20 October, 2004, 11:04 GMT 12:04 UK
E-mail this to a friend Printable version BBC News
Ex-soldier in human rights claim
Mr Roche underwent tests at Porton Down in the 1960s
The government has been accused of breaching the human rights of an
ex-soldier who was exposed to mustard gas at Porton Down more than 40
years ago.
Thomas Roche, 65, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, claims he was
unable to work after he was exposed to nerve agent experiments in the
1960s.
He has had several previous attempts for compensation refused.
The case has now been brought before the European Court of Human
Rights in Strasbourg, France.
'Fair trial'
Mr Roche's lawyers said he had been denied access to his medical
records and information about the experiments, which took place at
the Porton Down laboratories on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.
They said the government breached the Human Rights Convention by
using the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 to prevent him suing the
Ministry of Defence (MoD) for negligence.
The act blocks any such proceedings concerning events before 1987.
The judges must now decide whether the lack of disclosure of
documents, and the use of the 1947 act to block legal action, amounts
to human rights violations.
Pension granted
Mr Roche, who is registered disabled, won the right to a war
disablement pension earlier this month.
A High Court judge ruled the Pensions Appeal Tribunal "erred in law"
when it rejected Thomas Roche's previous pension application.
He was unable to work from the early 1990s because of breathing
difficulties, including attacks of chronic bronchitis and chronic
asthma.
He had served in the Royal Engineers as a sapper between February
1954 and April 1968.
He says in the tests he underwent, he was strapped into a chair in an
unventilated room and had drops of mustard gas applied to patches of
material taped to his skin.
He was later placed in an air-tight cubicle and inhaled another gas
through a face mask similar to an oxygen mask.
Judges are expected to deliver their verdict later this year or early
in 2005, following Wdnesday's hearing.