A Campaign to get the ludicrous ‘Club Ban’ imposed on Mick Doherty following misleading and false allegations by the then Arsenal Football Banning Officer WPC Lucy McAuley-Burnett rescinded has managed to recruit nearly 1900 signatures in an online petition run by Change.org.change.org/petitions/arsenal-football-club-allow-mick-doherty-access-to-arsenal-stadium-justice-for-the-archway-one Mick was arrested following a drunken pub argument between fellow Arsenal supporters at a pub in Finsbury Park following a home match against Spurs in November 2012 eight hours after the match had finished. He was subsequently charged with a minor Public Order offence ‘Threatening Words & Behaviour’, despite no witnesses or anyone pressing charges. He was found guilty and accepted a punishment of unpaid work. Despite no evidence of the offence being football related, WPC McAuley-Burnett applied for a football banning order. This was opposed and the judge refused the application stating that it was obvious that this was nothing to do with football. WPC McAuley-Burnett was unwilling to settle for the decision of the court and approached Arsenal FC Stadium Manager John Beattie claiming Mick was a ‘Danger to Public Safety’ and asked him to impose a ban on Mick attending any events at The Emirates Stadium, purchasing any away match tickets from the club or organising any Charity Boxing Events at The Emirates Stadium on behalf of Islington Community Sports Academy/Islington Boxing Club (Mick is the Events Manager & Chief Funds Raiser of Islington Boxing Club). To his detriment Mr Beattie agreed to her request. Islington Boxing Club have been forced to relocate their bi-annual Dinner Boxing Shows from The Emirates Stadium, where they have held very successful and profitable shows for the previous three years. It is a shame that a local charity has had to suffer due to the actions of a WPC with an obvious personal vendetta. WPC McAuley-Burnett turned up at 11.20am on the Saturday of the Emirates Cup weekend at Mick’s house with a vanload of police dressed in riot gear in an attempt to hand deliver a letter from Arsenal FC informing him of the ‘Club Ban’ (despite the club having sent a copy of this letter in the post). In doing so she harassed Mick’s wife as he was not present at the time of the visit, and was rude & aggressive in her manner. Since when are police officers employed to be couriers of Arsenal FC?? This was an obvious attempt to provoke an reaction and antagonise Mick (Mrs Doherty lodged a formal complaint & the WPC faced internal disciplinary action). Mick wrote to John Beattie asking for the information provided to him by the Police which led to him imposing this ban - a reasonable request! However the response was that all information provided by the Police was confidential and was not to be disclosed to 3rd parties. Mick then invoked the Data Protection Act/Freedom of Information Act to obtain this information from both the club & the Police. Both failed to release this information. Only after Mick contacted the Information Commissioner’s Office did the Police release correspondence between Arsenal & WPC McAuley-Burnett. This paperwork revealed that she had provided false information to Arsenal - She failed to disclose the fact that she had a Football Banning Order refused in court & also made other false allegations regarding Mick. Mick now has lodged an official Police complaint against this WPC, which is now in the hands of the IPCC. He has called on the CPS to prosecute her for Misconduct in Public Office/Abuse of Power in Public Office. He has provded evidence of this WPC’s lies to the club, which they are still to reply to. Letters calling for Arsenal to rescind this ‘Club Ban’ have been written by Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn, Islington Counsellor/Solicitor Greg Foxsmith, Islington Boxing Club Chairman Lenny Hagland and many others. Arsenal fans are asked to email the club on [email protected] calling for an end to this ban. However Arsenal FC have not had the courtesy to reply to any of these letters or emails. WPC McAuley-Burnett was suspended and consequently removed from the Arsenal Football Intelligence Unit following these revelations. It is anticipated that Criminal Proceedings will follow. Mick has released a song ‘Justice for the Archway One’ which can be viewed on YouTube, Campaign T-Shirts are also available at £7 each, Campaign badges are available at £3 each. This ban sets a worrying precedent for all Arsenal supporters as any non-football related conviction can lead to a ‘Club Ban’. Police Officers are supposed to enforce the law, not overrule the law or it’s courts. All fans are urged to support the ‘Justice for The Archway One’ Campaign’ to get this unjust ‘Club Ban’ rescinded.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:32:52 +0000
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