Over the last 4 years one things has become all too obvious. Greater Manchester Police and the Greater Manchester Police Authority will do anything to prevent Kristian's conviction being overturned.

Despite overwhelming evidence that the “officer in the case” Detective Sgt. Paul Barnard, formerly of the Professional Standards Branch of GMP, had committed perjury several times and Conspired to Pervert the Course of Justice on several occasions. Not only that, the family have proof that Barnard also falsified evidence and mishandled evidence to boot. David Abbott has had to drag GMP kicking and screaming to the point where they have been forced to record and investigate his complaint. Refused by GMP, and the IPCC, David had to take his case to Court to force them to obey the law they are supposed to uphold. Even then, GMP asked for dispensation from investigation on the basis that the complaint was vexatious. The IPCC turned that request down and told GMP they must investigate the complaint. Why did the IPCC not investigate it themselves given that the Professional Standards Branch of GMP have proven themselves to be incapable of objective investigation in this matter? Because the IPCC do not investigate anything, the police always investigate complaints against themselves.

Christine Abbott, Kristian's mother, wrote to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) asking for some items of the prosecution evidence that Kristian had never been shown including the video supposedly taken of the journey Kristian had taken on the night of the supposed offence. The only person from the defence who has seen that video is Charlotte Crangle. Well, we only have her word that she saw this video, and we all know what a liar Crangle is. This video shows the route that Kristian took on the night in question. What it does not show is the route that the complainant alleged that Kristian had taken her. The CPS wrote back eventually and told Chris Abbott to write to the defence solicitors for the evidence. Chris told the CPS that she had already done that with no joy. The CPS directed her to a Supt. in Trafford who wrote back and said that this evidence would be with, yeah you guessed it, the Professional Standards Branch of GMP.

So, Chris wrote to the PSB and finally got a response from one Supt. Peter Turner. This officer told Chris that GMP would not provide her with the evidence and would only provide that evidence if the Criminal Cases Review Commission asked for it. The reason Chris wanted this evidence was so that Kristian could mount an application to the CCRC in 2012. Hang on, haven't we heard the name Peter Turner before? Oh yes he is the one who is allegedly investigating David Abbott's complaint against Barnard and others from the PSB. Not much chance of that being done fairly then is there.  David Also made a complaint against Chief Supt. Dave Keller for the way he dealt with David's complaint and that has to be handled by a police officer of ACPO level which means a Chief Constable or an Assistant Chief Constable. In April (It was the first of April ho ho ho) David rec'd a letter from some inspector or whatever from the PSB saying that ACC Terry Sweeney would be handling his complaint against Keller. The letter said that Sweeney would contact David within 14 days. That never happened and to this day David has heard nothing. More importantly, one of Sweeney's main responsibilities is the oversight of the PSB. Oh yeah he was also an officer in the PSB for some years. Now that is what you call independent oversight isn't it.

You will also be aware from other articles on this site that David made a complaint against the Chief Officer Peter Fahy for Misconduct in Public Office due to the way David's complaints had been handled by the PSB. The latest on that is that the IPCC granted the GMPA dispensation from investigating that complaint after forcing the GMPA to record it. David has written to the IPCC telling them they are wrong in law and that he will launch an application for Judicial Review of their decision. This is the second time David has had to do this, the first one being in 2010 and which resulted in the Court saying that the IPCC had acted unlawfully in refusing to make GMP record his complaint. He waits for a response from the IPCC after telling them that they have 7 days to reply before his application goes in.

What is truly amazing is the effort that GMP, the GMPA and the IPCC have put into avoiding the investigation of Barnard and the inevitable overturning of the miscarriage of justice that put Kristian so wrongly behind bars. Why? What is so important that the truth must be hidden and an innocent man remains convicted of something he did not commit? We who support Kristian Abbott simply do not know.

We wonder if any of the people who have gone to such great lengths to deny Kristian Abbott his right to Justice actually know why they are subverting the Course of Justice or if they know why they have done what they have done.

On thing that will always be true is that Kristian Abbott is innocent and we who support him. will never give up until this Miscarriage of Justice is overturned and Kristian can pick his life back up again.