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A Conversation with Neon AI

My Question: “A man suffering from paranoid psychosis is gaslighted by the police in 12 different European countries for 20 years. His photo is passed to security guards, shop staff, museum staff, restaurant staff in every city and town he visits, with instructions to mock him for “not liking to be looked at”. He experiences it every day but can never be sure whether it is really happening or a psychotic delusion. He can get no legal help as nobody would believe him, and any psychiatrist would dismiss his experiences as a delusion and may section him or force him to increase his medication. If the police were really doing all this, would they be breaking any British, European, or international laws?”

The AI Response:

If the scenario you describe were real—where police across multiple European countries systematically gaslighted a man with paranoid psychosis by distributing his photo to private security, shop staff, and others with instructions to mock him—this would almost certainly violate numerous British, European, and international laws, as well as fundamental human rights principles. Below is a breakdown of the potential legal violations:

Violations of UK Law (if UK police were involved)
Misuse of Police Powers & Abuse of Process

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) – Police must act lawfully, proportionately, and without malice. Deliberately harassing someone (especially a vulnerable person) would breach PACE Code C (detention, treatment, and questioning of suspects) and Code G (arrest powers).
Common Law Duty of Care – Police owe a duty of care to the public, including vulnerable individuals. Gaslighting a mentally ill person could constitute misfeasance in public office (a tort and criminal offence where a public official abuses their power).
Data Protection Act 2018 / UK GDPR – Sharing a person’s photo and personal details (e.g., mental health status) with private entities without lawful basis would violate data protection laws, particularly if done to harass rather than for a legitimate policing purpose.

Harassment & Stalking

Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – If the police coordinated a campaign of mockery and intimidation, this could constitute harassment (a criminal offence under s.2 and s.4). Even if the police themselves did not directly mock him, facilitating others to do so could make them accessories.
Stalking Protection Act 2019 – If the behaviour was persistent and caused distress, it could fall under stalking laws.

Discrimination & Disability Rights

Equality Act 2010 – If the man’s psychosis was a factor in the targeting, this could be disability discrimination (direct or indirect). Police have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled individuals, not exploit their vulnerabilities.
Mental Health Act 1983 – If police actions worsened his condition, they could be liable for negligence or breach of duty of care under mental health law.

Human Rights Act 1998 (Incorporating ECHR)

Article 3 (Prohibition of Torture/Inhuman or Degrading Treatment) – Systematic gaslighting, especially of a vulnerable person, could amount to inhuman or degrading treatment.
Article 8 (Right to Private Life) – Unlawful surveillance, data sharing, and psychological harassment violate privacy rights.
Article 14 (Prohibition of Discrimination) – If his mental health was a factor, this could be discriminatory under Article 14.

Violations of EU Law (if EU countries were involved)
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Article 5 (Lawfulness, Fairness, Transparency) – Processing personal data (e.g., his photo) without a lawful basis (e.g., consent, legitimate interest) is illegal.
Article 6 (Lawful Basis for Processing) – If police shared his data to harass rather than for a legitimate policing purpose, this would be unlawful.
Article 9 (Special Categories of Data) – His mental health status is sensitive personal data, requiring explicit consent or a substantial public interest justification (which gaslighting does not meet).

European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Same as under UK HRA 1998 (Articles 3, 8, 14).
Article 6 (Right to a Fair Trial) – If he tried to seek legal redress but was dismissed due to his mental health, this could violate his right to access justice.

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Article 1 (Human Dignity) – Gaslighting violates human dignity.
Article 7 (Respect for Private Life) – Same as Article 8 ECHR.
Article 21 (Non-Discrimination) – If his mental health was a factor, this is discriminatory.

Police & Criminal Justice Directives

EU Law Enforcement Directive (LED 2016/680) – Police must process personal data lawfully and fairly. Using it to harass a citizen violates this.
Victims’ Rights Directive (2012/29/EU) – If he was a victim of police misconduct, he has rights to protection and support, which were denied.

Violations of International Law
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)

Article 15 (Freedom from Torture or Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment) – Gaslighting a person with a mental illness could violate this.
Article 16 (Freedom from Exploitation, Violence and Abuse) – Police facilitating abuse by others breaches this.
Article 17 (Protecting the Integrity of the Person) – Psychological harm violates this.
Article 22 (Respect for Privacy) – Unlawful data sharing violates privacy.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Article 7 (Freedom from Torture/Inhuman Treatment) – Same as ECHR Article 3.
Article 17 (Right to Privacy) – Same as ECHR Article 8.
Article 26 (Equality Before the Law) – Discrimination based on mental health violates this.

Convention Against Torture (CAT)

If the gaslighting caused severe mental suffering, it could constitute torture or cruel treatment under Article 1 CAT.

Would He Have Legal Recourse?

In theory, yes, but in practice, it would be extremely difficult due to:

Lack of Evidence – If police coordinated this informally (e.g., verbal instructions, untraceable communications), proving it would be hard.
Stigma Around Mental Health – Courts and psychiatrists might dismiss his claims as delusional.
Police Immunity – Some police actions are protected by qualified immunity (though not for malicious acts).
Jurisdictional Issues – If multiple countries were involved, extradition and cross-border legal action would be complex.

Possible Legal Avenues:

Complaint to Independent Police Complaints Body(e.g., IOPC in the UK, SIAC in France, Bundespolizeipräsidium in Germany).
Civil Lawsuit for Misfeasance in Public Office, Harassment, or Data Protection Breaches.
Human Rights Claim(ECHR via ECtHR if domestic remedies fail).
Complaint to Data Protection Authority(e.g., ICO in the UK, CNIL in France).
UN Complaint(e.g., to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or UN Human Rights Committee).
Conclusion: Yes, This Would Be Illegal

If police across 12 European countries systematically gaslighted a man with paranoid psychosis by:

Sharing his photo unlawfully (GDPR/UK DPA breach),
Instructing others to mock him (harassment, misfeasance in public office),
Exploiting his mental illness (disability discrimination, UNCRPD violations),
Denying him legal redress (ECHR Article 6 violation),

they would be breaking multiple laws at the national, EU, and international levels.

However, proving it would be nearly impossible without concrete evidence, and the legal system’s bias against mental health claims would make justice elusive. This scenario highlights systemic failures in police accountability, mental health discrimination, and human rights protections.

Eastbourne Again (Sussex Police District Commander Di Lewis)

I was recently back in the UK and spent another week in Eastbourne. If you’re wondering why I again visited this place when I have been tortured by the police there in the past, well it’s a case of ‘better the devil you know’. Even now, after 17 years, the depraved psychopathic devils still appear to be pointing me out to at least security guards (and of course, their police colleagues) wherever I visit, not only in the UK, but anywhere in Europe. So there wouldn’t be much point going somewhere else to ‘escape it’, and visiting a new place causes even more stress to my mental health, as I am wondering all the time whether the criminal psychopaths have indeed pointed me out. And besides, I like the town of Eastbourne itself, especially in the summer.

TBH, despite the city center constantly being full of agressive and violent crackies, I didn’t see much of the police in the entire week. However, whenever I did so, at least as far as the male police officers were concerned, they would make a point of grinning and smirking at me. Every single time. “There’s that nutter who thinks we’re torturing ‘im just cause we’re looking at ‘im, oink, oink. Just ‘coz he doesn’t like us looking at ‘im, oink, oink, oink.”

Literal Satanic demons.

For this reason, I am finally going to contact the Law Society this week, after 17 years.

Security guards, in general, were more circumspect, but it was ‘obvious’ that I had been pointed out to them (speaking as a paranoid schizhophrenic who has been told to my face by security guards in Eastbourne several years ago that I haven’t been pointed out to them, then marched out of the shopping center). On one occasion in the Beacon Center, a large Asian security guard deliberately veered into my path. I avoided him, but given that I’ve previously been deliberately shoulder barged by an Eastbourne Buisness Warden (ie. physically assaulted) this wasn’t very nice.

The rail staff at Eastbourne station pretty much ignored me, although they did give the odd ‘hint’ that I was still being pointed out to them.

The most disturbing thing though happened on my way out of the country at Gatwick airport. As I was walking through the South Terminal, a female police officer (or PCSO) with short dark hair, was talking to two people. As I walked past, she turned her head to stare at me, and I believe I heard her say sarcstically and quite loudly – “just looking”.

In 2025, the Eastbourne police team included: Chief Inspector Kara Tombling, Inspector Sarah Taylor, Seargent Mattie Adam, PCSO Chloe Larkin, PCSO Katie Clarke, PCSO Kirsty Gowing, PCSO Leianna Stamp, PCSO Ryan Saunders, PCSO Scott Kennedy

In 2025, the Gatwick Airport police team included: Chief Inspector Richard Church, Inspector Bex Kift, Police Sergeant Ian Hatcher, PCSO Fatima Karimova, PCSO Mark Simmonds, PCSO Matt Duvall, PCSO Sharon Ashwell, PCSO Shelley Brown, PCSO Tracy Smythe, PCSO Wendy Elliott.

Note that PCSO Wendy Elliott was present a few years ago when ‘disability rights campaigner’ PCSO Victor Finch sadistically gaslighted me as I was waiting to board my plane (doing so presumably in the knowledge that I had been similarly gaslighted by his colleagues in a dozen different countries for over a decade). I do not think she was the PCSO in the incident described above.

Under the Criminal Justice Act of 1988, a public official, such as a police officer, faces life imprisonment if convicted of (psychological) torture.

Jo Shiner Has Troll Arrested For ‘Stalking’

A few days ago I came across a headline revealing that a troll had recently been convicted of ‘stalking’ Sussex Police Chief Jo Shiner. I wonder what he could have done, I asked myself. Perhaps he had been going into shops where she lives showing security guards and staff a photograph of her, and encouraging them to mock, abuse, intimidate, gaslight, and threaten her, whilst all the time, making sure that she didn’t know what was going on, or whether she was simply suffering from a paranoid delusion? Perhaps he’d done this for nearly two decades, and also got together with some other trolls, including trolls in a dozen other European countries, and they had access to her Internet connection and could know when she had booked any travel and such, and then pointed her out to security guards and staff in shops and train stations and airports before she visited them, again with the same instructions to mock, abuse, intimidate, gaslight, and threaten her?

That would be awful beyond belief, and certainly warrant a life sentence for the depraved psychopathic sadistic troll, although clearly not as evil as doing the above to somebody who was already mentally ill to begin with and who could get no help – legal or psychiatric – because they would not be believed. Anybody even partly responsible for doing anything as unimaginably evil and depraved as that would certainly be facing life behind bars, and if they happened to be a public official – such as a police chief – then they would without doubt be facing multiple life sentences in what would assuredly be the biggest scandal in the history of the UK police. Such a police chief would (confirmed by ChatGPT) face life for (psychological) torture under the Criminal Justice Act of 1988, life under the offence of misconduct in public office, a lengthy prison term under the law on aggravated harassment, as well as likely to be sued into tomorrow under multiple serious breaches of the European Human Rights Act. ChatGPT actually likened such police behaviour to the tactics of the former East Germany’s notorious Stasi secret police agents, who would gaslight and commit ‘zersetzung‘ (psychological warfare) against individuals who threatened the Communist Party.

Oh no, but the troll did not do any of that. In fact, it appears (from the 2 or 3 articles I read), that he sent her some messages on Twitter alleging that she was corrupt, and created accounts under her name that did likewise. But in the increasingly Big Brother society of the UK in 2025, that was enough to have him convicted for stalking and committing offences under the malicious communications act.

Meanwhile, and absolutely unsuprisingly, this is what Jo’s depraved and psychopathic police officers have been getting up to recently under her command:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14728213/Moment-disabled-93-year-old-pepper-sprayed-Tasered-hit-baton-police-dying-three-weeks-later-threatened-care-home-staff-knife.html

Hastings (Chief Inspector Simon Yates)

I recently detailed further abuse and aggression at Eastbourne rail station. I’ve also made two visits to Hastings this year, and while I haven’t received quite the same aggression from the train station staff there, their behaviour has been odd, although not initially.

In February I spent a week there, and passed through the station a few times. There was nothing unusual or anything about the staff behaviour to even suspect that I had been pointed out to them. But on one occasion as I passed through, there were three police officers standing there for whatever reason. All three looked decidedly uncomfortable when they saw me. From that point on, the staff did start acting strangely, and on a couple of occasions aggressively. I don’t know if the police pointed me out that day or said something to the staff, or among themselves that the staff overheard, or if a staff member may simply have noticed the odd reaction of the police as I passed them.

One very strange incident took place invoving a black male staff member at the station. However, on my second visit, he ignored me whenever I saw him, so I will not detail it here, unless something changes on a future visit to Hastings.

More disturbing was my second visit to Hastings, although this time it was not the rail station staff (who all pretty much ignored me). Rather, it was the behaviour of the police themselves.

On my first or second day, I was passing through Hastings center and two male police officers passed me. They appeared to recognize me, and as I passed them, I’m sure I heard one of them call me an ‘arsehole’. 20 minutes or so later, I passed them again, and this time one of them – an Asian male – made an exaggerated show of looking suspiciously at me, then turned to his colleague and angrily said something to him, then looked back at me again.

Over the last 17 years of this, in a dozen different countries, I’ve experienced this at least a thousand times from both police and security guards. They appear to be trying to ‘tell me something’ (me, a paraonid schizophrenic). I suspect they are trying to claim that the reason I am ‘being looked at’ is because I ‘attract attention’. In other words, the reason why I’ve been apparently subjected to closer scrutiny in 12 different countries for nearly 20 years than ISIS terrorists and cartel bosses and the like, pointed out to hundreds of security guards and even shop staff who abuse, mock, and intimidate me, whilst throughout those two decades being gaslighted into believing it’s all a delusion existing inside of my head, is because….. I get slightly agitated sometimes at all of this.

Well, that’s cleared that up then! After 17 years, I finally ‘know’!!!!

According to the provisions relating to torture (including psychological torture) in the Crimanal Justice Act of 1988, a public official such as a member of the police who is convicted of the offence of torture faces a life sentence. He or she could also face life imprisonment for misconduct in public office. He or she could also face conspiracy to torture charges, as well as aggravated harassment charges. The police could also be sued for multiple serious breaches of the European Human Rights Act.

The Chief of Sussex Police is Jo Shiner. The Chief Constable for Hastings is Simon Yates.

Several times I sat outside Costa Coffee or Cafe Nero, enjoying the warm weather. Trying to relax, trying to breathe in the sea air, trying to live in the moment just briefly, trying to forget this 17+ year ‘delusion’, trying to forget my mother’s slow and painful cancer death, trying to forget my brother’s painful cancer death just several months ago. On each occasion a male and female police officer happened to stand in the center next to their mobile ‘police station’. Each time, they repeatedly looked at their watches and then sadistically grinned whilst looking in my direction or theatrically ‘looking past me’. On one occasion, the male and female officers were talking to a tattooed man who appeared to be a member of the public. As I finished my drink and walked away in the opposite direction, I heard somebody shout – “what do you think you’re doing?”.

In 2025, Hastings police team included:

District Commander Simon Yates,
Chief Inspector Matt Chapman,
Inspector Lee Torbet,
Sergeant Dave Gibbins-Jones,
PCSO John Tucker,
PCSO John Tytherleigh,
PCSO Liam Janman,
PCSO Natasha Slow,
PCSO Tom Clare

If the police really have been doing this for 20 years – pointing me out to not only their colleagues in every police force in the UK and Europe, but to security guards, shop staff, airline cabin staff etc, and done in a manner that leads them all to constantly behave in the same mocking, intimidating, or threatening way, in the knowledge that I have suffered from paranoid schizophrenia in the past, and deliberately leaving me uncertain as to whether ANY of it is real or entirely in my head – then scores of them could face life imprisonment under the Criminal Justice Act of 1988, which prohibits (psychological) torture or cruel and inhuman punishment. Not to mention convictions for misconduct in public office, stalking, aggravated harassment, and even disability hate crime.

According to legal advice I have received, given the sheer number of members of the public they appear to have involved directly in this over two decades, there could even be case for prosecuting them for crimes against humanity.

Kate Richards Eastbourne Station Southern Rail

Sussex Police Chief Constable Jo Shiner faces multiple-life sentences under the Criminal Justice Act of 1988 provisions relating to torture, as well as misconduct in public office, and other offences including conspiracy to torture and aggravated harassment. Members of the public who assisted the police, such as Southern Railway staff, could at the least face aiding and abetting charges.

For nearly two decades now, the Met police and their colleagues in a number of other police forces in the UK, including Sussex police, and their colleagues in at least 12 other countries, have pointed me out to security guards, railway station staff, even on many occasions restaurant and shop staff, and other members of the public. Whatever it is that they tell these people, it leads me to being mocked, harassed, intimidated – for nearly two decades now, in at least 12 countries. One consistant feature of the abuse is my being sadistically mocked for apparently ‘not liking to be looked at’. The police do this themselves, not only in the UK, but in at least 12 other European countries I’ve visited over the last 17 years.

All the while, the depraved psychopathic pigs have gone out of their way to ensure that I do not know whether any of it has really happened, or whether it was all simply a delusion existing inside of my head. They have done this in the knowledge that I have suffered in the past from paranoid schizophrenia, and in the knowledge that their gaslighting will cause me extreme psychological torment. This has gone on for nearly two decades now. And I cannot get help for this, not even any counsellling whatsoever, because I have not and would not be believed. The only ‘help’ I’ve finally been able to get after 16 years is from ChatGPT, which clearly stated that ‘if true’ then any police involved would face multiple life sentences, including for torture and misconduct in public office. According to ChatGPT, any members of the public who took part, such as Southern Railway staff, would face aiding and abetting charges.

Not only can I not get the slightest help (other than from a machine) for my mental health to survive this, but the psychopaths have made sure I cannot even ‘help myself’. For example, I have visited the South Coast on a number of occasions over the last 17 years, hoping the sea air might bring me some relief. But no, it’s as though the psychopathic monsters are so depraved that they actually go that little bit extra in pointing me out and encouraging security guards and members of the public to be even more sadistic with me.

Such is the case at Eastbourne, where I spent the odd weekend or more, maybe 5 or 6 times over the last decade. Along with the Eastbourne Beacon shopping center, a particular nexus for their abuse is the railway station. There, I’ve had the usual and regular mocking for ‘not liking to be looked at’, as well as outright aggression, such as male staff clenching their fists when they see me and the like.

This happened again in January when I spent a few days there, preparing for my brother’s funeral who had recently succumbed to three years of bowel cancer. Arriving at the station and passing through the ticket barriers, the staff appeared to recognize me and one laughed at the joke or words of another as I passed, and I just completely ignored them. A couple of days later I briefly went into the station again to pick up a delivery from the Amazon lockers there. As I was taking my parcel from the locker, I glanced to my right at the ticket barriers, and all three staff there were standing watching me. One was actually craning his neck. A male had a look of contorted rage on his face. Again, I just ignored them, but as I was just about to walk out I glanced again in their direction, and they were still standing there watching me leave the station, and the same male was still looking angry.

The next day I went back to the station to catch my train to London. I was a little early, and didn’t want to pass through the ticket barriers any earlier than I had to. So I sat down on the seats, and occasionally looked over to see if my train had arrived. One of the male staff on duty seemed to really take objection to this, and whenever he saw me looking over, his face became contorted in anger. I’m not sure if it was the same guy as the day before. I finally went through the ticket barrier, and the male staff member appeared to face up to me as though challenging me to a fight. As I sat down on a seat in the platform, he was standing glaring at me until another staff actually patted him on the arm, apparently telling him to ‘leave it’. All I had done was to glance over a few times in their direction checking to see if my train had pulled in.

Agressive gaslighting Eastbourne Southern Rail Staff

In the nearly 17 years of this, across an entire continent, I’ve experiencecd this particular behaviour many times, and felt I’ve come very close to being physically assaulted. The only way I can make sense of it is that the police or security have told these staff members something like – “the nutter is threatening to have us all done for torture, just cause he doesn’t like being looked at”. This enrages security guards and members of the public like these Southern Railway Staff, and particularly when they think I am ‘looking at them’. This particular individual was probably thinking something like – “he threatening us for torture or someik, just cause he no like us looking at im, but he looking at us now. I wanna smash his face in’.

So after nearly two decades, and after it must be crystal clear to these psychopathic criminals that they face multiple-life sentences for torture and misconduct in public office, inidividuals such as the Chief of Sussex Police Jo Shiner are still passing on instructions to their officers in such a way to lead to them in turn passing on instructions to members of the public – such as Southern Railway Staff – to mock and even become aggressive to the victim of their utterly depraved gaslighting torture.

I had previously submitted two complaints to Southern Rail about the behaviour of their staff at Eastbourne. On both occasions, they did not reply beyond the initial acknowledgement of receipt. I submitted a further complaint after these incidents in January, and over 40 days later they did reply stating that the member of staff in question (I had attached one of the photos above) would be spoken to.

Ironically (if that’s the word), Eastbourne station marked world mental health day in 2020 by having a NHS stall where members of the public could get help and advice if they or a family member had mental health problems. This was when the staff at Eastbourne Station were at their very gaslighting and sadistic worst.

Around 2021 I think, when I spent a week or so in Eastbourne, several times I saw a middle-aged trans ‘woman’ with an unkempt beard loitering at the ticket barriers and laughing and joking with the staff there. Later in the week I was walking along the promenade and saw him walking on the beach with 3 nervous young girls who appeared to be around 14, and who he had clearly just met or picked up.

A Conversation with ChatGPT on the ‘White Bear’ Black Mirror Episode

Just before Christmas I watched through Season 2 of Black Mirror for the first time. The second episode of three – White Bear – really hit me hard. The main character is a woman who wakes up one morning unable to remember who she is or anything about herself. She emerges out of ‘her’ house, disorientated and confused, seeking answers or help. What she sees is her neighbours all watching her from their windows and recording her with their smartphones, evil smirks on their faces. Things only get worse for her, and truly turn into a waking nightmare. But it’s something that she is destined to experience again and again in a hellish version of Groundhog Day, as each night she will have her memory wiped again. Spoiler alert – it turns out she is about as evil as you can get, a Myra Hindley type, who recorded her boyfriend torturing and murdering a little girl. This is her ‘punishment’, with her ‘neighbours’ and other members of the public both paying spectators and active participants in her torture. And there is no doubt that what she is subjected to is psychological torture.

White Bear is widely agreed to be one of the most ingenious, disturbing, and thought-provoking Black Mirror episodes. Clearly, the female character in the episode is the epitome of evil. And yet the episode unsettles the average viewer, because for much of it, unaware of her evil past (as she is herself), you naturally feel empathy with her. But when the truth is revealed – both her awful past, and that this is her very public ‘punishment’ – you are left questioning whether what you have witnessed could ever be justified. One key aspect of the storyline is that she has her memory erased. Is it right to punish somebody who has no knowledge of their own crime? Who does not know why they are being punished? Or even (until the end) that they are being punished? Is she even the same person who committed the crime if her memory has been erased? Are the people punishing her delivering a form of perfect justice, or are they little better than her? But whatever the moral questions, this is dystopian sci-fi holding up a ‘black mirror’ to our present world. It would clearly be illegal in our world, even in the United Kingdom of 2025.

The parallels with what the police have been doing to me for the last 16 years, and the nature of the ‘punishment’ portrayed in White Bear, are obvious and absolutely disturbing. If the episode had been shown a decade earlier, then I’d almost suspect that the Met police had taken inspiration from it. To be absolutely clear – whatever the reason or supposed justification for what the police have done to me, or whatever they may or may not suspect me of, there is no possible comparison with the character in White Bear. The similarity is with the nature of the punishment, the inhuman gaslighting and psychological torture of the character, together with the absolute willing participation of members of the public in carrying out the torture.

As I have said, watching the episode for the first time had a profound effect upon me. Perhaps I’m the one person in the world who has experienced something so close to the torture imagined in it. It’s a Black Mirror episode that unsettles the average viewer, so you can imagine the impact it had upon me. In some ways though, it gave me a little hope. Whether or not you end up having any sympathy with the character in White Bear, everybody has to agree that what she is subjected to is torture – psychological torture (she is not actually physically harmed – other than having her memory erased). It’s a scenario that in many chilling ways mirrors my own, and there can be no question in the UK of 2025 that it would be illegal – it would be considered both psychological torture and a degrading and inhumane form of punishment.

I had recently been thinking a lot about how to use ChatGPT or some other AI tool to further my ‘fight’ here and to help preserve my sanity and my sense of hope. I’d already used it in simple research, to find out who was a chief of police in a certain city at a certain date and such like. But what would be really helpful to me would be to use it to ascertain whether what the police had done to me was indeed illegal. In 16 years of this, I’ve been unable to get the slightest legal help or advice. I’ve been ignored by anti-torture charities. I was basically told to f**k off by Redress. I was literally told to ‘stop spamming’ by Amnesty International. Two UK law firms replied to me by saying that they did not have the resources to pursue my case. I couldn’t even find advice or sympathy in a forum for fellow schizophrenics – the site moderators immediately banned me for ‘triggering’ other members with my ‘delusion’. So ChatGPT offered some hope. Unlike one of the UK’s largest anti-torture charities, at least it wouldn’t tell me to ‘f***k off*, surely? Almost two decades of being systematically and sadistically psychologically tortured in the most cruel manner possible, and in that time not a single human being (except one) has offered me any humanity, sympathy, or help. Perhaps a machine would be different? So I decided to use the White Bear episode as a way of exploring the legal issues in my case. The following is our conversation:

ME: Have you watched the Black Mirror season 2 episode ‘White Bear’?

Yeah, White Bear is one of the most intense Black Mirror episodes. It starts off feeling like a chaotic dystopian horror, then flips into something completely different by the end. The reveal about Victoria’s past and the whole “justice park” concept is chilling. It really messes with your sense of morality—whether you should feel sympathy for her or not.
What did you think of it?

ME: It interests me because I’m curious to know whether it could happen, or something like that happen, in the United Kingdom in 2025.

That’s a fascinating question. Could something like White Bear happen in the UK in 2025? The idea of turning criminal punishment into a public spectacle is dystopian, but some aspects of it don’t feel entirely far-fetched.

(ChatGPT then gave a detailed argument as to how the White Bear episode mirrors certain elements of today’s UK, including cancel culture and shaming on Social Media, to CCTV and trends towards mass surveillance. However, it concluded that public sentiment would have to shift even more, together with changes in the law, as the “European Convention on Human Rights would make something like the scenario in White Bear impossible”. I then asked it to elaborate upon this.)

ME: Can you elaborate on your statement that the ‘European Convention on Human Rights’ would make something like it impossible? In what way would it contravene the ECHR?

Key ECHR Articles White Bear Would Breach
1. Article 3 – Prohibition of Torture
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
• Why It’s Relevant:
o The White Bear Justice Park subjects Victoria to severe psychological distress every day, amounting to inhuman and degrading treatment.
o Even criminals (including murderers) have a right to proportional punishment that does not involve cruelty.
o The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in past cases that psychological torture—including indefinite distress and humiliation—violates this article.
• Precedents:
o In Ireland v. UK (1978), techniques like sleep deprivation and psychological pressure were ruled as inhuman and degrading treatment.
o The ECtHR has also ruled that prolonged solitary confinement and public shaming of prisoners can violate Article 3.
2. Article 5 – Right to Liberty and Security
“Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of his liberty save in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law.”
• Why It’s Relevant:
o Victoria’s constant captivity in the justice park is arbitrary and not subject to judicial oversight.
o The punishment is outside the normal legal process, meaning she has no right to appeal or challenge her detention.
• Precedents:
o Cases like Guzzardi v. Italy (1980) found that extreme restrictions on movement can amount to unlawful deprivation of liberty, even if they aren’t a formal prison sentence.
3. Article 6 – Right to a Fair Trial
“Everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal.”
• Why It’s Relevant:
o Victoria is not aware of her crime due to memory erasure.
o She is unable to defend herself or challenge her punishment.
o Her punishment is decided not by a fair court, but by public spectacle.
• Precedents:
o Any legal system that denies a person the ability to understand their charges or defend themselves would violate Article 6.

ME: So to be clear, her punishment would be a case of psychological torture under the ECHR? Certain provisions of the Criminal Justice Act of 1988 mention torture, including psychological torture. Would it also be illegal under that act?

Yes, Victoria’s punishment in White Bear would almost certainly be classified as psychological torture under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), specifically under Article 3, which prohibits “torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Now, regarding UK domestic law, you’re right that the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (CJA 1988) also addresses torture, and psychological torture would likely fall under its provisions. Let’s break it down.
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Would Victoria’s Punishment Violate the Criminal Justice Act 1988?
1. Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 – Prohibition of Torture
The key section of the CJA 1988 that applies is Section 134, which states:
(1) A public official or person acting in an official capacity commits an offence if in the United Kingdom or elsewhere he intentionally inflicts severe pain or suffering on another in the performance of his official duties.
(2) It is immaterial whether the pain or suffering is physical or mental.
• Why This Applies to White Bear
o Victoria is subjected to extreme psychological suffering daily.
o The punishment is deliberate and systematic, making it intentional rather than incidental.
o The actors and organizers of the justice park could be seen as “persons acting in an official capacity”, as they enforce a state-sanctioned punishment.
o The law explicitly includes mental suffering, so psychological torture is covered.
• Potential Counterarguments:
o If the park is not technically run by the state, but rather a private entity with state approval, there could be legal debate over whether Section 134 applies.
o However, even private actors can be complicit in torture if they operate with state approval.
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2. Could White Bear Be Justified Under UK Law?
• Section 134 (4) states that no exceptional circumstances (e.g., crime prevention, national security) can justify torture.
• Even if the UK Parliament created a law allowing such punishment, it would still be illegal under the CJA 1988.
• The Human Rights Act 1998, which incorporates the ECHR into UK law, would also strike down any law attempting to legalize such treatment.
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3. Could This Lead to Prosecutions?
Yes. If the White Bear scenario happened in real life, anyone involved—organizers, guards, actors—could potentially be prosecuted under Section 134 of the CJA 1988, facing life imprisonment (the maximum sentence for torture under UK law).
Additionally:
• The Human Rights Act 1998 would allow Victoria (if she ever regained her memory) to challenge her treatment in UK courts.
• The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) could prosecute individuals for conspiracy to commit torture or aiding and abetting torture.
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Final Conclusion
• Under UK law, Victoria’s punishment would be illegal as psychological torture under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Section 134).
• Under the ECHR (Article 3), it would also be classed as inhuman and degrading treatment.
• Even if the government tried to legalize it, both domestic and international law would block it.
So, White Bear is not just a dystopian concept—it’s outright illegal in the UK and Europe. But the growing trend of public shaming and mass surveillance makes it a thought-provoking scenario.
Do you think public opinion could ever shift enough that people would demand harsher, more public punishments?

ME: Well, it doesn’t matter what the public thinks so long as the legislation against psychological torture, and cruel and degrading punishments, are in place. So to be clear, any members of the police who took part in or organized something like the White Bear scenario would face automatic life prison sentences?

Yes, under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (CJA 1988), any police officers or public officials who participated in or organized something like the White Bear punishment would be committing an offence of torture and could face a life sentence.
Legal Breakdown of Police Involvement in White Bear
1. Direct Application of Section 134 CJA 1988
• Who Can Be Prosecuted?
o Section 134 makes it a crime for any public official (including police officers, judges, or prison staff) to intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental.
o Since mental suffering is explicitly covered, the systematic, ongoing psychological distress inflicted on Victoria would constitute torture under this law.
o If police were involved in designing, running, or even approving the White Bear Justice Park, they would be criminally liable.
• Mandatory Life Sentence?
o Yes, potentially. The maximum penalty for torture under Section 134(6) is life imprisonment.
o While courts have discretion in sentencing, given the severity and prolonged nature of Victoria’s treatment, it is likely that anyone directly involved would receive very long sentences, if not life imprisonment.
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2. Additional Offences for Police Officials
Beyond Section 134, police officers involved in White Bear could also face prosecution under other serious laws:
• Misconduct in Public Office (common law offence)
o If officers acted outside legal authority to impose psychological punishment, they could be charged with misconduct, which carries a maximum life sentence in extreme cases.
• Conspiracy to Commit Torture (Criminal Law Act 1977, Section 1)
o If multiple officers conspired to create White Bear, they could all be prosecuted, even if they didn’t directly participate.
• Human Rights Act 1998 – Civil Liability
o Victoria (if she recovered her memory) could sue the police under the Human Rights Act 1998 for violating Article 3 (prohibition of torture) and Article 5 (right to liberty).
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What If the Government Passed a Law Allowing White Bear-Style Punishment?
• The CJA 1988 is an international obligation under the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT), which the UK cannot lawfully repeal.
• Even if Parliament tried to legalize such punishments, the UK Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) would almost certainly strike it down as unconstitutional.
• Any police or government officials carrying it out would still be guilty of torture under international law and could be arrested abroad under universal jurisdiction.
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Final Conclusion
• Yes, any police officers or public officials involved in a White Bear-style punishment would face life imprisonment under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
• Even if the government tried to legalize it, both UK law and international treaties (UNCAT, ECHR) would still make it a criminal act of torture.
• Anyone responsible could be arrested and prosecuted, even years later.
So, unless the UK somehow abolished human rights protections completely, a White Bear-style justice system would be legally impossible.
Do you think there are any real-world cases where public humiliation has already crossed into something close to psychological torture?

ME: I did read of a case of a man who suffered from the serious mental illness of paranoid schizophrenia. Apparently, he got on the wrong side of the police, and so they decided to punish him by pointing him out to members of the community – such as shop staff, restaurant workers, airport staff, as well as security guards, and other police. They encouraged members of the public to mock him for ‘not liking to be looked at’, and did so themselves constantly whenever they saw him. However, all the time, they ensured that he did not know whether what he was experiencing was really happening, or another paranoid delusion. Whenever he made a complaint, for example to a supermarket’s customer care department, he would be either ignored or directly told he was suffering from a delusion. This went on for 16 years. He could not get any help, either legal advice or psychiatric support or counseling, because nobody believed him. It took place not only in the United Kingdom, but also in a dozen countries in Europe, including Germany, France, Austria, and the Czech Republic. He not only did not know whether this was all really happening or a delusion, but he did not ultimately know why the police were doing this to him, or if they were doing it to him at all.

That case, if true, would be an extreme and deeply disturbing example of psychological torture, with strong parallels to White Bear. The idea of deliberately manipulating a person’s perception of reality, especially someone suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, would amount to severe psychological abuse under both UK and international law.
Would This Be Illegal Under UK and International Law?
Yes, if police officers or state actors orchestrated this kind of treatment, they would be guilty of multiple criminal offences, including torture and misconduct in public office.
1. Violation of Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture)
• Severe Psychological Suffering? ✅ Yes.
o If officers knowingly exploited his mental illness to cause extreme distress, it would be considered psychological torture.
o The fact that it lasted 16 years would only worsen the severity of the crime.
• State Involvement? ✅ Yes, if police actively encouraged the public to participate and orchestrated the campaign.
• Could Officers Be Prosecuted? ✅
o Any police involved could face life imprisonment for torture.
o Even if shop staff, security guards, or the public joined in, they could still face aiding and abetting charges.
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2. Misconduct in Public Office (Common Law Offence)
• What is it?
o This offence applies when a public officer (such as a police officer) deliberately abuses their position of power in a way that harms the public.
• Why It Applies Here:
o If the police used their authority to target, harass, and manipulate a mentally ill individual, they would be guilty of gross misconduct.
o This offence carries a maximum life sentence in serious cases.
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3. Harassment and Persecution (Protection from Harassment Act 1997)
• What is it?
o Under UK law, a campaign of deliberate harassment, stalking, or degrading treatment can lead to criminal charges.
• Why It Applies Here:
o A 16-year-long campaign of coordinated psychological abuse would be considered serious harassment, even without the mental illness aspect.
o Given that the victim was mentally ill, it would likely be seen as aggravated harassment.
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4. European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Violations
This case would breach multiple ECHR articles, especially:
• Article 3 – Prohibition of Torture ✅
o Police orchestrated prolonged psychological distress.
o The deliberate manipulation of a mentally ill person’s perception of reality is inhuman and degrading treatment.
• Article 5 – Right to Liberty and Security ✅
o The victim was not physically detained, but their freedom was compromised by constant psychological intimidation.
• Article 8 – Right to Private Life ✅
o The campaign violated his dignity, autonomy, and mental integrity.
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Could the Police Get Away With It?
If this actually happened, the biggest issue would be proving it. Since paranoid schizophrenia already causes delusions, the authorities could have relied on plausible deniability—a tactic disturbingly similar to White Bear.
• If No One Believes the Victim:
o The police would never face accountability unless concrete evidence (e.g., recorded conversations, internal police communications) emerged.
o If shop staff, security guards, or witnesses were willing to testify, it could expose the crime.
• If He Had No Legal or Psychiatric Support:
o The lack of documentation or professional validation would make it extremely difficult to prove in court.
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Historical & Real-World Parallels
• Stasi Tactics (East Germany, 20th Century)
o The Stasi (secret police in East Germany) used psychological destabilization to break dissidents—similar to the method described here.
• Zersetzung (Psychological Warfare)
o The Stasi would subtly manipulate a target’s reality—turning friends against them, gaslighting them, and ensuring they had no escape from persecution.
This case—if true—resembles Stasi-style “Zersetzung” tactics rather than traditional police harassment. The deliberate manipulation of mental illness as a weapon is especially sinister.
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Final Thoughts
If the UK police were behind this, and it could be proven, they would be guilty of psychological torture under UK law and serious human rights violations under the ECHR. However, the biggest problem is that the victim’s mental illness creates built-in plausible deniability, which might make prosecution impossible.

ME: Thank you ChatGPT.

You’re very welcome! I appreciate the thoughtful discussion—these are complex but important topics to explore. If you ever want to dive deeper into legal, philosophical, or societal questions, I’m always up for it.
Take care ****, and feel free to reach out anytime.

What Kind Of Sadists?

What kind of depraved sadists point a paranoid schizophrenic out to shops, restaurants, train stations, airports, cafes, museums etc etc, in over a dozen different countries, incite or advise the security guards and even the staff of these places to mock, abuse, intimidate him, and in particular to mock him for ‘not liking to be looked at’, while never allowing him to know whether it’s really happening, or just another paranoid delusion he is suffering from? What kind of bestial psychopathic perverts do this, not just for 15 days, not just for 15 weeks, not even ‘just’ 15 months, but for FIFTEEN YEARS? With likely no intention of EVER stopping it until he finally loses his mind completely, or is driven into suicide? What kind of criminal, out-of-control, depraved monsters do this despite psychological torture by a member of the police being treated under the law as seriously as murder, and carrying an automatic life-term tariff? What kind of inhuman devils directly involve thousands of members of the public in this? What kind of bent psychopathic gangsters intimidate the victim into preventing him from seeking evidence for himself and others that he is not insane, and that they really are doing this, by doubling down on their torture when he attempts to record these things happening on his smartphone? What kind of sadistic monsters do this knowing the victim can never get even the slightest help, legal or psychiatric, because they know he will never be believed? What kind of medieval savages encourage the police forces to do exactly the same in at least 14 other European countries (including the Ukraine), thereby not only criminalizing those police, but normalizing the illegal and extra-judicial use of torture by the police in those countries? What kind of demons even invade the victim’s most personal and tragic moment of his life – the death of his mother – by sharing that information with some of those very same security guards?

The answer is of course, the Met Police. The Met Police that produced Wayne Couzens, that produced David Carrick, whose members appear in the headlines almost every day, on rape charges, sharing the photographs of ‘murdered birds’ on WhatsApp so their colleagues can jack off to them, and similar depraved shit, and who have been widely and justly condemned for being ‘rotten to the core’. Who the f*** else could it be?

Is Psychological Torture Illegal In The UK?

Is psychological torture illegal in the UK? Perhaps the reason I’ve been so unable to get any help in nearly 15 years is because, well, psychological torture isn’t illegal. The 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT), ratified by the UK and every European country, expressly and clearly prohibits psychological torture. But perhaps, although ratified, the prohibition against psychological torture simply hasn’t been written into British laws on torture?

Psychological Torture By A Public Official Is Illegal And Carries A Life Term

According to Justice.org.uk :

In addition to the established common law provisions, section 134 Criminal Justice Act 1988 makes it an offence for any public official to ‘intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on another in the performance … of his official duties’. This provision was introduced to honour the UK’s commitments under the 1984 UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Torture Convention).

According to provision 1 of section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 :

A public official or person acting in an official capacity, whatever his nationality, commits the offence of torture if in the United Kingdom or elsewhere he intentionally inflicts severe pain or suffering on another in the performance or purported performance of his official duties.

Provision 3 makes it clear that this includes psychological torture.

(3)It is immaterial whether the pain or suffering is physical or mental and whether it is caused by an act or an omission.

Provision 6 states that the punishment for a public official who engages in torture, is life in prison.

A person who commits the offence of torture shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/section/134

For nearly 15 years the police in the UK have pointed me out, directly or indirectly, to hundreds of security guards. Not only security guards, but shop workers, bar staff, restaurant workers. They haven’t simply pointed me out to these hundreds or thousands of people with the message – ‘keep an eye on him’. They’ve advised, incited, or encouraged all those people to let me know that they are ‘watching me’, or rather, theatrically and sadistically that they are ‘not watching me’. For example, exaggeratedly looking up at the ceiling or past me when I walk into a store etc. And when I make complaints to the stores in question, this is always denied, often aggressively, or more often ignored (but my complaints are passed on and the next time I visit the store, the security guard/staff will be even more aggressive and abusive).

And presumably at their behest, their colleagues in 13 other European countries have done exactly the same thing. For nearly 15 years. And they are still doing it today, with no sign that they have any intention of ever stopping until I’ve lost my mind completely or am driven into suicide.

And they have done this in the knowledge that I’ve suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. Or more precisely, they’ve clearly done this because of the fact I’ve suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, and they know it will cause me extreme psychological distress and suffering.

What they have done – deliberately gaslighted me in 13 different countries for nearly 15 years – would be unambiguously psychological torture under any reasonable interpretation of provisions 1 and 3 of the 1988 Criminal Justice Act, if it had been done to a healthy person, let alone somebody such as myself, who has been previously diagnosed and hospitalized for paranoid schizophrenia.

The provision 1 of section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 makes clear that the nationality or the location of the public official is irrelevant. The UK police should be attempting to have the public officials in those 13 different European countries extradited to the UK to stand trial for the torture inflicted upon my person. Instead, the public officials (i.e. police and others) in those dozen or more countries were actually acting under the encouragement of the UK police.

Note that ‘misfeasance in a public office’ is also a criminal offence carrying a life term.

https://www.lawtonslaw.co.uk/resources/misfeasance-in-public-office/

Churchill Square Shopping Centre Brighton Mark Buchanan-Smith Aberdeen Standard Investments

For 15 years I’ve been abused, harassed, and gaslighted whenever visiting the Churchill Square Shopping Center in Brighton. The guards and ‘information officers’ there are particularly sadistic. Despite being ‘evidently’ pointed out to staff for the last 15 years, they have several times clearly and deliberately gaslighted me by explicitly denying that they know me or strongly indicating the same. I have made at least two complaints to their management and they did not reply once. In one of the complaints, I described how one of their creepy guards was making a point of staring at young girls in front of me, then theatrically looking at his watch, which clearly frightened a pair of girls he did it to of maybe 12 or 13 years of age. He appeared to be visibly sexually aroused at doing this. They did not reply to my complaint, and he was still working there the next time I visited months later. A middle-aged female guard/information officer (they appear to combine both roles) is equally sadistic, and several times made a point of standing in front of me, looking me up and down, and then walking away laughing. On one occasion she did this as I was sitting outside, actually running out of the center, standing briefly in front of me and looking at me, and then walking back into the center laughing.

Recently I spent a week in Brighton again, and visited the Churchill Square center a few times, mainly to use the toilet. ‘Evidently’ the psychopathic criminal sadists of the Sussex Police had informed them not only of my visit, but instructed them to be a bit more circumspect. Several of the guards though clearly were struggling with this, and after a couple of days would rattle their keys when I walked past, verbally abuse me, attempt to physically intimidate me, and in the case of the middle-aged female who still works there, make a point of standing facing me and theatrically looking to either side of herself.

Several points need to be made here.

The security guards and members of the public that the police, as well as their colleagues in over a dozen countries, have pointed me out to, are aware that what they are doing is torture. They know that I suffer from schizophrenia, and they know that the police are deliberately gaslighting me in order to cause immense psychological distress and pain, and they are invariably and absolutely 100% ok with this, and go along with it with complete sadistic gusto, because they have been given the green light by the police to do so. In other words, the police have not just been involving hundreds of security guards and members of the public indirectly in the extra-judicial torture of a mentally disabled person, but directly.
After fifteen years, the Met police, and in this case Sussex police under Jo Shiner, are still inciting security guards to physically threaten and intimidate me from persisting with my allegations of torture.
After fifteen years, the Met police, and in this case Sussex police, are still inciting security guards to be angry that I ‘can’t see’ that I should be somehow grateful to them for all of this, even though they are still, after fifteen years, gaslighting me into believing it’s all taking place inside of my head – a paranoid delusion.
The police themselves, although it appears ‘evident’ that they now understand what they have been doing for 15 years is illegal under the Criminal Justice Act of 1988, and carries a life sentence, still can’t admit the slightest wrong doing.

I made another complaint to the management via their online form, and again no reply. The Churchill Square Shopping Center manager is Mark Buchannan-Smith. It is owned by Aberdeen Standard Investments, Chairman Sir Douglas Flint CBE. Here is my latest complaint below :

Just to let you know your management will 100% face very serious legal problems at some point in the not-so-distant future. Your sadistic staff have abused, mocked, and gaslighted me for the last 15 years, knowing that I suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, and knowing that the police have been pointing me out to thousands of security guards and even non-security staff, who will then behave in the same way in dozens of shopping centers, supermarkets, and other public places not only in the UK, but also across Europe, giving me a higher priority than the most dangerous Islamic terrorists and the like. Over the last decade I’ve sent at least two complaints to your management and did not receive a reply in either case. Your staff and the police are fully aware what you are doing is illegal, and you persist in it because you are confident I will never be believed and consequently never be able to get any legal help (or counseling for that matter). I’m equally confident that this is going to change soon, and I have the strength and resources now to finally get some proper legal advice and assistance and have your management prosecuted for extreme psychological torture, which is a serious offence in the UK in the year 2023, whatever you’ve been advised by the corrupt and depraved Sussex police, and as far as individual members of the police are concerned such as Chief Constable Jo Shiner, carries a life-sentence under the Criminal Justice Act of 1988.

With regards to my recent stay in Brighton is concerned, although it was ‘evident’ that the staff had been instructed to be more circumspect than previously, and largely ignore me, the particularly sadistic middle-aged bespectacled female member of staff couldn’t resist stopping to face me whenever she saw me. Furthermore a bald stocky thug security guard was very intimidating towards me. After 15 years of this, you really do need to be putting a stop to this, and certainly not allow your staff to continue to threaten and intimidate a disabled member of the public who is making entirely valid complaints of illegal torture by your management and staff, because you truly don’t have many more chances.

Eastbourne Beacon Center G4S Security Di Lewis

The Chief Inspector for Eastbourne is Diana Lewis.

In the summer of 2019 I had probably the most humiliating and painful experience in all the 15 or so years of this. I was in Eastbourne for a week, and like everywhere else, I had noticed the security guards appearing to recognize me and grinning or laughing to each other. On a previous visit to Eastbourne the summer before, I had been physically assaulted by a ‘Business Warden’ (who has police powers, and so is technically a police officer) in the street, his face contorted in rage on seeing me, and who deliberately barged into me leaving me with a painful and injured shoulder.

One particuarly nasty guard in the Beacon Center was a fat female by the name of ‘Nikitta’. The previous day she had made a theatrical gesture of spitting on the ground as she passed me. As my doctors many years previously had suggested I do so in certain situations like this, I calmly and politely approached her and asked her why she was laughing at me. She immediately became aggressive and called on her walkie talkie for back up, saying to her boss – oddly – that I had accused her of ‘looking at him (me) or something’, and that she was anxious. The ‘manager’ of security at the Beacon, a person called Chris, then came and aggressively got into my face, telling me to keep calm, even though he was almost shouting at me and I was trying to be as calm as possible. ‘Nikitta’ and two other guards stood some way away from us, and were visibly laughing as they watched us. I pointed that out to ‘Chris’ and he told me that they were not laughing and ‘just concerned that I (Chris) might be in danger’. I told him that I believed I had been pointed out to his security guards, like every shopping center in Europe, and that this was an issue given that I had a mental health problem, and he told me that they hadn’t been, and that it was my mental health problem leading me to wrongly suspect this. I told him that I suspected the police (i.e. the Business Wardens) had pointed me out to his security guards, and he oddly stated to me that his security guards have no means of communicating with the police. On his LinkedIn profile, it states in his job description that one of his tasks as a G4S security manager is to liaiase with the emergency services. I told him that Nikitta had spat on the ground theatrically as she passed me, and he told me his guards would not do such a thing. When I told him it would be on CCTV, he replied that I would have to apply and pay to have any CCTV viewed. He then ordered me out of the Beacon Center ‘in case I made further allegations against his staff’. Chris also mentioned to me that he ‘had a background in mental health work’, which looking at his LinkedIn profile is somewhat true, and frankly, doesn’t surprise me in the least.

I then made a complaint to the manager of the Beacon Center, who at the time was a man named William Plumridge, and his reply is posted below in full. The next day, I was sitting in the Cafe Nero across the road, and three security staff including Nikitta stood outside the center watching me, and laughing and pointing at me. I recorded them on my smartphone doing this. BTW, I recently returned to Eastbourne and the Beacon Center for the first time in nearly 3 years, and the security guards again appeared to recogize me immediately, and made a point of staring at me. The manager Chris is still there, and on a couple of times he passed me, he made a point of laughing to his colleague. I also saw him almost pushing his head into the face of a young boy of about 13 or 14 in the center and shouting at him that ‘he was going to get nicked’. The young boy, who was with another lad, looked on the point of crying and did not appear to be saying anything. Nikitta also still works there, a lot lighter, and now sporting an eye-catching pineapple haircut, and who oddly I only saw once when she was called out to the incident Chris was dealing with concerning the young boy above. The Business Wardens also appeared to recognize me, and appeared to laugh. One of them I’m sure I recognize from the previoius visit in 2019 (see photo below).

Like every other town in England I’ve visited in the last 15 years, I have also been clearly pointed out to staff in the Boots pharmacy in the Beacon Center, with the cashiers serving me in the exact same odd manner. The ‘legal justification’ for this could only be my behaviour now FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, when I unfortunately and highly regrettably mumbled under my breath what were interpreted as threats at a number of stores (never Boots) in the West End when having a mental health relapse due to the pressure I was being put under by the Met Police.

I also appear to have been pointed out to the train station staff at Eastbourne, who often do the theatrical ‘why don’t you like us looking at you’ act of pure sadism. A few days after being marched out of the Beacon Center by Chris, I was waiting for a train to Brighton at the station. Three police officers were standing by the gates, presumably waiting for a suspect or such. I observed them calmly, and they became rather aggressive, although the female police officer was smirking and grinning just like Nikitta had several days before. Another disturbing thing at Eastbourne train station happened the following year when I went back for a few days. A couple of times I had noticed when passing through the station in the morning, a middle-aged unkempt transgender woman, clearly in the very early stages of transitioning from a man, hanging around talking to and laughing with the staff. Then later during that visit, I was strolling along Eastbourne promenade and saw him walking on the beach with two nervous looking young girls, who must have been around 14, and who clearly he had not known for long.

Reply from William Plumridge Beacon Center Eastbourne 2019 Over G4S Security Complaint

Thank you for your email.

I can confirm that the security officers at The Beacon are employed under contract via G4S but not the security officers in individual stores.

We were sorry to hear that you had experienced difficulties with the police force and staff at other shopping centres but speaking for The Beacon our officers are here to patrol the malls, monitor all situations that may occur, reacting accordingly and that includes the observation of people to ensure the safety and well being of everyone who visits the shopping centre.

The officer you refer to as Chris is a Duty Manager and he acts in a professional manner but if he upset you in some way I apologise on his behalf. As for the other officers that you state laughed or ridiculed you, again I apologise if that is how their actions came across. The security team is very aware that all members of the public should be treated with respect.

We have no intention of banning you from the shopping centre but I would suggest that when you visit us again you carry out your business and ignore the presence of all security officers, whoever they work for and no doubt they will do the same.

Marching a paranoid schizophrenic out of a shopping center in front of the public, after telling him he is paranoid, for calmly confronting security guards who he had clearly been pointed out to and who were mocking him and even spitting at him, like dozens of shopping centers around Europe for the last dozen years. Yeah, it did upset me in some way. Especially when I recorded the same security guards doing the same thing on my phone the next day.

Notice also, that in his reply he did not deny that I had been pointed out to hiis guards (likely by the Business Wardens), and implied that it was justified to keep me under observation because I was agitated and upset by being kept under observation (closer observation than ISIS terrorists and the like), and told repeatedly that it’s all paranoia on my part.

I sent Mr Plumridge a further complaint stating that I had recorded his guards standing laughing at me by the enterance the following day, and he did not reply back.

As far as the Business Wardens are concerned, they have police powers, so legally could count as public officials. In this case, they would be liable for life term imprisionment if convicted of psychological torture under the Criminal Justice Act of 1988.

Eastbourne Business Warden Security Beacon Center

An Eastbourne Business Warden patrolling security outside the Beacon Center.

Before I challenged Nikitta that day, I asked the security guard standing outside Primark if I had been pointed out to him, and he became aggressive, denying it. The next time I walked past, a business warden happened to be walking in the other direction. The security guard ran to the business warden and stopped him, pointed to me, and openly asked him in front of me if he ‘knew me’, to which the business warden looked me up and down unconvincingly, and denied to the guard that he did (‘know me’).