£73,422.10

Local MP and Minister of State for Wales, David Jones, has heavily criticised Conwy County Borough Council in his press release of 19th August. Click to read the full press release

The latest receipt that has found its way to me confirms that Conwy County Borough Council spent £570 of taypayers' money on having the pier valued. That takes the confirmed total the Council has spent on its vendetta against me to over £70,000 (click on the figure on the top-left of this page to see a full break-down).

The auditors still refuse to sign-off the Council's books for 2009-10 financial year, due to ongoing investigations into the serious financial irregularities I uncovered last summer.

The 2010-11 accounts are currently being looked at, and what a can of worms they are proving to be too! Watch this space, as they say...

I am pleased to report that after 100 hours of hunger strike, I had a very constructive meeting with David Jones, local MP and Minister of State for Wales. We reviewed the evidence of Conwy Council's actions against me in recent years, and following the advice of Mr Jones, a plan of action has been formulated.
I am now compiling a dossier of evidence, which will be reviewed by Mr Jones, who will assist in directing the right complaints to the right bodies. It is anticipated that a formal complaint, backed by evidence, will be made to North Wales Police by the end of the week.
Therefore I have suspended my hunger strike, pending the submission of evidence to the appropriate regulatory bodies.

Latest articles in the media:

13th June: Daily Post Newspaper

9th June: North Wales Weekly News
9th June: Blottr Website
9th June: Cllr Jason Weyman - the only Councillor to vote AGAINST trying to buy pier

8th June: ITV News
8th June: BBC News
8th June: The Leader
8th June: Blottr Website
8th June: North Wales Pioneer

7th June: BBC News
7th June: Daily Post Newspaper
7th June: Wales Online
7th June: Blottr Website
7th June: Protest Watch Website
7th June: Your Wales Website

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The Council, in collusion with the equally corrupt Insolvency Practioners RPG, are going to buy the Pier from RPG for £35,000 of taxpayers money, then spend another £1,200,000 of taxpayers money demolishing it. Yes, that's YOUR MONEY they are going to be spending on this, not theirs.

WHY? - quite simply it's a personal vendetta against me for naming and shaming them for the corrupt scum that they are. I'm rather flattered to have made such an impact to drive them to such extraordinary lengths!

The pier DOES NOT FEATURE IN THE REGENERATION PLANS - it never has done... they have been plotting to get rid of it for ages, despite the rubbish they've managed to brainwash the "Pier Pressure" group with. Of course what they are doing is completely illegal, but with the so-called justice system in their pockets, they seem to be able to get away with anything (well, at least so far).

"But the pier is a listed building, they can't demolish it?", I hear you all cry...

Ah, but after THE FIRE (not sure exactly what date the pier is going to "accidentally" catch fire yet, but quite soon...), they are going to argue that the pier isn't worth saving and apply to have it de-listed paving the way for demolition before Spring 2012 when phase 2 of "Concrete Alley" takes place.

Sounds far-fetched? - just wait and see...

Due to ongoing investigations following the files of evidence of very serious criminal corruption, false accounting and general mismanagement going on at Conwy County Borough Council that were submitted last Summer, KPMG, the external auditors appointed by the Welsh Audit Office to look into CCBC's affairs, refuse to close the 2009/10 books. Given that the 2010/11 financial year closed in April, this is very significant indeed.

It appears CCBC are the only Council in the entire UK whose audit cannot be closed out (awaiting confirmation from the national audit offices) ... this pretty much tells you all you need to know about the shambolic state of this, the most corrupt Council in the UK.

The corruption isn't just about the pier, in fact far from it... but a lot of things have come out of the woodwork and landed on my desk. Together with a solicitor colleague, 19 different issues were put to the Auditors for investigation, all fully backed up with evidence in the form of the Council's own documents. The farcical Maesddu Bridge alone runs to around £1,500,000 of wasted taxpayers money.

Conwy County Borough Council - CCBC - is without doubt the most corrupt Council in the UK... read on...

Named and Shamed - Council Officers Exposed

Fraud, Perjury, Secret Meetings, Corruption, Collusion... the list goes on

FORTY GRAND and counting - the cost of Council Corruption

The pier is currently closed whilst the malicious bankruptcy brought about by the corrupt Conwy County Borough Council is being dealt with by our lawyers. The Council is under investigation by various official bodies for serious offences committed against the pier's owner. The first Court case against the Council was won on Friday 13th Feb 2009, with more to come.

Various internal CCBC documents proving criminal offences committed by Council Officers are now published here, so you can see for yourself exactly what has been going on the past 3 years.

KPMG are now investigating financial matters concerning CCBC and the pier.

Meanwhile, the pier is deteriorating due to the willful neglect of its current legal owners: Royce, Peeling, Green.