Convicted killer forced to return to Blackpool 17 years after brutal murder

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00:00I thought I'd do you a new video with an update. So I've been out for 10 weeks now and I'm

00:14under pressure. As you've seen, I've been posting things. I made you all aware that

00:20I'm now being told I've got to go back to Blackpool in a week's time, unless I come

00:28up with a private rented accommodation that can be checked and verified and accepted by

00:37probation. So I'm having to do all this myself, by the way. I've served 17 years, as you know.

00:45Come out, I had to do everything myself and I'm still battling to find the correct accommodation

00:53to keep me out of the clutches of Blackpool. And that's as much for that town and the people

01:01in it as much for me. So since my last videos, I've been in contact with National Press,

01:12a major TV channel, several MPs. You've seen I've had a bit of a misunderstanding with

01:22Jenberg, but, you know, we'll sort that out at some point, I hope. But right now, as things

01:30stand, I am seven days away from being forced back to the town that I really don't want

01:35to go to, that really doesn't want me to come to. And a town that causes me severe trauma

01:43that has been documented, as you've seen as well. So I've done everything I can.

01:52This is what's happening to thousands of prisoners who've been released. We're up against

02:00a mountain of problems. And I'm obviously trying to navigate that as a disabled man

02:07as well, a man who has a mental health condition. And it's really, really difficult. But I've

02:17done everything I can to all of you. I'm in direct contact with you, you've seen that.

02:24Thank you, all of you who are supporting everything I'm trying to do. Your messages, your text

02:32messages, your phone calls, they're just, you're holding me up. So since a lot of your

02:41little message tonight, you never walk alone. And you don't, because you're good people.

02:48And you've reached out to me, which means I don't walk alone. And as a Liverpool fan,

02:54obviously that song and those words mean everything. They're my go-to words, they're my go-to song.

03:00But for all of you as well in your own personal lives, your own family lives, don't forget

03:07those words because they're powerful. They're like a prayer to me, they're like a prayer

03:12to Liverpool fans. I'm hoping by sending you those messages of you never walk alone, you'll

03:23also understand that I'm saying this could go wrong in a week's time. I could be recalled.

03:30I could be sent back to prison for something I've not done. I'm not going to commit any

03:35offence that would get me recalled. I'm going to do everything I can to abide by the conditions

03:40of my licence. But one of those major ones is you must live as directed by your probation

03:50officer. And right now they're directing. I have to go back to Liverpool. The thought

04:00process is I'm going to be given a train ticket. I'm going to be expected to travel

04:05alone next week in my wheelchair without any assistance and with all my personal possessions,

04:15bags. How that's going to happen, I don't know. I have no clue. I've raised this with

04:20him today face-to-face on a video link. My key worker in the hostel I'm currently in

04:26sat with me and she was just shocked by his response. And I've used breaches of duty of

04:35care, breaches of the Discrimination Act, my human rights, my mental health, and multiple

04:44other layers. I've got solicitors looking into it. We're looking at judicial review

04:49and it could be a significant damage. Should I have to go through all of that? No. Did

04:55anybody come out of prison? No. Should anybody be treated like this in general? No. Any

05:02disabled person? No. Anybody with a mental health condition? No. But it is what it is

05:08and we're here where we are. What will be will be. I've decided that if things don't

05:17turn out as I'm trying then I will turn up next week in Blackpool. And if it goes wrong

05:23it's not on me. I will fight until the moment I have to get on that train. The moment I have to

05:32get off the train. I've had multiple conversations today with press, legals, friends, and yeah,

05:48this is just me documenting right now with one week to go. This is the position I'm in.

05:58I'm going to keep going. I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. You've seen the personal

06:01message I've put up about the case. That is fact. There's no deviation from it. I've never

06:08deviated from that in 17 years. I understand how all of you can probably be thinking,

06:17why would you plead guilty? Why did you plead guilty to murder? Why did you? I was in a position

06:25that I had no choice. I had no choice. I was going to run the trial. I was going all day for trial

06:35and they did what they did. And I'm not saying put yourself in my shoes because you couldn't.

06:41And I would never want anybody to be put in that position.

06:47You know, I made that decision in the moment and it was to protect my family.

06:55And I'd do it again in a heartbeat. So you're probably thinking, well, why are you raising it

07:01then? Because it shouldn't have happened. The legal team that did that shouldn't have done it.

07:07And that happens all the time in courts, as I've said before. And I wouldn't want anybody to go

07:12through that. So I put a little video up to take a little song and a message. Look out because here

07:18I come. And they're going to, trust me, they're going to dance to the beat of my drum because

07:25I've had to do it their way. It's my way now. And I'm not going to hide. I'm not going to shy away

07:32if I have to face what I have to face alone and so be it. But they're going to dance to the beats

07:38of my drum. So the person who keeps sending me these little songs, thank you. Honestly, you know

07:47who you are. All my strength and all my energy right now is driving me like it's never done before.

08:02You know, I stood for 17 years in prison and I'm going to do it in a different way now.

08:08But I'm using those skills again. And I'm very proud of who I am now. I didn't used to be.

08:18I didn't used to be for a long, long time in my life. For many, many reasons, alcoholism,

08:24letting my children down, upsetting my family, you know. But I'm a better man right now. And I

08:32know I am. I had to turn myself around in prison and I've had to turn myself around in the last

08:4110 weeks out here. But I'm doing what I can. I'm going to stay strong. I'm going to stay focused

08:47and I'm going to put the ball in their court. I'll turn up in Blackpool. I'll sit on a donkey.

08:52I'll eat their candy floss if I have to. But it'll be to the beat of my drum.

08:57And when it goes wrong, I promise you it won't be because of me.

09:03Keep watching. That's all I can keep asking you. You know, if you're getting bored, I apologise.

09:11This is going to come to a head. It is going to come to a point where

09:14senior legal officials in the justice system are going to have to act in my case.

09:22And when they do in my case, I'll flick a domino and they'll have to do it in everyone's.

09:33I get why you're questioning. Why would you plead guilty?

09:39Why would you plead guilty? How many times a day do you think I've asked myself that?

09:47And it's always the answer the same for my child.

09:54He was six weeks old. I had no choice. I had to protect my boy and I'd do it again in a heartbeat,

10:00like I said. But what they did has got to be answered for because it can never happen again.

10:07Anyway, rambled on enough. Seven days. Let's see what comes. Just remember to the beat of my drum

10:15now. As always, my love's with you. My heart's with you. I hope you stay with me. Take care of

10:21each other because that's important. Look after each other, your family, your friends, your

10:25neighbours. Yeah. Love. Take care. Bye.

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