Was Slater falsely used as a scapegoat in this another seriously dodgy name suppression order surrounding sex offending
Lauda Finem has long been reporting on the creeps that inhabit the cyber vilification website established in 2004 by Dr Miles Wislang, members of his family and Takapuna Bomber Alan Gordon Thomas. It’s fair to say that thousands have been attacked by a handful of the nutters over the years, twisted people who use the site to anonymously stalk their victims, often posting completely false, defamatory and entirely malicious information and allegations.
Amongst the swag of key offenders have been the van Helmond Brothers, Fran and Henk. These two particularly nasty pieces of work have long been trawling internet forums abusing and maligning people, often people they don’t even know. Whats more in addition to this behaviour and their frequent malicious activity on ACCForum they have both set up a number of their own websites designed specifically as attack vehicles. Henk of course came to national prominence when he took on Kiwi blogger Cameron Slater, only to be later charged and convicted of cyber harassment and blackmail, when a complainant formally pressed charges with Slater’s help.
Slater published a brief story on the event at the time. Mind you it was hardly what one would call devastating and nothing that was not of course true. Lauda Finem, as aforesaid, have also published far more in-depth and damning articles on Henk van Helmond and his ACCForum cyber mates.
The horrible truth is that van Helmond knows that the evidence contained in the LF articles is far more dangerous, but that it would not have been likely to get him the name suppression he needed, so he went for the more widely known and recently vilified Whaleoil, citing dirty politics and the article Slater had published back in 2012 – obviously the Nicky Hager book “Dirty Politics” has had its uses, albeit consequences undoubtedly not intended by Hager:
I have been waiting and watching for this case to come to its inevitable conclusion.
Why?
Because I have been attacked by Henk van Helmond as have many, many other people. I have also been involved in helping his victims stand up to him and this is the result of my help:
A cyberbully who threatened to name and shame a woman who wanted posts removed from his website has had the tables turned on him.
Henricus Geradus Van Helmond, 52, of Woodville had asked for $2000 when the woman told him she had legal advice about deleting her posts, leading to him being charged with blackmail.
Justice Joe Williams in the High Court at Wellington told him there was a certain poetic justice in doing to him what he had threatened to do to the victim.
In a highly emotional statement the victim, whose name is suppressed, said, “He didn’t hold a gun to my head he held a computer and it was more soul destroying than a bullet.”
She blamed her declining health on Van Helmond.
She had contact with Van Helmond through two websites that were critical of CYFs. She had been having difficulties over care of her grandchildren and made posts to the website.
Van Helmond took the websites down in 2010 but put them back up in 2012.
Justice Williams said in the meantime the victim’s relationship with CYFs had improved and she was distressed to learn her posts could still be seen and was concerned it could undermine what she had built up with CYFs.
He said she asked Van Helmond to take her posts down.
“You responded in an extraordinarily aggressive way, I have seen the emails.”
Van Helmond threatened to report her lawyer to the law society and said he would name and shame her through the website with personal information unless they paid $1000 each to himself and another of the website’s administrators.
“You got on your high horse and began firing threats, to bully her to go away.”
Justice Williams said he breached the victim’s trust and the effect on her was palpable in the court when she read her victim impact statement.
He said the offending has an element of naivety.
“This was not planned Hollywood style blackmail, rather a spur of the moment aggressive threat. It was stupid but not evil.”
Actually the Judge is wrong. Henk Van Helmond is evil. The emails he has sent me over the years are appalling. A weaker person would have cracked.
I was contacted by his victim in this case. I too am privvy to the emails he sent. Henk Van Helmond is a bully, a blackmailer and a coward who hides behind his illness. He played this court case out as long as possible in order to prolong the pain of his victim.
Henk van Helmond has run his little jihad against Cyfs with firstly, the CyfsWatch website then with CyfsTalk.org. He now has a CyfsTalk Facebook page where he rules with terror. His usual user name in many different internet forum is kiwi1960.
Stay away from Henk van Helmond, he is a manipulative, narcissistic, psychopath who takes great delight in taunting vulnerable people.
Source: http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/tag/henricus-geradus-van-helmond/
So you can imagine our surprise when LF came across this little number in the Fairfax owned Manawatu Standard during our travels, LF may take a break from writing and publishing from time to time but we remain constantly vigilant, always on the lookout for evidence and mainstream media stories where we have existing material that adds to the case reported on. This is one such case, over time we have received many allegations against the van Helmonds and others that freqeunt ACCForum to harrass, supported by key players and the administrators that inhabit New Zealand’s www.accforum.org
Henk van Helmond, of Woodville, The photo that Fairfax’s Manawatu Standard didn’t publish. Yet another ACCForum member charged again, previously convicted of serious criminal blackmail and online harassment. Now van Helmond’s trying to hide behind allegations that Cameron Slater is a media bully that would damage the chances of a fair trial – go figure.
Man’s name suppressed to avoid Whale Oil posts
December 12, 2014
A man accused of possessing objectionable material has been given name suppression, after concerns were raised that he could be targeted by Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater .
The suppression argument, which was heard today and last Friday in the Palmerston North District Court, revolved around what Judge Stephanie Edwards described as a “protracted” case stretching back nearly three years.
The man had interim name suppression orders rolled over after each court appearance, but an order had not been properly made on the two charges he faces, the judge said.
The man has pleaded not guilty to those charges, and elected trial by jury.
During the argument, defence lawyer Fergus Steedman said he had seen the man at various states of distress during proceedings.
“I know full well what a catastrophic effect publication will have.”
Steedman said the man would likely be targeted by Slater if named, which would have an effect on both the man’s health and his fair trial rights.
The judge gave the man name suppression today, after deciding naming him before the case was resolved could unfairly influence jury members.
The jury members were unlikely to understand some of the steps which had taken place for the case to get to where it was now, she said.
The judge also said naming him before the case was resolved would cause extreme hardship to him and people he knew.
The name suppression will be reviewed when the case is resolved, she said.
The man was remanded until next year.
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/64091160/Mans-name-suppressed-to-avoid-Whale-Oil-posts
The truth is that van Helmond’s behaviour over the years has been appalling, as has his brother Fran’s. But they are not alone. ACCForum is a hornets nest of very nasty people, bludgers who have nothing better to do with their ACC funded time. The site was founded by the Wislang’s and Thomas on this very principle, a platform for uncensored, unmitigated, false allegation, defamation and hatred.
ACCForum co-founder and convicted Takapuna Bomber, Alan Gordon Thomas.
Whilst it’s true to say that Henk van Helmond is not alone in these his prior online activities he does however now stand alone facing child pornography charges (although its likely that others who use ACCForum are guilty of the same, using the forums private messaging service to share their sick interest). This fact is something that the local community, his neighbors have a right to know. So what was the judge thinking when she granted the name suppression orders? Why should Henk van Helmond be treated with kid gloves when he has never himself extended the same consideration to others?
The fact is that any jury selected from the local pool will have actually been more likely to have read the Fairfax article referred to, and hyper-linked in Slater’s Whale Oil post:
Tables turned on cyberbully
Last updated 11:15 04/12/2012
A cyberbully who threatened to name and shame a woman who wanted posts removed from his website has had the tables turned on him.
Henricus Geradus Van Helmond, 52, of Woodville had asked for $2000 when the woman told him she had legal advice about deleting her posts, leading to him being charged with blackmail.
Justice Joe Williams in the High Court at Wellington told him there was a certain poetic justice in doing to him what he had threatened to do to the victim.
In a highly emotional statement the victim, whose name is suppressed, said, “He didn’t hold a gun to my head he held a computer and it was more soul destroying than a bullet.”
She blamed her declining health on Van Helmond.
She had contact with Van Helmond through two websites that were critical of CYFs. She had been having difficulties over care of her grandchildren and made posts to the website.
Van Helmond took the websites down in 2010 but put them back up in 2012.
Justice Williams said in the meantime the victim’s relationship with CYFs had improved and she was distressed to learn her posts could still be seen and was concerned it could undermine what she had built up with CYFs.
He said she asked Van Helmond to take her posts down.
“You responded in an extraordinarily aggressive way, I have seen the emails.”
Van Helmond threatened to report her lawyer to the law society and said he would name and shame her through the website with personal information unless they paid $1000 each to himself and another of the website’s administrators.
“You got on your high horse and began firing threats, to bully her to go away.”
Justice Williams said he breached the victim’s trust and the effect on her was palpable in the court when she read her victim impact statement.
He said the offending has an element of naivety.
“This was not planned Hollywood style blackmail, rather a spur of the moment aggressive threat. It was stupid but not evil.”
He ordered Van Helmond to do 200 hours community work but warned him about offending through a computer again.
The judge took into account that Van Helmond had multiple sclerosis and diabetes and his hypoglycaemia could have led him to be more aggressive.
Van Helmond’s lawyer Fergus Steedman told the judge his client had always believed that the woman was bluffing about having a lawyer and that he could not blackmail a non-existent person.
All references to the victim had now gone from the websites.
Van Helmond has made headlines before when he claimed his Twitter account was hacked to send death threats to former MP Sue Bradford.
He was convicted in 2010 of breaching a suppression order by revealing the identity of a high profile political figure appeared in a family court over abuse allegations.
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/8032871/Tables-turned-on-cyberbully
Slater’s article simply reflected the above Fairfax piece. It was clearly not the Fairfax material that van Helmond was afraid of, nor was it Slater’s similar reportage, so what was the real reason behind van Helmond’s application for name suppression – Lauda Finem perhaps? Makes much more sense when you consider that van Helmond is undoubtedly well aware of the strong position Lauda Finem takes on reporting child sexual offending cases and the allegations we’ve previously made against the www.accforum.org membership.
Of course it makes even more sense when the bloke who claims he is afraid of Cameron Slater and the bad publicity Slater might give him continues to use facebook to post anti Slater comments. Hardley a smart thing to do when you’ve just managed to bullshit a District Court judge that you’re afraid. Readers can check out Henks contemporary online activities by googling the name, the image below is but one example of the bluster. not that we disagree with the sentiment expressed – its more the complete hypocrisy:
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So why are you prolonging your breach of Court Ordered Name Suppression and Criminal Harassment charges for (redacted)?
You wrote in the above bullshit story the following – “So what was the judge thinking when she granted the name suppression orders? Why should Henk van Helmond be treated with kid gloves when he has never himself extended the same consideration to others?”
The same should be asked from the Judge that granted you name suppression (Redacted)! Mental Health issues … get real fat boy, the only mental health issues you have is that you got stressed that the Police did their homework and got you good and proper by the short and curlies!
Be a man instead of the whimp fucktard you really are!
Editors note: Fran Van Helmond the author of the above comment attempted to pass himself off as one “David Butler”, a real person and fellow http://www.accforum.org member. Team LF have also amended the comment to reflect the true identity of the commenter responsible. We have also removed names and accusations made by that commenter which are wholly false and as such defamatory
im up before the courts for exposing him and that pervert cop too…sentencing in june…they get catered for and for me naming them in public safety interests i get treated far worse than them and ive created no victim/s…lost computer and 6 months of utter bs and splashed in media before i even get sentenced…in fact judge flatley stated in alexandra court that that the victim is the court…go figure that one out
Is it just me, or does anyone else here reckon Henricus Geradus Van Helman is a repulsive looking creep?
He reminds me of an unwashed low-life that mothers warn their young children about 🙁
He looks quite Jimmy Saville like with a twist Lynn Prentice
a futile attempt by a kid porn peddling blackmailer to avoid the sunlight that needs to shine so brightly upon his soul.