Jenni McManus in her articles led her readers to believe that the subjects of the article, were involved in serious organised crime. The opening line in her first report was extraordinary: “A WAR of nerves fuelled by allegations of drug running, stand-over tactics...
Detective Malcolm John Thomas, Stanley Matthew Willcox and Senior Sergeant Alan Davidson had been working together since the 4th July 1987. Willcox had been defaming his subjects for years; telephoning Finance Companies, Insurers Loss Adjusters, Banks and anyone else prepared to listen.
In addition to the corrupt Gisborne Police officers Malcolm Thomas and Alan Davidson McManus was given other contacts by Marianne Spence, Gisborne people that were prepared to talk provided they weren’t named. These informants according to Spence would give McManus...
The following story will have more resonance for those readers who have listened to the excerpt of the taped conversation with Jenni McManus in my first blog. In that conversation McManus discussed, with her caller, the fact that she had spoken...
John Jamieson’s appointment as the head of the New Zealand Catholic Churches National Office for Professional Standards (prof.standards@xtra.co.nz) was not surprising. The media reports were quick to point out that Jamieson is not a Catholic; an attempt to imply true independence. Jamieson...
During the 1980’s and early 1990’s the local Gisborne media had a reluctance to damage their relationships with the Local Police. Radio New Zealand – Roger Hanford Even the state owned Radio New Zealand’s local journalist Roger Hanford was a...
Once it had been established how Jenni McManus had been contacted and by whom a number of calls were placed with the perpetrator Marianne Spence (Gillingham) at the Gisborne Herald. Of course Spence denied her part in the conspiracy, claiming that...
In 1987-88 seriously corrupt Police Officers conspired with a local newspaper to destroy three successful businesses. The reason they set about doing this? One of the owners had given evidence against a Police Officer in a trial four years earlier....