Oh yes that’s it…………………… St Hilda’s Gresham & Middlehaven………
The residents who refused to be intimidated and not represented by local Cllr’s
during mass demolitions of much needed housing in the MBC terror campaign
“The New Vision of Older Housing”
aka demolish homes to further the towns grassland & parking spaces
(homes said to be by one famous idiot.... 750 years old)
:: Multiple cars being set on fire
:: Paint stripper being poured over other vehicles
:: Windows regularly being smashed with heavy stones
:: A second third forth fifth…. attack coming on the windows
::Street lighting / Steet Cleaning / Refuse Collection / Utility Services / Telephones etc disconnected - discontinued
:: Withdrawal of Police / Warden Patrols…. the list goes on & on & on
You couldn’t make it up
COUNCILLOR John McPartland has said he will not be silenced by thugs who have made him the target of a two-year campaign of intimidation.
Instead, he today brands the faceless yobs who have attacked his home and property as cowards and criminals.
Cleveland Police is investigating a series of incidents which have focused on the Middlesbrough member.
“I am an elected councillor,” said the veteran politician.
“It is an attempt to silence a councillor who is elected to speak up on behalf of the people he represents.
“This is a criminal attack on our democratic structure.”
Cllr McPartland, who has served for 17 years on the borough’s local authority, said incidents in the past two years have included:
:: Two of his cars being set on fire;
:: Paint stripper being poured over another vehicle;
:: The windows at the front of his home being smashed with heavy stones - one of which narrowly missed his head as it crashed through, and
:: A second attack coming on the windows of his Acklam property.
“The stone that came through the window and just missed me could have proved fatal,” he told the Gazette.
“In one of the car fires the flames spread to the garage which is next to the house. The fires could also have cost lives.
“All this criminality is done in the early hours of the morning. These and other attacks have been going on for two years.
“It is the action of cowards and criminals. It is an attempt to silence a councillor who is elected to speak up on behalf of the people he represents.”
Cllr McPartland’s fellow Labour councillors Pervaz Khan - who also represent Middlehaven with him - and Len Junier have voiced their support and condemned the attacks.
And Cllr McPartland said he was determined the thugs were not going to stop him from representing the residents who elected him.
“I have no firm idea of why these attacks are happening - but I believe it is something to do with council activities,” he said.
“Councillors make decisions which some people are in favour of and some people do not like - but all councillors try to be fair.
“If someone has a grievance, I am always prepared for people to contact me so it can be discussed in a reasonable manner.”
Cllr McPartland said he had also been heartened by the amount of support he had received from residents in his Middlehaven ward.
Cllr Khan said: “We are in full support of John in this.
“We try not to offend anyone and are careful in how we do our ward work.
“If this happened to me it would be devastating.”
Cllr Junier, who represents North Ormesby and Brambles Farm ward, added: “What is happening to John is an ongoing act of local terrorism against the everyday working of a dedicated councillor.”
A Cleveland Police spokeswoman confirmed Cllr McPartland’s property had been the target of a number of attacks.
“Police inquiries are ongoing, however a motive has not yet been established,” she added.
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