25/03/02 - O'Mahoney reply to letter from Essex Police in reference to the removal of the Crime Scene Photos

Re Your letter dated 25th March 2002.

Dear Sir,

The photographs, as requested have been removed, but may I point out these photographs are available on more than one site on the internet and have been for approximately three years Further.

I fail to see how ANYTHING I could do would 'damage the reputation of Essex police and undermine public confidence and trust in the service' Public confidence in the service is already at an all time low and the reputation of the service is equally damaged following the sham 'investigation' into Wolfgang and Bird, two Essex Police officers who were on full pay for five years, investigated behind closed doors by their 'own' and then given a cash pay off.

It may be worth your while putting as much effort into removing child pornography from the internet or removing photographs of Kevin Whittaker, the man two of the deceased murdered from newspapers.

Equally, you could ask the parents of Kevin Jones, Andreas Bouzis and Leah Betts, how they feel about seeing their teenage kids faces splashed across newspapers next to the three men who were responsible for supplying the ecstasy that killed them.

The Rettendon 'victims' were not three Saints martyred by the Church; they were drug-dealing murderers who many young Essex criminals aspire to copy, Perhaps if these impressionable thugs could see the reality of gangsterism they may think again.
Whatever the photographs have now been removed.

Thank You
Bernard O'Mahoney