Blog 2023 Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The whole country from the Prime Minister downwards is relieved by the withdrawal of the ludicrous criminal accusations and other legal moves to fetter this innocent family, whose only crime is to want the best treatment for their child. And I use the word crime because that is what was invented by a combination of hospital hysteria and police ineptitude.

There are many questions outstanding and this story will run and run, because a shocked nation has rightly made it a cause. While all will wish God Speed to this family in its re-unification and quest for treatment for brave little Aysha, the country will now want answers. Three stand out for immediate investigation.

What exactly did the Southampton General Hospital tell the Hampshire Police?

Why did the police not advise that no crime had been committed and why did they invent one?

What were the Portsmouth City Authorities told that caused them to rush to the High Court to have Ashya made a Ward of Court, without the parents, their legal representatives or anyone else being aware of it?

It could very well be that when these answers are known a crime has indeed been committed, but not by the King family.

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This little boy’s parents are in a Madrid prison, he himself is isolated and alone under police guard in unfamiliar surroundings and his six siblings, led by the 23 year old eldest son, are looking after themselves and each other and to the extent contact is allowed, Ashya. What a gold star, well adjusted family. And why are they in this awful situation? They disagreed with their child’s doctors, lost confidence in them, and decided to seek private treatment abroad.

And what was the response of this country, which prides itself on fairness and freedom and human rights, and spends half its time pointing fingers at Putin, the Chinese and all those countries which fall short of our Utopia and sense of fair play? An international arrest warrant for child neglect, extradition proceedings and imprisonment of both parents.

This is one of the most despicable episodes of lunatic process on a Kafka scale, bereft of rhyme, reason, judgement and understanding. It is also a perversion of the course of justice. Hampshire police admitted to me yesterday that they had used the child neglect option because there was no other statue under which it could issue the warrant. There was no other statute because no crime had been committed. So they invented one. And that is itself surely a crime?