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morningstarMorning.Star 09/01/2019 at 07:384 Comments

I've written a Press Statement, which I will be sending to our national papers tomorrow.

Coincidentally, I'm also due in Magistrates Court over non-payment of my Council Tax. Seeing as I have no legal representation, and the Council owe me 100 times that debt, I simply refused to pay until I was given a hearing where a magistrate will enforce it.

I'm not bothered, I'll pay the Clerk of the Court the money I owe, and the court fees, before I go into the hearing where I will present the magistrate with my Press Statement.

That should give me Jurisprudence I can use to push my case further legally as well as publicly.


I’m the hacker known as Morning.Star

And I’m exposing corruption in our social care systems and my local authority that runs all the way to the top. My story begins 19 years ago with my then partner, and my kids’ mother, attempting to kill me on 3 separate occasions during Bipolar episodes, which she suffered increasing regularly over our years together. She was never prosecuted as a result, and in fact was given counselling and therapy and allowed to stalk me and the kids for years while we hid in fear. Finally after 6 years of that and because Bea is profoundly disabled, Social Services intervened and gave me Respite, a service that they denied even existed, as they deliberately neglected me hoping I’d fail. I didnt of course, and managed another 8 years exemplary care during which time I built my first robots, learned to paint and play numerous instruments, and researched mathematics and physics. When I’d all but completed AIME, a humanoid biped, and AIMOS, its operating system

West Sussex County Council

Spent 5 years attempting to institutionalise my daughter repeatedly using its social care arm to execute a planned intervention aimed at separating a vulnerable person from her advocate and carer because

Arun District Council

Made a mistake 20 years ago with her carer benefits leading to a £14,000 rent overpayment that they do not wish to reimburse. That's because they then sent in Social Services five years ago with an unsuccessful smear campaign - Accusations of drugs, alcohol, physical, mental and sexual abuse, criminal mental instability, neglect and fraud from a blind social worker from

Social Services Adult Disability Team

Complete with guide dog and handler, who came to my home and told me that despite having zero ability to communicate with Bea, she'd established that she wanted to be institutionalised, overruling me as her advocate and cutting me off from all the resources needed to care for her. She was dragged kicking and screaming with all her belongings to a series of

Care Homes

Where she was neglected to the point where all her clothes were lost/stolen and replaced with a jumble-sale. Including by now 6 x £25 of bra's carefully chosen to fit and support her, without underwires. That resulted in her being given an underwired one several sizes too small that cut her, and then broke so the underwire pierced her breast and caused an infection severe enough to warrant medical attention. This episode was covered up by Social Services and I only found out because

The NHS

Called on me at our home to treat her, when she was in fact being held illegally in care - hence the medical services being called to where she was officially resident. I cant really find fault with the NHS / Mental Healh services, they have been supportive even though they cannot do a thing.

They cannot treat me - there is nothing wrong with me - and they cannot counsel me for the trauma caused by all this until it is over; I have presented myself to a psychiatrist on numerous occasions, and each time been thrown unceremoniously back out of their offices because I'm genuinely a multiple genius with a historic IQ and have skills rivalling that even of DaVinci himself.

Accomplished artist and designer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrument musician, author and poet, programmer and mathematician, amateur roboticist, philosopher, and carer. These are the things that define me, but I’m capable of so much more.

My last instruction from a doctor [the only authority I actually respect enough to defer to] was to get my daughter out of care and take over the world with my robots. Which I did, thanks to

Hackaday

Who literally saved my life having become suicidal during the first three years of my enslavement at the hands of the State. Instead, supported by the combined intelligence and honour of some of the smartest people on our planet, rewarded for my efforts with prestigious awards and accolades, copied by some of our most powerful technologists, and handed a reputation for excellence that backs up a 20-year exemplary care history marred only by a corruptive authority. Who after all that could only be relied on to change the law so they could not be punished for their sins, and then finally completely revoke their remit to provide dispensation under those laws, blatantly trampling both human and disabiities rights in the process. Finally the Council rescinded our right to accommodation and transferred us to a

Private Housing Agency

Who promptly installed us both in a brand-new built estate isolated in the countryside with no access - the road is unpaved and filled with dangerous traffic including building works as it is still being built around us. Mud, noisy and dangerous vehicles, irate homeowners unhappy with paying a third of a million for a house that borders a social housing estate, with no playpark. Its not a place for children, let alone disabled people.

Within weeks I was threatened with eviction by the agency for non-payment of rent after Arun District Council again denied owing me money and instead tried to force me to continue paying the shortfall in rent that led to them owing me so much in the first place. Social Services then intervened and admitted that they had been engaged by the local councils to cover up this illegal mess by getting rid of me and taking Bea into care. However, as they had failed and now were working to cover this up, they stepped in and prevented the eviction, confirming to the agent that an eviction would precipitate vastly damaging legal action against the whole of Local Authority.

Leading to today, where I have a report from the Police that the 'Gentleman' who has been covertly filming and photographing me and my neighbours had been engaged by none other than the housing agency presumably under the instruction of Social Services, to gather enough evidence of 'antisocial behaviour' in order to kick me and my neighbours out now they have sided with me over the quality of our housing provision. [Quality it is not...]

Unfortunately for them, anti-stalking legislation is now in force thanks to our government's ridiculous policies and archaic laws that dont keep up with the times. With the advent of Farcebook, of Drones, etc, we now have laws that prevent individuals from taking footage of each other and posting it on Social Media without their express permission, punishable by heavy fines.

To whit, its now illegal to spy on someone as the housing agency have done, so after the manager and her lackey were then caught snooping around late at night and called on my neighbour with the excuse they were patrolling – which frightened her so much she called me – I then called local Law Enforcement to verify that spying on us was in fact illegal, which it is of course. so

The Police

Investigated the housing agency and social services, and are supporting me to regain my right to work and earn a living, reacquire the capital stolen by the District Council and continue to ensure Bea's wellbeing as I have always done without being enslaved to do so in poverty. They do this after apologising profusely to me for disturbing my work and peace, having established that I am not the threat my government seems to think I am. 4 visits it took for them to do that, looking for bomb parts, weapons, evidence of radicalisation, and questioning me on everything including my personal beliefs.

They found nothing but a box of oversized condoms, and left after recording my details as a highly dangerous care manager with some humour, noting my work with robotics and AI as ‘historic’, but they cannot intervene in a civil dispute even though it has become somewhat uncivil.

I AM still a threat of course. The legal ramifications of what Local Authority has been caught red-handed doing this time, publicly, and to a historic individual as well, are extensive. Leading to hundreds of thousands of pounds compensation for rights abuses causing loss and trauma, for slander and libel, for fraud, for discrimination, and for systemic and complicit corruption. Finally

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding Team

Are now preparing to give me access to a courtroom where I can speak for my daughter, however despite having lapsed Parental Responsibility and Custody, Formal Advocacy, Duty of Care, and Responsibility of Care for Bea I still need to pay a fee of £360 to deputise myself so I can speak on her behalf and tell our story.

Which is just the end of
my story of course. As I said, I’m Morning.Star

https://www.hackaday.io/jez.boxall and I’ve lived an incredible life https://hackaday.io/page/5409-a-life-in-the-day-of-morningstar, for which I have world records https://hackaday.io/project/161111-smallest-4x4x4-led-cube-yet, awards and accolades, and even things named after me https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-dotstar-leds/overview - and been attacked, abused, marginalised, and enslaved on minimal carer benefits illegally doing care work that demeans and traumatises me. I’m unable to earn the money to sue, or indeed work my way out, I’m denied Legal Aid, denied assistance and support in my caring role, and despite Local Government Ombudsman investigating this I’m still denied. LGO recognise that my and my daughter’s rights have been trampled, but can only intervene to recommend a resolution and have been completely ignored right up to the CEO of West Sussex County Council, who simply swept us into his bin twice because he’s accused of fraud himself. The list of aggressors is lengthy.

Laura Potter, the blind social worker engaged by the County Council to coersively institutionalise Bea by cutting off her resources and unjustly accusing her carer (me) of a list of abuses with no evidence.

Sue Coldham, ex Social Services manager, authorised this action and then when it failed attempted to cover it up from her promoted position of Ops Manager for Learning Disability, West Sussex. Her signature on the funding from Bluebird Care, a national agency, caused them to withdraw the contract I had negotiated because they are prioritising private care due to lack of staff following the Brexit fallout, and will not take work from the State.

Nathan Elvery, CEO of West Sussex County Council and Sue Coldham’s boss, twice ignored Local Government Ombudsman instructions and interfered with their investigations leading to him being exposed as having defrauded WSCC out of a Housing Relocation Grant that he didnt use to relocate to Sussex, keeping his posh house in Epsom and the money.

Andrew Theodoridi, the replacement social worker who for the last few years has interfered with GP and Mental Health, benefits, funding and resources, and even interfered with job interviews to keep me on carer benefits, while he denies Bea Personal Care to force me to do the care work myself.

Paul Rogers, his manager, who after investigation removed Andrew Theodoridi from Bea’s case and then re-instated him to resolve [AKA cover up] the mess he made trampling our rights.

Leanne Moore and Richard Vandermark, the housing agents from Worthing Homes, who are threatening us with eviction, spying on us, and perpetuating Arun District Council’s fraud and Social Services rights abuses.

Nintendo, who took my work on https://hackaday.io/project/19920-cardware and are selling it globally as LABO despite Creative Commons Attribution, and I dont see a penny. Thats for two reasons, one being Income Support that allows me to earn exactly £20 per week from my skills, and the other being that Nintendo arent prepared to recognise the originators of their ripoffs, in this case selling an empty flatpacked cardboard box for 60 or 70 quid a pop. That was an education.

The entire document chain

is published in a redacted form with public commentary in https://hackaday.io/project/29260-obsidian covering the last two and a half years of my campaign to rid myself of the harassment that’s largely prevented me from doing much, much more.

Discussions

Morning.Star wrote 09/02/2019 at 08:23 point

Muthaf*s wouldnt give me Jurisprudence today, its a railroading.

So I called the clerk at the councils recovery team and dumped on them - they gave me a last chance to pay by installments over the year, and the clerk was so distressed by the fact that he was speaking to yours truly he wished us luck fixing his bosses and allowed me the absolute minimum repayment so I can afford to deputise myself now rather than pay up the Tax and court costs in full. I do not have to save up again, technically the Council have given me credit so I can pay the legal costs of taking them to Crown Court. But they dont see it like that of course.

I kept the Council Tax to one side, so I could pay it in full, but I dont have to, or present myself - in fact, according to the clerk that may actually have gone against me, and the magistrate could actually fine me for blowing the whistle in a hearing that is intended to establish the truth of why I have not paid my taxes.

Yep. Fined for being a slave of the government. So I told them to f*k themselves and negotiated with the Council, who know they are breaking the law and doing everything they can to win this day.

They dont know me very well, thats all I can say. What doesnt kill me makes me stronger, and I now have my payments done on paper, paid by cash, just like the housing agency. The clerk made a frustrated noise, they have been trying to get access to my bank account for years, but they cant and wont. I dont even have store cards so private businesses can sell me to Big Data or the Government.

I cant speak for the rest of the UK, but every agency and member of the public I speak to has only heard of Hackaday because of me, so my evangelism is kind of innate lol. But thats not what I wanted at all, I'm not Hackaday, I'm a member of it... Best thing I ever did was join up and find my real friends.

So, I'm going to rework the statement and add this to it, and then send it as soon as I am happy with it to every national paper we have.

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Morning.Star wrote 09/02/2019 at 06:49 point

They are good points indeed, hooray for mangling of the English Language. ;-)

Thanks @salec , and as always my dear friend @Dr. Cockroach 

I hadnt considered evangelising Hackaday - at least, thats not a personal goal until I'm out of this mess. Its simply one of the things that defines me now. I am a hacker, and as a hacker, I support my favourite network because it supports me. But I'll rework that to try and emphasise what it means better as a victim.

I deliberately tried to leave the whoami until further down. Exquisite XD Thank you Sir, thats a word I have definitely never had used to describe me before. It has been one of my arguments with Social Services, and the general public that I have encountered - We are all equals on this planet regardless of age, of sex, of the colour of our skins, and everyone else has forgotten it seems. Most importantly, is ability. Bea and I are polar opposites, and I speak for her in disagreement with myself sometimes. Its a habit I've had to make to survive mentally while I've been doing this.

There is a word for how I feel, indignant. Partly because I've had all this thrown onto me and some has stuck, some has not, and I dont care for any of it myself. I love Bea, but I do not love myself in any other context, even for my achievements. That would be vanity - so wherever I have to describe myself I rather spit those words because I dont agree on principle. I'm just a guy. Like you, and like them, even though they have forgotten. I have pride of course, but no ego to enjoy it...

LOL. Bea does on occasion get referred to as Tiny Tim around Christmas. I do have a sense of humour. Somewhere. I really must get that out and hack it into shape. XD

From Robin Hood : Men In Tights ;-p

Robin Hood: Kindly let me pass.

Little John: Uh, no. Sorry, but a toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, and if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls.

Little John: I made that up.

Robin Hood: It's very fascinating. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to hurt you.

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Dr. Cockroach wrote 09/02/2019 at 00:33 point

Hey there Morning.Star. I tend to agree with Salec on this. But overall it gets the point across of a long running cluster that must be stopped.

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salec wrote 09/01/2019 at 21:07 point

Hi @Morning.Star, haven't nagged You in a while ;-) . I have a couple of suggestions, please forgive me for the abuse of English language:

1. I wouldn't refer to myself as "Hacker" in any dealings with Law. Winning back the ownership of the term is a battle for another occasion, where failing to change public perception won't affect You on a personal level. Use "Citizen-Scientist" or "Independent computer and robotics science researcher", or some other benign-sounding designation.

2. Assume that people reading this will have no sense of context. Insert clarifications and footnotes. E.g. Bea is your nickname for your daughter Keri, a name which will be known to the Court.

3. Hackaday is name well known among us netizens of here, but probably not very familiar in e.g. Indonesia (although many youths from there seem to believe they have a good guess by the name of it) or in UK (where some mature people in positions might also trust own uneducated guesses). It will deserve some introduction, about the nature of this site and its beneficial mission, both in spirit, channeling creative energies into the Light Side, as well as in actions - promoting and rewarding solutions for real world problems. However, your mission is not to evangelize Hackaday to the world, but to seek justice for yourself and Bea, and culpability for the individuals who wronged you. And even though your excellence is undisputed, let's not forget that essence of the injustice is not in that it was done to an exquisite individual, but that it was unfair, regardless of the worthiness of its victim.

4. Make emphasis on most relevant things:

You had certain right you were not informed of, the people who were tasked to provide it to you were negligent, and after they discovered their own mistake, instead of coming forward and making it right, decided and repeatedly and persistently tried to bury you under made-up gross misrepresentation of your character.

Something terse along those lines should also be in the summary under the opening Headline, you know, for the TooLazyDidn'tRead folks.

Now that I wrote that, I see that the entire plot of your life story is rather Dickensian, don't you think? I'm almost on the verge of referring to you as master Oliver.Twist of the Arun District here. And the feeling that they knew this story from somewhere back in their heads, my friend, is what will attract attention of the wider audience than the merry hackers of Hackaday forest would.

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