The judges and lawyers of NZs Family Court for the most part are a vile rare breed. Sure, we have come across some who take their oath of office extremely, but some certainly do not. No other parts of the judiciary or legal profession seem to garner so many complaints.
These people could not care less about the children, only about themselves.
The lawyers line their own pockets with fees, knowing that your kids mean everything to you, and you will keep paying until there is no more money.
I took a different route – one of a ‘lay litigant’, also known as ’self represented’. For the most part, my record speaks for itself.
The NZ Police also have their part to play in my story, and it is a part they should not have been involved in. It raises some serious questions as to why they see fit to falsely arrest, but not to prosecute the perpetrator of the knowingly false complaint.
One morning I was sitting enjoying breakfast with a close friend at Cova Cafe in Newmarket’s 277 shopping centre.
We were minding our own business, and disturbing nobody. I had recently started a new job, and was loving the new lease on life within the automotive industry (more on my forced resignation at the hands of Ralph Norris to come).
My ex wife enters 277 happily texting away on her phone, and orders her morning coffee. She is there for around 7 – 10 minutes.
There is no eye contact, no exchange of words, no interactions what so ever.
She leaves and I enjoy breakfast before heading back to the job I had recently started.
Not long after returning to work, the NZ Police have me at Auckland Central Police Station for questioning.
A (false) complaint had been made about me by my ex wife that I approached her in 277, and made threats against her – she claimed she was in fear for her life, and was extremely frightened. The Police took the view based on her witness statement they had taken, that what I had done amounted to threats to kill. Nothing could be further from the truth.
There were 2 officers in charge of the investigation, 1 being a younger female Constable, and the other being a larger, aggressive male Sergeant.
The male Sergeant had made his mind up I was guilty, and was aggressive, boardering on being threatening and intimidating. No matter how much I protested my innocence, he had little interest in my version of events.
I suggested that the cops call my mate to chat with him and take his statement, and more importantly could they please review the 277 security camera footage, as that will conclusively prove that the complaint is deliberately false, and no interactions of any kind took place.
After several hours at the Police station in a holding cell I am told I am free to go. No apology, no explanation. Clearly the security camera footage proved there was no contact, and that I had not even left my table the entire time. Exactly as I had told the investigating officers.
I pressed the Police to take action against my ex wife for her making a false complaint, and wasting valuable Police time – the reply was “oh it is a Family Court matter so we (the Police) don’t get involved”.
By the time I had left the Police station, it was all over Auckland that I had been arrested – it was obvious that my arrest had been made public by the Norris family to further promote their narrative.
Knowing that this Police complaint was designed to be used in an upcoming hearing, I asked the female Constable for support as she could see I was visibly shaken by the days events. To my surprise she reluctantly agreed, and provided me with a sworn affidavit to file with the Court confirming that the vindictive complaint against me was false, and that no such events took place.
Following on from being released from custody I made the required Privacy Act request for copies of the complaints – those files that the Police supplied were extraordinary in what they revealed.
The false complaint against me was well planned and was a coordinated attack on my freedom and credibility for the upcoming hearing, and Ms Norris’s lawyer was present at the Police station when the complaint was made against me.
The contents of the wording attributed to the lawyer, Catherine Townsend, in the Police complaint was ‘we have to get him charged as we have a High Court hearing coming up’. Both the Catherine Townsend and Kelly Norris conspired to mislead the Court via a false Police complaint.
I raised the issues of Ms Townsends duplicitous behaviour with the NZ Law Society, and the reply I received was that Ms Townsend was acting on instructions from her client, and she simply took her client at her word that such events had transpired.
So there you have it – my ex wife attempted to have me locked up and charged based on her lies, and a knowingly false Police complaint. That was back in 2016.
The lies and use of the Police don’t stop there sadly 10 years later, stories are still being proffered that the NZ Police are investigating me for many crimes (I am not sure which ones exactly), and as recently as this year I have fielded calls from concerned parents asking if I have been in prison. I will talk more about this in the coming weeks.
With regard to the false Police complaints, I made further enquiries about what was on my NIA file with the NZ Police, and what I found out was staggering – there were more false complaints about me from other Norris family members. Never investigated, just “for the file”.
Next up I will talk through the details of the false complaint made about me in support of Kelly Norris, at the time by another son law of Ralph Norris, Andrew Walker. Walker has quite the story to tell, and tell it I shall.
I will also publish the 2014 email titled “Enough is enough”. That email will set the scene for what is to come.
