THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE FAHY
It was high noon yesterday when the Sheriff of Northwich rode into Bexley Square with a fistful of papers, preparing the official notice for Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable, Sir Peter Fahy, to stand down.
With the old Salford Magistrates Court in the background, Peter May, the official Sheriff of Northwich, under the jurisdiction of Coventry Common Law Court, wrote out the notices and marked them with blood red thumb prints, explaining to the Salford Star what was going on...
Peter May was one of 13 sheriffs elected on 30th August at Coventry Common Law Court, using the Magna Carta clause 61 of `lawful rebellion'.
... "Basically we're trying to get rid of corruption in high places police corruption, government corruption and anything else that goes with that" he explained "There's no legal standing, it's a lawful standing. `Legal' is government created acts or statutes, `lawful' is common law, a natural law that basically states `Don't do harm or injury to man, person or property'.
"Today I'm serving Peter Fahy with a Stand Down Notice over the current criminal investigations against him" he added "There's three instances the Harold Shipman case disposal of body parts by GMP, the health and safety breach in the killing of Anthony Grainger, and the unlawful killing of Jordan Begley we want the name of the constable who unlawfully killed him.
"I'm going to Tony Lloyd to serve these papers because we believe that Tony Lloyd is above Peter Fahy" he explained "I have here a formal Warrant to Deputise, issued by Coventry Common Law Court to deputise Tony Lloyd, which means he becomes my Common Law Deputy.
"These papers are to force his hand to name the killer of Jordan Begley and to get Peter Fahy to stand down pending the investigations against him" he said "Tony Lloyd would be breaking common law if he does not do what he is told. And he will be liable for prosecution by the Common Law Court of Coventry for not removing Fahy until the criminal trial against him."
We followed the Sheriff as he headed west for a showdown at the O.K. Salford Civic Centre Corral where Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner, Tony Lloyd, was holed up. Tumbleweed rolled through the reception as the papers were handed over to a bemused official.
"Er, what does it mean?" said the official "Can I see some identification? I don't know what it means..."
"I'm upholding the common law of England and Wales" spat the Sheriff "It's all there on the papers..."
And with that, the Sheriff of Northwich rode out of Salford...with the words of Clint coming to mind...
"It's not a joke, it's a rope, Tuco. Now I want you to get up there and put your head in that noose." From: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
Photos by Steven Speed