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    Michael Shrimpton

    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/539...Nuclear-Attack

    Taken from The Express online on 25th November 2014. The reason I have posted today is that Michael Shrimpton will be sentenced on 6th February 2015. Here's a reminder of the case:


    Ex-barrister who warned of plot to assassinate Queen found GUILTY of two bomb hoax threats


    Former barrister Michael Shrimpton arrives at Southwark Crown Court to defend himself

    AN EX-BARRISTER sparked a security scare after claiming a secret underground German organisation was plotting to assassinate the Queen.


    Michael Shrimpton warned a colleague of then-Defence Secretary Philip Hammond that a nuclear warhead had been stolen from a sunken Russian submarine and had now been hidden in a London hospital. The 57-year-old claimed it would be used to attack the London 2012 Olympic Games and would either be used to target the monarch, the main stadium or the opening ceremony. But he was prosecuted for deliberately knowing his outlandish plot was false and now faces jail after being convicted of two counts of communicating false information.

    Southwark Crown Court heard the barrister, who also wrote 'Spyhunter: The Secret History of German Intelligence', has a fascination for the world of political and military intelligence.

    On Thursday April 19 2012, Shrimpton had phoned a colleague of Mr Hammond and made the claim as fears mounted of a terrorist attack ahead of the Games. The following day he repeated the assertions when he phoned the offices of David Lidington MP in a plot he likened to an episode of hit US drama 24.

    At the start of the two-week trial, prosecutor Alan Blake said: "The information was extraordinary and dramatic, in essence Mr Shrimpton announced that a nuclear weapon stolen from the sunken Russian submarine the Kursk a number of years ago, that such a nuclear weapon had been smuggled into the UK and was being stored in a London hospital in preparation to be used during the Olympic games.

    "With the benefit of hindsight the information may seem outlandish, perhaps even laughable.

    "Before being too dismissive do recall the position in 2012 when those calls were made."

    Mr Blake said Shrimpton made references to DVD – the Deutsches Verteidigungs Dienst, or German Defence Service – which he claimed was a shady agency that has "penetrated MI5, MI6 and GCHQ". He added the barrister must have known the information was false but he was a "respected professional man" who has "superficial plausibility".

    He told the jury that Shrimpton "is not being prosecuted for being a conspiracy theorist", but added: "There may be a temptation to dismiss the defendant as a harmless eccentric or even to some as mentally unbalanced. The defendant will be the first to assure you that he is sane and, he would say, highly intelligent.”

    Michael Shrimpton is a controversial figure and although I don't agree with some of his opinions (one of them being the Holocaust history), he has also reported on the killing of Princess Diana, the disappearance of Madeline McCann and Jimmy Savile and, as mentioned above, is author of the book "Spycatcher".

    Here is Michael Shrimpton being interviewed on the Ritchie Allen Show on 13th December 2014 where the discussion is about Ted Heath:


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    A stich up may be !??

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    Quote Originally posted by Ria View Post
    A stich up may be !??
    Its hard to work out where this guy is coming from, only got a bit of a way into this & gave up https://pinkindustry.wordpress.com/c...nque-part-one/

    Is he like counter counter counter counter counter counter counter counter counter counter counter counter intelligence or just nuts ?

    Or has he been "Shaylered" ?

    I don't know what he said about the holocaust, but as it is the only aspect of history that it is illegal to question it ought to ring alarm bells for anyone.

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    You've both made good valid points.

    I recall that he associated himself with the BNP a few years ago - a definite no-no as far as I'm concerned - and yet reporting on Spies, Princess Diana, Child Abduction, Obama, etc. definitely brings awareness to the greater population. I think he probably was stitched up, which gives greater credence to his subjects, even though he comes across as a crackpot in the newspaper article. He calls Germans "Jerries" and policemen "Rozzers" in a rather plummy accent, which completes the image, but he still has a valid opinion imo. The interview with Ritchie starts off by putting him in a very bad light imo, although it gets better . . . You think he must have been naive and then you think, are barristers that naive . . .? hmmmm - still undecided, but worth a post

    Here's an article he wrote about Charlie Hebden, which is fairly recent:

    http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/02...-suis-charlie/

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    Fascinating interview Linda, will you be posting Michael Shrimptons opinions on the holocaust?
    Right or wrong, I was interested in his opinion.
    Frances.

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    The Shrimp is Potted for 12 months
    https://theneedleblog.wordpress.com/

    Long but comprehensive video of Michael Shrimpton speaking in 2009. He doesn't sound crazy to me:


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    After 10 min he lost me with the Pinochet opinions ,Pinochet was a good man! , i guess in that case so was Franco and Mussolini.
    Chile was wrong about him and there people were tortured imprisoned and disappeared by? . Conspiracy opinions ? wow.

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