JUSTICE FOR MARK BARNSLEY- PO BOX 381, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 3XX TEL:07944 522001 E MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www:freemarkbarnsley.com PRESS RELEASE 13TH APRIL 2002 EMBARGO: NONE BLUNKETT MOBBED BY PROTESTERS ! Home Secretary and Sheffield MP David Blunkett was forced to run the gauntlet of over 50 protesters at his Sheffield surgery today. Police had to clear a path to allow the Home Secretary to leave the surgery after his vehicle was surrounded by protesters angry at the continued imprisonment of Sheffield man Mark Barnsley. Eggs were thrown and David Blunkett was described by one passer-by as looking afraid. The protest was part of a day of action organised by supporters of Mark Barnsley,jailed in 1995 for 12 years . Mark Barnsley a political @ activist of long-standing- was attacked by a group of drunken students while out with his new baby and a friend. Despite clear evidence that it was Barnsley who was attacked, he was charged with GBH and subsequently convicted. Supporters have long argued that in other circumstances it would have been the students on trial, and suspect that the police and political establishment in Sheffield saw the possibility of ridding themselves of a thorn in their side. Mark Barnsleys conviction is now being investigated by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. For more info,contact 07944 522001
