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Garry Johnson - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 1st Jun, 2013 - 5:52pm
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Secret court jails father for sending son 21st birthday greeting on Facebook after he was gagged from naming him
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This is just plain unbelievable! It is VERY unfair what this man has to go through and still goes through! How come the ex-wife hasn't been punished for false allegations?
QUOTE A father has been jailed at a secret court hearing for sending a Facebook message to his grown-up son on his 21st birthday.
Garry Johnson, 46, breached a draconian gagging order which stops him publicly naming his son, Sam, whom he has brought up and who still lives with him.
In a case which is certain to fuel concerns about Britain's shadowy network of secret courts, a judge sent the former music executive to prison for contempt at a closed-doors family court hearing in Essex at the beginning of last month.
He was not arrested by police or even represented by a lawyer.
The order silencing Mr Johnson - which follows an acrimonious divorce eight years ago - means he cannot mention either of his boys, 21-year-old Sam and Adam, 18, in public, even by congratulating them in a local newspaper announcement when they get engaged, married or have children in the future.
The extraordinary gag is set to last until the end of his life, although his boys are now adults. Last night they condemned their father's jailing as "cruel and ludicrous".
After their parents" divorce, the two boys chose to live with their father, following a series of rows with their mother over her new boyfriend. Source 9
Garry Johnson, 46, breached a draconian gagging order which stops him publicly naming his son, Sam, whom he has brought up and who still lives with him.
In a case which is certain to fuel concerns about Britain's shadowy network of secret courts, a judge sent the former music executive to prison for contempt at a closed-doors family court hearing in Essex at the beginning of last month.
He was not arrested by police or even represented by a lawyer.
The order silencing Mr Johnson - which follows an acrimonious divorce eight years ago - means he cannot mention either of his boys, 21-year-old Sam and Adam, 18, in public, even by congratulating them in a local newspaper announcement when they get engaged, married or have children in the future.
The extraordinary gag is set to last until the end of his life, although his boys are now adults. Last night they condemned their father's jailing as "cruel and ludicrous".
After their parents" divorce, the two boys chose to live with their father, following a series of rows with their mother over her new boyfriend. Source 9
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Is this UK on planet Earth or some other place on a distant world? What is all this thing about secret courts? No wonder they never wanted to join the European Union: fearing the judgement maybe. The word "Incredible" Is just not enough to describe this situation (and the other one mentioned on the original article). How is possible that things like this one happen in a modern, civilized Country like England is beyond any doubt? I'm speechless.
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