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    During the miners strike I was teaching at a school in Cliftonville and my route to work took me along Barville Rd to the A256

    One morning there were lots of police and miners suddenly running from Pike Rd onto Barville Rd.to A256

    Miners being chased by the police. I had to stop my car and was first in a line of cars to stop. The police caught up with about 3 miners and pushed them up against the steep bank on the left hand side of the road where they proceeded to push/punch and kick them.

    I got out of my car and asked the policeman who was now standing in front of the line of cars what was going on, but I didn't get an answer. I was determined not to move until I had left my contact details with the police so in the end a more senior officer came and took them and I continued to school.

    Weeks went by but I heard nothing and became concerned that my details had not been passed on. I then contacted the police to see what was happening.

    Two senior officers from Maidstone ( lots of scrambled egg on their uniform) then visited my home. Reg came home from work in London to be with me. These officers explained to us that my only choice was to take out a private prosecution against the police. This I couldn't understand as I was only a witness to what had happened and had not been involved in any way myself.

    Reg and I decided that this couldn't be right so we went to see a solicitor in Castle Street Dover to see if they could clarify the situation.

    I told my story and was immediately informed that I was a missing witness that they had been trying to find via the local paper.

    The out come of all this was me being called as a witness at Folkestone Court. I made my statement and answered questions (shaking like a leaf) to a courtroom packed with policemen in uniform and I have to say that I felt very intimidated and I was only recording what I had witnessed.
    The miners were not convicted but it was a `difficult`process to obtain justice.

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