WITNESS STATEMENT BY MR DAVID. PADDY. NICHOLAS. NEILSON DATE OF BIRTH 05/09/1946

ADDRESS 318 B SOUTH COAST ROAD PEACEHAVEN SUSSEX BN10 7EL

FIRSTLY I WISH TO SAY I HAVE ASKED THE POLICE AND C.P.S. TO TAKE A FULL STATEMENT FROM ME.

STARTING BEFORE THE MURDER UP TILL THE FIRST TRIAL AND THE RETRIAL AND NOW I HAVE MORE INFORMATION OVER THE MURDER OF KATRINA TAYLOR

I WISH TO CONFIRM THAT THE STATEMENT THAT I GAVE THE POLICE OVER THE FINDING OF THE MURDER WEAPON IS NOT A COMPLETE STATEMENT.

THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN FULL STATEMENT OF ALL THE FACTS AND I WISH TO ADD THAT THE POLICE DID NOT COME BACK TO QUESTION ME ANY FURTHER OVER THE FINDING OF THE MURDER WEAPON OR ANY OTHER DETAILS THAT I MAY HAVE REMEMBERED OF SIMON WILLIAMS' ACTIONS ON THE DAY THAT THE MURDER WEAPON WAS PLACED IN THE DRAIN.

THEY NEITHER ASKED ME HOW I KNEW SIMON WILLIAM'S CAR NUMBER OR HOW I HAD OBTAINED THE INFORMATION THAT THERE WAS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT SIMON WILLIAMS WAS THE PERSON BEING SOUGHT OVER THE MURDER OF KATRINA TAYLOR.

FIRSTLY I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I REPORTED TO THE POLICE THAT A LARGE SCALE CREDIT FRAUD WAS BEING CARRIED OUT FROM THE TOP FLAT AT 318 SOUTH COAST ROAD.( Myself and my neighbour where being set up to take the blame for the fraud)

AS EARLY AS THE 5TH JUNE MATTERS WERE REPORTED TO THE POLICE. DETAILS GIVEN TO THEM INCLUDED SIMON WILLIAM'S CAR NUMBER AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS INFORMATION HAD BEEN PLACED ON AN INTELLIGENCE FILE C22 ON THE 24 JUNE 1996. (PLEASE MAKE SPECIAL NOT OF THIS FACT).

THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION UNDERTAKEN BY THE POLICE EVEN AFTER CONTACTING SENIOR OFFICERS AND COMPLAINING. I KEPT PURSING THE MATTER WITH THE RESULT THAT I WAS THREATENED BY BRIGHTON POLICE AND ALSO NEWHAVEN C I D BECAME AGGRESSIVE AND GAVE ME THE BRUSH OFF (TAPE)*. THE POLICE WERE FULLY AWARE OF SIMON WILLIAMS CONNECTION AT THE FLAT AND THAT HE WAS WORKING FOR MR SLADE/SULC.

SIMON WILLIAMS AND HIS CONNECTION WITH THE TOP FLAT AT 318 SOUTH COAST ROAD

WHEN MR SLADE/SULC FIRST PURCHASED THE FLAT HE INTRODUCED ME TO SIMON WILLIAMS (WHO WAS IN THE FLAT FROM 1ST MAY 96 TO 5TH JULY 96). HE SAID THAT SIMON WILLIAMS WORKED OR HIM AS A SECURITY GUARD AND BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK PEOPLE DIDN'T TRUST HIM SO HE WAS GETTING HIM TO DO SOME CLEANING UP AND DECORATING IN THE FLAT. IT LATER BECAME APPARENT WHEN THE CREDIT FRAUD WAS IN FULL SWING AND THAT SIMON WILLIAMS REAL JOB WAS TO SIGN FOR DELIVERIES, ANSWER THE TELEPHONE AND ALSO AT OTHER TIMES HE WOULD TAKE PACKAGES FROM THE FLAT TO UNKNOWN DESTINATIONS.

AFTER THE REPORTING OF THE FRAUD TO THE POLICE MR SLADE/SULC SAID THAT HE HAD CONNECTIONS WITHIN SUSSEX POLICE AND BECAME MORE BOASTFUL ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES.

FRIDAY P.M. 5TH JULY SIMON WILLIAMS WAS IN THE FLAT. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY NOISY WHEN IN THE FLAT (WHICH I WILL ADD THAT AT NO TIME EVER HAD ANY FURNITURE OR CARPET) BUT ON THAT DAY HE CONTINUALLY WALKED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE FLAT. HE THEN WENT OUTSIDE SEVERAL TIMES SLAMMING THE FRONT DOOR. I WAS GETTING AGITATED AS TO THE UNNECESSARY DISTURBANCE. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT HE WAS WAITING FOR A DELIVERY WHICH HAD NOT ARRIVED ON TIME, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS I TOOK SPECIAL NOTE AS HE DID SEVERAL THINGS OUT OF CHARACTER. HE WALKED AROUND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND INTO CAIRO AVENUE, HE THEN SAT BY THE DRAIN WHERE THE KNIFE WAS FOUND. THIS IS A BACK ROAD ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING AND WHEN I FIRST LOOKED I EXPECTED TO SEE A DELIVERY VEHICLE. HE THEN WENT BACK INTO THE FLAT MAKING MORE NOISE. I HEARD HIM TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE. A WHILE LATER HE REPEATED HIS ACTIONS OF GOING TO THE AREA OF THE DRAIN. THIS IS WHY HIS ACTIONS ON THAT DAY STUCK IN MY MIND.

ON 9TH JULY MR SLADE/SULC TOLD ME THAT SIMON WILLIAMS HAD NOT TURNED UP FOR WORK AND HE WONDERED IF HE WAS THE PERSON WHO THE POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR IN CONNECTION WITH A MURDER IN BRIGHTON. AT FIRST I DISMISSED THIS AS ONE OF MR SLADE'S BOASTFUL STATEMENTS ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE POLICE HELD AN INTELLIGENCE FILE THAT INCLUDED SIMON WILLIAM'S CAR NUMBER AND THAT HE WAS KNOWN TO BE AT THE FLAT IN PEACEHAVEN AND IF THIS WAS THE PERSON THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE POLICE WOULD HAVE CALLED ALREADY.

ON 10TH JULY (TAPE)* I TELEPHONED THE INCIDENT ROOM AND GAVE THEM THE REGISTRATION OF WILLIAM'S WHITE RENAULT CAR. AS EVENTS SHOW IT TURNED OUT THAT SIMON WILLIAMS WAS THE PERSON THEY WERE LOOKING FOR BUT THE MURDER TEAM HAD NO KNOWLEDGE WHATSOEVER THAT HE WAS IN PEACEHAVEN AND I WILL ADD TO THIS THAT IF I HAD GUESSED THIS, THERE WERE AT LEAST FIVE POLICE OFFICERS WHO KNEW SIMON WILLIAMS TO BE AT THE ADDRESS IN PEACEHAVEN.

AS WE ARE NOW FULLY AWARE THE POLICE ARRIVED AND THE SEARCH TEAM FOUND THE KNIFE THAT WAS USED TO MURDER KATRINA TAYLOR. THE STATEMENT THAT I GAVE TO THE POLICE AT THAT TIME DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE MATERIAL CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THE TOP FLAT AND WAS WAITING WITH INTEREST TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THAT EVENING THE POLICE SEARCHED THE FLAT. THEY WERE LET IN BY MR WOLWOWICZ AND MR SLADE?

NEXT DAY MR SLADE QUESTIONED ME AS TO HOW THE POLICE HAD DISCOVERED THAT SIMON WILLIAMS WAS AT THE FLAT AND I TOLD HIM THAT THE POLICE HAD JUST TURNED UP. BUT WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT, MR SLADE TOLD ME THAT SIMON WILLIAMS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FLAT THAT DAY AND HE HAD NO IDEA WHY HE WAS THERE. LATER HE TOLD ME THAT DANNY SMITH HAD MADE A STATEMENT TO THE POLICE SAYING THAT THE ONLY TIME HE HAD MET SIMON WILLIAMS WAS WHEN HE HAD FITTED THE ALARM SYSTEM. YET AGAIN LATER SLADE TELLS ME THAT DANNY SMITH AND Wolwowicz HAD TO GO TO THE POLICE TO MAKE A STATEMENT (BEARING IN MIND THAT SIMON WILLIAMS HAD SUPPOSEDLY HAD NOT BEEN TO WORK THAT DAY) WHICH TO ME MADE NO SENSE WHATSOEVER, THAT SMITH AND WOLWOWICZ HAD TAKEN SIMON WILLIAMS HOME FROM ROTTINGDEAN TO BRIGHTON ON THAT DAY TO GET HIS SANDWICHES AND SOMETHING TO DO WITH A FRIDGE.

MR SLADE BEING A CONTINUOUS LIAR I TENDED TO DISMISS THIS STATEMENT AS I COULD SEE NO REASON AS TO WHY A STORY HAD TO BE CONTRIVED TO GET THE MURDER WEAPON FROM BRIGHTON TO PEACEHAVEN. I LATER HEARD THAT SMITH AND Wolwowicz HAD APPEARED AS WITNESSES. I WAS GREATLY SURPRISED AT THIS AS THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD WAS THAT MR SLADE/SULC AND HIS ACQUAINTANCES WERE USING FALSE NAMES AND IDENTITIES.

RETRIAL

 

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SIGNED BY MR. D.P.N. NEILSON__________________________

 

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I MADE 3 STATEMENTS TO THE POLICE 1. FINDING OF KNIFE. 2. THE BAG SIMON WILLIAMS CARRIED ACROSS ROAD. 3. I HAD TO GIVE DESCRIPTION OF PERSON CALLING HIMSELF DANNY SMITH.

THE POLICE WOULD NOT GIVE ME COPIES OF MY STATEMENTS.

NOTE FROM MEMBERS OF THE CAMPAIGN TAPES PROVE THIS PLUS THERE IS MORE OF THIS STATEMENT IS TO BE UPLOADED