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Friday’s celebrations tomark the25th mayorhadbeensufferingfromfluand
anniversaryofEpsomPlayhouse. was unable tocarryouthisduties be-
CounWinkworthmadealargelyinco- causeoftheillness.
herentspeechatthePlayhousecelebra- For the next four weeks the deputy
tions which was described by one mayor,CouncillorJeanSteerwillattend
audiencememberas“embarrassing”. civicengagementsonhisbehalf.
AfterFriday’sspeechCounWinkworth Coun Keith Mann, chairman of the
deniedtheallegations. strategyandresourcescommittee,which
“Ialwayshavetroublewithmywords– has responsibility for civic and demo-
mymindworkstoofastandmyspeech craticfunctions,said:“I wishAlanwell
hastocatchup,”hesaid. andhopethathefeelswellenoughtore-
Tory Coun Sean Sullivan has since sumehisdutiesattheearliestopportuni-
madeanofficialcomplainttothecoun- ty.”
cil’sactingchief executiveFrancesRut- CounWinkworthwasvotedinasaRes-
ter,his second,questioning themayor’s idents’AssociationcouncillorStoneleigh
sobriety. wardin1999.
CounSullivansaid:“Ithinkitisembar- Heisakeenarcher andbecame Sur-
rassing tohavethefirstcitizen of the rey’s indoor longbow champion two
boroughbehavinginthatway.” yearsagoandservedaschairmanofSur-
Inhisletterof complaintCounSulli- reyBowmen,the oldestarcheryclubin
vanwrote:“I write,once again,concern- thecountry.
ingthemayor’sbehaviour. An Epsom Council spokesman said:
“Iattendedthe25thanniversarycele- “Followingcontinuedillhealthsincethe
brations for the Playhouse on Friday Christmas and new year period the
evening.Themayormadeaspeech,from mayor,CouncillorAlanWinkworth,has
abalcony,overlookingthefoyer.He was, takenthedecisionthatitwouldbeinthe
onceagain,drunk. borough’sbestinterestsforhimtotake
“Alarge number of members of the anextendedperiodof restfromhiscivic
public, local councillors and visiting dutieswhileheregainshisstrength.”
mayorswerepresent.The situationwas
Illhealth:MayorAlanWinkworthstepsaside embarrassing andIbelievebrings our epsoHmavgeuayroduiarns.caoy.uakt
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tainmentandaliveceilidhband Barbyhasmadeduringthe
forupto250peopleatRich- courseofhisfascinatingcareer. CouncillorSeanSullivanandTinaMountainhavepetitionedagainsttheplanstoconverttheDurdansstablesinto
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‘Travellers involved
Emergency
crews train
in Demko’s murder’
for crossing
All three emergency ser-
vices have met Network
Railofficials sopolice,am-
byCOURT REPORTER bulance crews and fire-
fighters know the drill to
[email protected] gain access to part of
Themanaccusedofmurdering Ashtead when the level
ex-public schoolboy Matthew crossingisclosedformain-
Demko told police he saw a tenance.
mysterymanleavingthescene The Ashtead crossing is
of the crime,the Old Bailey the only one in the south
heard. east,which istheonlyform
Detectives investigating the of accesstoalargenumber
murderofgardenerMrDemko of homes cut offby the
were told Surrey’s traveller railway line, and will be
communitymayhavebeenin- isolated when the closure
volved,thecourtwastold. takes place at night this
Matthew Demko,25,died weekend.
after being repeatedly beaten Following last year’s un-
overtheheadwithametalbar- planned closure,when the
bellinthegarageof hisfriend crossing was closed for
MichaelJordan. sevenhours,the emergency
Jordan,25,who owed Mr services are planning a
Demko£3,000,said hepopped Killed:MatthewDemkowasbeatentodeath trainingdayatthecrossing
intothehouseinLinksRoad, so all potential situations
Ashtead,to getaCDandcame DIRymarzsaid:“Information substantiated.Ibelieveitwas canbeassessed.
backtofindthevictimlyingin wasgiventous.Wehavetohave malicious,”saidDIRymarz. The Fire Service will be
apoolofblood. somethingtobeabletoinvesti- Thedetectiveaddedthatall trained how to removethe
Heclaimedhesawamystery gate.” inquiries into Jordan’s claim barriers,amanoeuvre that
man walking away from the DI Rymarz said police have thatanothermanwasinvolved willonlybecarriedoutasa
garage.Police investigated tested the theory that Mr haddrawnablank. lastresort.
theclaimthatotherswerein- Demkowaskilledbyanother He said:“There is nothing Councillor Tim Ashton
volved. drugdealer. thatenablesustosayacertain said:“It is imperative that
DetectiveInspectorPaulRy- Adealercalled“Bertie”,who personwasthereatthattime.” all the emergency services
Fish:WillRentonRoseinthecalendar marz,who ledtheinquiry,said wasowedmoneybyMrDemko ThecourtheardJordanhas andSurreyCountyCouncil
Will likes Fish ’n’ Chicks there were members of the hadcalledhismobilephoneon no previous convictions, but are fully conversant with
“travellingcommunity”inthe thenightthevictimdied. was cautioned twice in July thecrossing andtheproce-
Ashteadarea. Hewasspokentoandagreed 2005,fo r possession of dures required as agreed
MrDavidFisherQC,defend- tomeetthepoliceinFulham cannabis. with Network Rail in the
ing,askedtheofficer:“Did you butfailedtoturnup. MrDemko,whowenttoPang- eventof an unplanned clo-
HunkyWillRentonRoseis competition he decided to receive information from a The man had given a false bourneCollegeinReadingona sure.
wowing the opposite sex enter and was delighted number of people suggesting name and address when he sportsscholarship,had goneto “I am advised however,
with his smouldering good to find that his looks had members of the community boughtthephone. Jordan'shousetocollectcash that within a couple of
looks,which willbeondis- made a big impact on the wereinvolvedindrugdealing? DIRymarzsaidtherewasalso owed to him through drug years major engineering
playallyearlong. judges. “People who came forward, asuggestionMrDemkowasin- deals. works will be required at
Eighteen-year-old Will He eventually hopes to whospoketoyouasaresultof volved in smuggling a large He used Jordan as a street Ashtead Station,so I am
wonanation-widecompeti- quit his job in telesales in theseeventswhoweretelling amount of cocaine from dealerandhewouldoftenpedal pressuring Surrey County
tionrunbyFishHairdress- favour of becoming a tele- youthatmembersofthetravel- abroad. drugsandcollectmoneyonhis Counciltocomeupwiththe
ing to feature on its 2009 visionpresenter. lingcommunitywereinvolved “There was information to behalf.Jordandeniesmurder. funds to enable a reserve
Fish’n’Chicks calendar. The other winners come indrugselling.” suggestthat,butitcouldnotbe Thetrialcontinues. crossingtobebuilt.”
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Ketamine is sold outside
schools senior cop warns
Ketamine, apo werful drug byHELEN CRANE “It isaworry,because itis “It has always been easily
that produces hallucinations cheaperthancocaine. available, and it is still ex-
andisknownonthestreetsas [email protected] “Itisacolourless,odourless tremelyeasilyavailable,”he
Special K, is being sold out- haveinthisdistrictisclassA liquid,so it is hard to find said.
sideschoolsinMoleValley,a drugsinnorthLeatherhead. whenwearesearchingforit.” Theproblem of controlling
policeinspectorwarned. “Wehaveanumber of peo- Thedrugcangiveanout-of- cannabiswasmademoredif-
Police inspector John Tad- plecomingfromLondonwho bodyexperience. ficultbytheuseof drugsfac-
man revealed drug dealers seeitasalucrative market,” Usersmaybephysicallyin- tories,where theplantswere
were travelling to north he told an audience at Mon- capable of moving while growninprivatehousesbyir-
LeatherheadtopeddleclassA day’smeetingof theAshtead under the influence of rigation,he toldtheforum.
drugs, as it was easier to andLeatherheadareaforum. thedrug. “Our worry is about the
makeasaleinSurreythanon Inspector Tadman was an- Healsoalsospokeabouthis THC content – the bit that
thestreetsof London,where swering a question on drug concerns over cannabis, givesyouahigh.
there was more competition problems,part icularly ones whichthisweekwasreclassi- “It is much higher than in
fromotherdrugpushers. affecting young people,from fiedfrom aclass Cdrugtoa the 1960s,so there are con-
Hesaid:“A worryingtrend, Surrey County Councillor class Bdrug–goingbackto cerns about the way it is af-
and a drug new to this area TimHall. itsoriginalclassification. fecting the mental health of
thatisgettingintotheschools Hespokeabouthisconcerns “WhenitwasaclassCdrug, youngpeople–andthereare
now, and being sold outside overketamine,ananaesthetic alotof youngpeoplethought otherhealthissues,”hesaid.
them,is ketamine” usedbyvets,which isbecom- itwas legal forthemtohave Forallyourlocalnewssee
“The biggest problem we ingpopularwithteenagers. it,”said InspectorTadman. epsomguardian.co.uk
Citizen’s arrest as shop burglar strikes
Roardeal:TheShaolinDaoliondancersattheDragon
DenrestaurantinEwell Photo:MelanieDymondHarper
Aburglartryingtosmasha untilofficersarrived. “It was someone else’s “This was a remarkable
shop window was arrested The 35-year-oldman,who propertyanditwouldhave actof courageandthisinci-
byapasserby. did not wish to be identi- been ridiculous to let dent reinforces the impor-
Sarah O’Neil,27,from fied,said:“I saw a person themgo. tantpointthat,byworking
Leominster Road, Morden, kneeling down trying to “I didn’t think about get- together,members of the
was trying to enter to Na- smash a hole in the glass ting hurt or what might local community and Sur-
masteHolisticTherapiesin and thought to myself happen to me, and I would rey Police can make a real
Upper High Street, Epsom, ‘that’snotright’. doitagain.” difference in our neigh-
by making a hole in the “So I tried to stop her Epsom and Ewell Neigh- bourhoods.”
shopwindow,justafter8pm from running offby hold- bourhood Inspector Ailsa O’Neil has been charged
onThursday, ing on to her, but someone Quinlan said:“These two with burglary,possessing a
Asshetriedtosmash the else was trying to pull her men went the extra mile bladedarticleandresisting
window, a35-year-old man away. lastweektoensureEpsom’s arrest.
saw her and placed her “It was then that another streets are safe and feel She will appear at Guild-
undercitizen’sarrest. man helped me,hang onto safe. fordCrownCourttoday.
A teenager then tried to her, and both of us were “Thesuspectattemptedto A 17-year-old girl from
intervene and release her holding but without using wriggleawayfromtheciti- Epsom has been charged
accomplice. toomuchpressure. zen’sarrest, and both men withpublicorderoffences.
At this point, another “It was just a natural in- remained calm under im- Checkthenumberofburglaries
passer by gave the man a stinctformetodothatand mensely stressful condi- inyourarea-gotoepsom-
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Footballer threatens
‘Doctor pronounced prisoner
dead when man was still alive’
hospital over MRSA
Aprisondoctorpronouncedahanged
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Theprisoner,knownonlyasLS,was
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DrChoudhury,who issuspended,is rowBoroughwithinweeksof Hospital,doctors found the
accusedof providinginadequatetreat- having stitches inserted at missingstitchesinthewound
mentthatwasnotinthebestinterest EpsomGeneralHospital. andidentifiedMRSA.
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pectedof aregisteredgeneralpracti- tionshewasstunnedtobein- StHelierNHSTrustsaid:
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ingattheprisonwhentheincidentoc- “Hewaslifelessandhadnopulse,I takingitfurther.” caninvestigatethematterfur-
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doctor’sclaimofdeathbysaying“how andstartedtoadministeroxygen.” bone and arm in my career, NorthWestLondonHospital
doyouknowwithoutexamininghim?” Former healthcare manager at the butthiswasthelowestof the TrustsaidthenurseatNorth-
Thetribunalalsoheardfromanex- prison,MarciaLeek,said thatafterthe low.Icouldhavelostmyleg.” wick Park Hospital followed
pertwitness,DrNigelCallaghan,who alarmwasraisedshesawMrChoud- The midfielder,originall y the correct procedures to
said:“It wouldbeunacceptableforDr hurywalkingawayfromthecellwhere fromBalham,played foreight avoidinfection.
Choudhury to assume he was dead LShadbeenfound. differentclubsinallfourEn- A spokesman added:“It is
withoutanexamination.” She said:“When I got to the cell, glishdivisions andnowruns difficultforustocommenton
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Minister tells of impact
Knocked out by a
thug with a knife
of his father’s infection
A shopkeeper was tective Constable Dion
grabbed by throat and O’Sheasaid:“I wanttore-
knockedunconsciousbya assure residents that we
thug in a robbery at a are doing all we can to
AGovernment health minis- byJONATHANPORTLOCK hospital,where heeventually weektohelpcarers. newsagent. findthisrobber,butyour
ter,whose father died in an died.” “AsaGovernment minister, The 54-year-old went helpcouldprovevital.
Epsom hospital after con- [email protected] Mr Hope was diagnosed therearealltheformalbrief- outside the shop in Nork “This is an extremely
tractingthesuperbug MRSA, His 84-year-old father was with Hodgkin’s Disease, a ings that you get from civil Way, Banstead, between rare crime to occur in
hasspokenoftheprofoundef- being treated for prostrate typeof cancer which affects servants, but in fact,very 3.45am and4.10am tosee Banstead, and Surrey re-
fecttheexperiencehashadin cancer and rheumatoid the lymph nodes,tw o years often,your own personal ex- if the newspapers had mains one of the safest
hisdealingswithhisjob. arthritis,when hehad to go agowhenhewasajunioredu- perienceiswhatcoloursyour been delivered, and was placesinthecountry.
Phil Hope MP,the 53-year- intohospitalforahipreplace- cation minister.He had thinking,”hesaid. grabbed around the “This robbery has left
oldMinisterof StateforCare ment, and then contracted chemotherapy andradiother- Mr Hope said he believed throatfrombehindbyhis the victim very trauma-
Services,said his father,Al- MRSA.When his father was apy treatments throughout carehomesweresedatingpa- assailantonhiswayback tisedandvisiblyshaken.
fred,died of bronchopneumo- discharged,MrHopesaidthe 2007. tientswithdrugswhichcould in. “We urgently need to
nia in Epsom Cottage family was unable to cope Months after Mr Hope was double therisk of death and Armed with a Stanley identifythisrobber,andI
Hospital, after contracting withhisfather’sneeds. completely cured,his father which,according to doctors, knife,the criminal de- would like to speak to
thesuperbuginahospitalhe He said:“Because he got fellill. are notsuitable formostde- manded to know where anyone who may have
refusedtoname. MRSA,hestayed inhospital MrHopesaidhe,his sisters mentiasufferers. the safe was.The shop- been in the area at the
The MP told the Sunday longer than we would have andhiswidowedmother had Thewebsitecanbefoundon keeper then opened the time,who may haveseen
Telegraph that the ordeal to wanted,then afterawhilehe undergone“abumpyoldride” theNHSwebsitenhs.ukfrom safe and filled a yellow thismanpriortotherob-
findhisfather therightcare wasinacottagehospital. inrecentyears. thisTuesday. bagfullof money,only to bery,or as he left the
hadgivenhimafirst-handin- “We tried to have him at While speaking about his bepushedbythethugand newsagent’s.
sightintotheproblemsfacing home,butitdidn’tworkand father’s illness,MrHopean- Formoreinformationaboutyour hit his head against a “Iknowitwasveryearly
millionsof carers across the mum couldn’t cope,so he nouncedplansforaGovern- localhospitalsgoto wall,falling unconscious inthemorningbutif you
UK. went back to the cottage ment website released this epsomguardian.co.uk/li onthefloor. were in Nork Way or the
The robber is described nearby area at around
Seal pups go on show asablackman,wearing a 4am yesterday morning,
black leather jacket and youmayhavevaluablein-
thin black gloves.He formation.”
spoke with a Caribbean Anyone with informa-
accent. tion is urged to contact
PhotographerMichaelHume, kaandCanadalaterthisyear, Detectives are now ap- DC O’Shea at Epsom CID
wholivesinEpsom,is tohold totakepicturesof brownand pealingforinformation. on 0845 125 2222 or call
hisfirstwildlifephotography polarbears. The unconscious 54- Crimestoppers anony-
exhibitionatBourneHall. The exhibition will take year-old was taken to mouslyon0800555111.
The show will feature grey place at Bourne Hall, Ewell Epsom Hospital to be Getthelatestcrimestatistics
sealpubsandotheranimalshe fromFebruary2toFebruary7. checked. foryourareaat
discoveredinthenortheast. His website, humenature. Investigating officer De- epsomguardian.co.uk/li
MrHumeisaformervolun- co.uk, will be operational at
teer driver for Age Concern theendofJanuary.
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epsomguardian.co.uk January29,2009 EM News 9
Council to use taxpayers’
Jail for hospital worker
with ‘revolting’ pictures
money to repair windmill?
A hospital security guard ken the law when told by
was jailed forninemonths hissolicitor.
for making and possessing He said there had been a
about 1,500 obscene pic- turbulent periodinhislife
turesof youngboys. when,afterleavingtheser-
Taxpayersarefootingthebill byTHAISPORTILHO-SHRIMPTON ladder,rotted floor joists,re- Darren Mountie,31,of vices,he metupwithunde-
forurgentrepairworkstobe placementof existingtarlayer, Cobham, admitted he was sirable people and started
madeonthetallestsurviving [email protected] andremovalofguanoandadja- guilty of the 16 chargesat ondrugs.
PostWindmillinEnglandafter Partsofthewindmill,suchas centvegetationwhereitisdam- Croydon Crown Court on “He seemed to have been
itsownerrefusedtofixit. the tail pole and ladder,have aging the structure. The mill Tuesday after the indecent caught up in a lifestyle
Members of Reigate and beenonthecouncil’sbuildings willalsobemadebirdproof. imagesof boyswerefound which allowed him to in-
Banstead Council approved a atriskregisterfor14years.The Aspokeswomanforthecoun- ontwolaptops at his secu- dulgeinthismaterial.”
budgetof £37,000tocarryout mainbodyenteredtheregister cil said:“Where possible the rity guard’s flat in Epsom Recorder Miss Daphne
urgentrepairstotheTadworth fiveyearsago. councilwilluseitsrepairpow- Hospital. Wickhamsaid:“Police offi-
Windmill, aGrade II listed Thecouncilwillnowservean erstohelpabuildingatrisk. Shekinah Anson,prose- cers were not expecting to
buildingfromthe18thcentury. urgent works notice and the The proposed repairs to Tad- cuting,said officers went find what they did. This
Accordingtoacouncilreport, worksshouldbecarriedoutand worthWindmillarecrucialcon- on an unrelated matter to wasrevoltingviewing.”
“extensive efforts have been paidbythemif theownerfails servationworksthatarelikely WoodmanLodgeatthehos- Mountie was disqualified
madetopersuadetheownerto todoso.Thecostof theworks tolastwellintothefuture. pital,where Mountie lived from working with chil-
take better care of the build- willbethenrecoveredfromthe “Thecouncilwillclaimcosts in his security guard ac- drenandplacedonthesex
ing,”but itneverhappened,so owner. backfromtheowner.” commodation. offenders’reg ister for
the building continued to de- Worksinclude the repair of Isthecouncilright?Haveyour “Theyfoundaquantityof sevenyears.
cline. weatherboarding,tail poleand sayat epsomguardian.co.uk Listed:Needsrepair pictures of boys aged be- A spokesman for Epsom
tweenfiveand16,sho wing and St Helier University
Playhouse puts on a special birthday show them performing sexual Hospitals NHS Trust said:
acts.Two laptops were re- “We can confirm that Mr
moved and analysed and Mountie was not a direct
found to contain imagesof employee of the trust but
boys,”she said. didworkasasecurity con-
A small number of im- tractor at Epsom Hospital.
ages found were of a high He did not have access to
degree of obscenity,the direct patient care in the
courtheard. time he was working
Damian van Duyvenbode, there.”
defending,said Mountie, a Getthetoplocalstoriesevery
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