The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 196 Cleveland FBU press release
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ANALYSIS PAUL HAYDEN STATEMENT DOC 195
Reassuring to know it was written up almost a week after the events (11th August 1998). Suppose a lot of water has flowed under the brigade and many messages back an forth from BHQ Ipswich and Lowestoft in the intervening period?
Cor Blimey that Sub Officer Kieron Davey is a bit of a Rhum old boy isn’t he? Wonder what he was up to on 4th August 1998 if he wasn’t on union business? Wonder what ever happened to him?
‘I (ADO Paul Hayden) asked SubO Davey where Sub O Wigglesworth
was and he said that he believed that he was on leave.’
So he was informed Wiggy had taken leave. Seems our ADO Hayden also seemed to forget his instruction, to Sub Officer X and LFF Bartram for taking leave, made on 4th August 1998. Of course our ADO Paul Hayden has chosen to make any mention of LFF Bartram’s leave taken on 5th, 6th, and 7th August 1998 (see Doc 172). Wonder why that is? Maybe he just forgot. But then maybe it was because LFF Bartram wasn’t a FBU representative. But then maybe it for other reasons?
‘…….I also had a general check of his “in tray” and desk in case he had granted leave but not filed the request. However, I found no requests granted or otherwise.’
Just a “general check” though.
‘…Sub Officer Wigglesworth had booked one days miscellaneous Health & Safety leave for 5th August and one days scale A leave for 6th August’.
So it was already entered in the attendance record that Wiggy had paid for his leave, which seems to be the opposite of what Sub Officer Kieron Davey seems to have done.
‘With regard to Sub O Wigglesworth I was not aware from the records available to me that he had been granted 1 days Health and safety leave on Wednesday 5th August or 1 days scale A leave for Thursday 6th August’.
Oh we see it’s a problem about granting of leave.
‘I was particularly concerned that he had been expected to attend a meeting at HQ at 1000 hrs on Thursday 6th August.’
That doesn’t sound right at all, especially as X’s leave for 5th and 6th August and LFF Bartram’s also, was discussed with ADO Paul Hayden on 4th August 1998. No concerns of other engagements were raised by ADO Paul Hayden. Oh you are a naughty lying ADO Mr Hayden.
‘On checking Sub Officer Wigglesworth’s desk, I discovered a written order from Station Officer Parsons directing Sub Officer Wigglesworth to attend the meeting.’
Oh how handy!
‘I attempted to contact ACFO Tinley to reply to his initial query and make him aware of my other concerns.’
And probably also to advance his plan of collateral action to buffer the expected flack from Deputy Chief Fire Officer Simon Smith’s unlawful foul up.
‘I also attempted to contact Station Officer Parsons at home to find out if he had granted leave…..’
But no attempt to contact Sub Officer X at home by telephone to see what he was up to?’
‘During this time, I spoke to T/ADO Sayward who informed me that both he and the station receptionist, Shiela Huggins, had seen Sub Officer Wigglesworth on station that morning at approximately 0910 hrs in sports gear, but that he had left shortly afterwards.’
Spot on. Specifically for X to use the fax machine at Lowestoft Station to send a IT1 to Bury St Edmunds Employment Tribunal. Seems to omit that X told both witnesses he was on Leave and the reasons for it.
‘Whilst working in my office at approximately 1130 hrs, T/ADO Sayward and I observed Sub Officer Wigglesworth leaving the station in his car.’
Think he might mean bicycle. X returned to send the earlier fax again after he had checked if the earlier transmission had been received. As he was informed the receiving machine was defective he repeated the fax to another machine in the same building. But then perhaps ADO paul Hyaden is trying to infer X returned to the Station for some other jiggery-pokey. i.e. below.
‘However, on re-checking his desk, I discovered two requests for leave, one from SubO Davey, one from Sub O Wigglesworth. Both had been dated 5th August and were in respect of 6th August. They had been placed together on Station Officer Parsons desk underneath a memo dated 27.7.98.’ I reported to ACFO Tinley that I had discovered the leave requests on re-checking Station Officer Parsons desk and that although I had checked the desk earlier in the day I could not state categorically that they had not been there.’
Jolly good show old boy, splendid well done old chap.
ANALYSIS PAUL HAYDEN STATEMENT DOC 195
Reassuring to know it was written up almost a week after the events (11th August 1998). Suppose a lot of water has flowed under the brigade and many messages back an forth from BHQ Ipswich and Lowestoft in the intervening period?
Cor Blimey that Sub Officer Kieron Davey is a bit of a Rhum old boy isn’t he? Wonder what he was up to on 4th August 1998 if he wasn’t on union business? Wonder what ever happened to him?
‘I (ADO Paul Hayden) asked SubO Davey where Sub O Wigglesworth
was and he said that he believed that he was on leave.’
So he was informed Wiggy had taken leave. Seems our ADO Hayden also seemed to forget his instruction, to Sub Officer X and LFF Bartram for taking leave, made on 4th August 1998. Of course our ADO Paul Hayden has chosen to make any mention of LFF Bartram’s leave taken on 5th, 6th, and 7th August 1998 (see Doc 172). Wonder why that is? Maybe he just forgot. But then maybe it was because LFF Bartram wasn’t a FBU representative. But then maybe it for other reasons?
‘…….I also had a general check of his “in tray” and desk in case he had granted leave but not filed the request. However, I found no requests granted or otherwise.’
Just a “general check” though.
‘…Sub Officer Wigglesworth had booked one days miscellaneous Health & Safety leave for 5th August and one days scale A leave for 6th August’.
So it was already entered in the attendance record that Wiggy had paid for his leave, which seems to be the opposite of what Sub Officer Kieron Davey seems to have done.
‘With regard to Sub O Wigglesworth I was not aware from the records available to me that he had been granted 1 days Health and safety leave on Wednesday 5th August or 1 days scale A leave for Thursday 6th August’.
Oh we see it’s a problem about granting of leave.
‘I was particularly concerned that he had been expected to attend a meeting at HQ at 1000 hrs on Thursday 6th August.’
That doesn’t sound right at all, especially as X’s leave for 5th and 6th August and LFF Bartram’s also, was discussed with ADO Paul Hayden on 4th August 1998. No concerns of other engagements were raised by ADO Paul Hayden. Oh you are a naughty lying ADO Mr Hayden.
‘On checking Sub Officer Wigglesworth’s desk, I discovered a written order from Station Officer Parsons directing Sub Officer Wigglesworth to attend the meeting.’
Oh how handy!
‘I attempted to contact ACFO Tinley to reply to his initial query and make him aware of my other concerns.’
And probably also to advance his plan of collateral action to buffer the expected flack from Deputy Chief Fire Officer Simon Smith’s unlawful foul up.
‘I also attempted to contact Station Officer Parsons at home to find out if he had granted leave…..’
But no attempt to contact Sub Officer X at home by telephone to see what he was up to?’
‘During this time, I spoke to T/ADO Sayward who informed me that both he and the station receptionist, Shiela Huggins, had seen Sub Officer Wigglesworth on station that morning at approximately 0910 hrs in sports gear, but that he had left shortly afterwards.’
Spot on. Specifically for X to use the fax machine at Lowestoft Station to send a IT1 to Bury St Edmunds Employment Tribunal. Seems to omit that X told both witnesses he was on Leave and the reasons for it.
‘Whilst working in my office at approximately 1130 hrs, T/ADO Sayward and I observed Sub Officer Wigglesworth leaving the station in his car.’
Think he might mean bicycle. X returned to send the earlier fax again after he had checked if the earlier transmission had been received. As he was informed the receiving machine was defective he repeated the fax to another machine in the same building. But then perhaps ADO paul Hyaden is trying to infer X returned to the Station for some other jiggery-pokey. i.e. below.
‘However, on re-checking his desk, I discovered two requests for leave, one from SubO Davey, one from Sub O Wigglesworth. Both had been dated 5th August and were in respect of 6th August. They had been placed together on Station Officer Parsons desk underneath a memo dated 27.7.98.’ I reported to ACFO Tinley that I had discovered the leave requests on re-checking Station Officer Parsons desk and that although I had checked the desk earlier in the day I could not state categorically that they had not been there.’
Jolly good show old boy, splendid well done old chap.
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