Trivial News Stories, Suggestive Political Control...Or Over-Compensating Page-Filler

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Parish councillor Gerry Tull has to stand down after admitting assault in Owslebury.

'A WELL-KNOWN villager has had to resign from the parish council after he was convicted
of assault and was handed a suspended six-month prison sentence.
Gerry Tull, 69, of Main Road, Owslebury, had admitted attacking Alistair Baker.


Mr. Tull -Avenger Extraordinaire.

As the sentence imposed at Basingstoke Magistrates Court was more than three months Mr Tull
must leave the council where he was vice-chairman.

He declined to discuss the matter except to say:
"I'm automatically barred from the council. I think that will be the village's loss not mine."

On the parish council he was responsible for rights of way, tree warden work, countering fly-tipping,
travellers and the play area.

The Daily Echo contacted Owslebury Parish Council and the chairman John Chapman but they were
unavailable for comment.
Mr Tull has a track record of aggressive behaviour...'

Here we go! Irrelevant to the current story, but intriguing nonetheless!

'...In 2012 he was convicted of threatening behaviour at a meeting, pushing tables at a parish council,
causing a projector to crash to the floor, magistrates heard.
He was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £500 costs...'

Well Mr. Tull, as an elected official, I'm surprised at such outragous conduct. Projectors are expensive, you know?

'...In 2008 a court heard he threatened to blow his bank manager's head off with a shotgun.
He sent a fax to Lloyds TSB's Winchester branch containing the warning leading to armed police swooping
on his home and arresting him on suspicion of making threats to kill...'

What the f*ck?!!!

I'm sure the Daily Echo could use the word 'escalating' here in regards of 'Table-Shoving Tull'-s behavior.
Although... he did fax the negative coercion in, so could this be deemed a polite threat?

'...Mr Tull told the court that he exposed banking flaws in the late 1990s by applying for a credit card with
another firm in the name of Rocky, his now-deceased Jack Russell. It proved successful, and Mr Tull kept
the dog's card -which has a £4,000 limit -as a souvenir...'

I think Mr. Tull's talents could be used by The Washington Post. Gone are the days of Berstein and Woodward.
Shame about the dog though.

Now... some redolent dirt on the victim, please.

'...In 2009 Mr Baker, of Owslebury, then aged 42, was awarded £170,706 by an employment tribunal after he
was unfairly dismissed from a company headed up by former Saints chairman Michael Wilde.

Mr Baker’s £400,000-a-year salary was stopped for three months while he was on gardening leave from Merlion
Group Ltd, where he was the chief executive, an employment tribunal heard.
In 2010 Merlion was wound up after an action launched by the taxman...'

The Daily Echo:

Hmmm. Although Mr. Tull isn't the 'Taxman' -which is a euphemism that I'd guess the Daily Echo knew would carry
weight with the common reader of the article, it seems Mr. Tull -Councillor of The Just, took it upon himself to
administer his own style of justice.

No doubt, if Rocky the Jack Russell had been alive, Mr. Baker's trouser-leg would be ragged right now.

I'll be checking the FBI Most Wanted List for when Mr. Tull's rising star comes to it's full supernova.