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paulcooper4
08-08-06, 10:08 AM
I was reading in the echo yesterday about how michael shields`s parents are wiped out now. All there life savings have been used up and they are having to rely on help from family etc now to pay for flights and the legal fight. His mum made a very good point in that when he is sent to prison on british soil very shortly, the publicity will die down after a brief flurry, but this is when they need money more than ever before. You see, as part of the deal struck to get michael bought to a prison over here, the shields family have to pay EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS a month. Michaels dad is a window cleaner, and his mum lost her job for the council through having time off understandably with stress.These people can not afford anything like 8000 a month. I urge people to keep making donations, preferably on a monthly basis, enough people making small monthly donations will soon add up. Remember, this could just as easily be happening to you or your family. Also, I only use est1892 myself, but i understamd some of you post on a lot of fansites, it would be helpful to the family if you could do something similar to this on the other sites too. Now is the time we really need to pool together as LFC fans and show michael and his family that we have not forgotten them, and we WILL NOT forget them either. The lad only went to watch a game of football.
Thankyou
You can donate directly into HSBC - Account number :- 22296330 - sort code :- 40-29-08 or go to the website www.freemichaelshields.org and I think theres a link there to pay with paypal.
I cleared this thread of all the KT allegations as I said I would, but accidentally wiped the other posts also.
Sorry guys! :(
Le Chacal
08-08-06, 02:58 PM
Ian : If EU negociators accepted Bulgaria its because they fill all the criterias, "human rights", "fair trial"...etc included.
paulcooper4
08-08-06, 03:21 PM
I cleared this thread of all the KT allegations as I said I would, but accidentally wiped the other posts also.
Sorry guys! :(
hahaha never mind, it went a bit wrong anyway. better the way it is now i think! :handshake:
IanTheRed
08-08-06, 03:24 PM
I cleared this thread of all the KT allegations as I said I would, but accidentally wiped the other posts also.
Sorry guys! :(
Oh shit, and you are in charge of the software?
Doomed, we're all doomed I tell ye.... :D mark1975 eat your heart out!
Mumsafan
08-08-06, 04:45 PM
I cleared this thread of all the KT allegations as I said I would, but accidentally wiped the other posts also.
Sorry guys! :(
You plonker! :D
Mumsafan
08-08-06, 04:46 PM
For those who missed it last time. Here's Spike's post from YNWA:
Just an idea but having seen the idea about a quid donation being made at the home games, and how it would be enough to bring the lad back here to serve his sentence.
How about opening this up to many of those who can't make it to the game and have a bring a pound to work day?
In return employers could let staff dress down or summat.
Another idea would be to 'Give Michael a break' and have a day whereby individuals forego a 15 minute workbreak in exchange for a £1 donation from their employer or even from the individual (£1 for 15 minutes is some way below national minimum wage so the employers gain if anything from the additional productivity).
With over 150,000 people employed in the city alone this could go some way towards bringing Michael back home.
For those who aren't in the city the 'bring a pound to work day' may allow them to do something worthwhile and swell the coffers at the same time.
Not many people will be aware that the release fund has interest added onto it so every day that nothing happens it becomes more out of reach for Michael's family to bring him home.
This isn't about large donations, it's about a lot of people doing one small act of sacrifice to bring Michael home.
That's a million pounds over 10 years - 'kin hell!
How the hell can they justify that?! (the authorities I mean of course)
Mumsafan
08-08-06, 05:11 PM
I can't see how they can but we can't interfere in their justice system. What our govt have to do (and some MPs are doing) is make it difficult for this shower to become members of the EU , which they are desperate to do. They are hoping a deal can be arranged in exchange for our(GB) vote.
Redzion
08-08-06, 05:31 PM
Fight to free Michael has left our lives in ruins
By Greg O'Keeffe, Liverpool Echo
MICHAEL Shields's parents today revealed how the fight to free their jailed son has financially and physically ruined them.
Michael Snr and Marie Shields are penniless after spending £40,000 on the year-long campaign to bring the 19-year-old home from his Bulgaria prison.
Despite the generosity of supporters who have donated thousands of pounds to their appeal, the couple have forked out their entire savings since the Wavertree student was arrested and jailed last May.
The crippling situation has taken its toll on their health - with Michael Snr being rushed to hospital after a heart scare in June and Marie needing prescription pills to sleep.
Now they must pay up to £90,000 for Michael to serve his 10-year sentence in a British prison.
Last month, the ECHO revealed how Michael could be home by the end of August after campaigners paid £26,000 to the Bulgarian authorities to secure his transfer to a UK prison.
But the Bulgarians will insist that installments of £8,000 must be transferred every month until the fine is fully paid.
The couple have spent all their money to pay for flights to visit Michael and to fund the legal fight to have his conviction quashed.
The situation has become so bad they have fallen behind with the rent on their home.
Last December Mrs Shields, 46, lost her cleaning job with Liverpool council for taking too many days off with stress.
Mr Shields, 46, a window cleaner, said: "First the little nest egg we had saved up started to go and then everything else began to go until we were left with nothing.
"Now we are relying on the kindness of our family and everyone in Liverpool who is behind us.
"Atone point I was going to have to tell Michael we couldn't come and see him anymore because both our bank accounts were empty.
"But we had a family meeting and Michael's aunts and uncles and cousins started putting £20 a week in a kitty.
"We'd be lost if it wasn't for our family and the people who don't even know us but have got the generosity to put their hands in their pockets to help an innocent lad who is locked up."
Michael was originally jailed for 15 years after a Bulgarian court convicted him of attempted murder following an attack on waiter Martin Georgiev last May.
He has always maintained his innocence and his cause is being championed by campaigners including the Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Reverend James Jones, Jamie Carragher and Paul McCartney's brother Mike McCartney.
Anfield electrician Graham Sankey confessed to the attack, but judges refused to consider his statement and Sankey later retracted it.
At an appeal hearing earlier this year,the courtcut Michael'ssentence to 10 years, but ordered him to pay £70,000 in fines and compensation, which has been accruing interest ever since.
Developments have progressed quickly since the family met Europe minister Geoff Hoon at Westminster last month.
The former defence secretary has been in contact with the Bulgarian authorities to thrash out the small print of the deal after Michael's MP Louise Ellman asked him to intervene.
Mr Shields said: "The past 14 months has been like one big blur in many ways.
"Now we're looking at the reality of having Michael home and it's good just to get to that stage.
"But I'm scared that all this amazing support could dry up when we get him back on English soil. That's when we will need help more than ever because we've somehow got to find £8,000 a month for God knows how long."
Mrs Shields said: "The money doesn't mean anything to us. All I want is to have my arms around my lad again and have him home.
"The day he walks free I won't be worrying about all our money having gone or the rent. I'll just be crying because we'll have our lives back.
"I've tried to take every setback in my stride and stay positive. Some days I get up and go down to the campaign office and feel likeI'm busy and making progress.
"But other days it's like I'm back to square one.The hardest part is when I speak to him on the phone and those seconds before I have to put the phone down. It breaks my heart every time."
In July the ECHO revealed Paul McCartney was approached to headline a fundraising gala concert in Liverpool for the Bring Him Home appeal.
Liverpool FC season ticket holder Michael was arrested only days after watching the Reds win the Champion's League in Istanbul.
Kop hero Jamie Carragher has backed Michael's campaign and donated boots and shirts as raffle and auction gifts for the fund.
The winner of a raffle for Carragher's recent FA cup final winning shirt will be announced on the first day of Liverpool's new season, on August 19.
Reporter Greg O'Keeffe says . . .
MICHAEL will spend his first days back on British soil in Wandsworth prison, London.
He is likely to remain there for a month of assessments and checks before being transferred to a prison in the north west, possibly Walton.
Many people will ask how our prison service can justify keeping Michael behind bars after the prime minister has backed his campaign for justice. The simple answer is that it has no choice.
The foreign office has signed a contract with the Bulgarians that Michael will not receive special treatment in the UK and cannot be released until he has served his sentence.
That sentence could ultimately be about four years. Michael has already served a year of his 10-year sentence and may have to serve half.
His family will now pray that their appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, which is in its very early stages, succeeds.
The sobering fact is that some experts think the appeal process could still take up to two years.
Michael's backers
CLLR JOE ANDERSON: The no-nonsense Labour leader has become the backbone of the campaign. He was instrumental in raising enough money to pay for Michael to be transferred to a British jail. Cllr Anderson has become a close friend and confidant of Michael's parents and has visited the teenager several times in Varna jail.
MP LOUISE ELLMAN: The MP for the teenager's home ward Riverside forced the government to take notice of the case and even won the support of Tony Blair. She has used her contacts to ensure that the government cannot ignore the injustice.
BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL JAMES JONES: A face to face visit with engineering student Michael was enough to convince the leader of the Anglican church in Liverpool that he was innocent. He bravely chose to voice his concern over Michael's conviction.
THE LIVERPOOL ECHO: Telephoning the ECHO was the first thing Michael Shields Snr did after learning of his son's arrest. Since then the ECHO has put Michael's plight on the international agenda and ensured it remained in the headlines. We first revealed the confession of Graham Sankey and reporter Greg O'Keeffe was the first member of the media to interview Michael in his jail cell. ..SUPL
paulcooper4
08-08-06, 05:34 PM
yep thats the article mate, never thought of posting it on here :o thanks:handshake:
Right, so it's 90K - so £8K a month for almost a year. That should be do-able charity wise surely?
IanTheRed
08-08-06, 08:09 PM
Right, so it's 90K - so £8K a month for almost a year. That should be do-able charity wise surely?
:eyebrow: Seriously? For a local 'fund' hardly known about by the non-football/non Merseyside fraternity? Its hardly the Dogs Trust, Rocking Horse appeal for Alder Hey or Cancer Research.
Remember he has actually been convicted of attempted murder (I believe was the crime) and nobody knows if he is guilty or innocent. We can all speculate but we don't have the facts until he gets a proper crime. This was also 14 months ago - the average Star or Mirror reader has an attention span which lasts 2 weeks (fucking hell Minny Dowling was forgotten about quicker than you can say Soham).
£8,000 from a small amount of people (I'd say 80% of Evertonians wouldn't give a penny, which splits Merseyside in two) every single month is one hell of an amount. Every day which passes means more people become apathetic.
Mumsafan
08-08-06, 08:11 PM
£1 per home game for 40,000 folk would work tho
AnfieldForever
08-08-06, 09:47 PM
Paul will be adding this to the top of the site either tonight or tomorrow...
http://www.est1892.co.uk/af/freems.jpg
with a link back to www.freemichaelshields.org
Mumsafan
08-08-06, 10:19 PM
That's great. Any chance of something for Steve Cook as well?
The Glove
08-08-06, 10:35 PM
All they need do is turn up at Anfield on any given matchday, about 10 of them, with a bucket each and walk around in the streets collecting. Job done.
Note to Rick Parry, do the same and we might get that new stadium you promised
paulcooper4
08-08-06, 10:52 PM
Right, so it's 90K - so £8K a month for almost a year. That should be do-able charity wise surely?
only do-able if we all keep at it. also, the interest on it just grows all the time
paulcooper4
08-08-06, 10:57 PM
Paul will be adding this to the top of the site either tonight or tomorrow...
http://www.est1892.co.uk/af/freems.jpg
with a link back to www.freemichaelshields.org
yeah, would be good mate. just to keep it in everyones thoughts
AnfieldForever
08-08-06, 11:21 PM
That's great. Any chance of something for Steve Cook as well?
http://www.est1892.co.uk/af/findsc.jpg
Paul will add both tomorrow
Mumsafan
08-08-06, 11:30 PM
Brilliant!
£1 per home game for 40,000 folk would work tho
It would never happen either.
It would never happen either.
Well if the guys turned out at every home game - they might get between £5k-£10k each time, depending on location and whether it's an Evening or afternoon kick-off.
Well if the guys turned out at every home game - they might get between £5k-£10k each time, depending on location and whether it's an Evening or afternoon kick-off.
Yes, I agree, they'd certainly get something, but there's no way 40,000 people would give £1 each. It just wouldn't happen.
If they made it a monthly thing it might be a better idea, rather than standing there every game asking supporters for money.
paulcooper4
10-08-06, 01:26 PM
Paul will be adding this to the top of the site either tonight or tomorrow...
http://www.est1892.co.uk/af/freems.jpg
with a link back to www.freemichaelshields.org
when are them banners going on? youve got a golfish memory like me i think mate:D
AnfieldForever
10-08-06, 02:00 PM
I'll try and find paul now :D
Paul, o paul!
Done :)
Not been online all day ;)
Very good work sir :handshake:
The Glove
11-08-06, 07:35 PM
I hadnt heard of Steven Cook. I thought it was some sort of new Wheres Wally so had a look at it. Fuckin hell thats just bizarre/sad/shit. Even someone with a heart as harsh as mine thought that was a harsh. Hope they find like.
IanTheRed
11-08-06, 07:49 PM
I hadnt heard of Steven Cook. I thought it was some sort of new Wheres Wally so had a look at it. Fuckin hell thats just bizarre/sad/shit. Even someone with a heart as harsh as mine thought that was a harsh. Hope they find like.
I know mate, I wish his family all the best. I've been to Malia and it's not a big town, basically a large village and not the place that someone could go unnoticed for a day.
My wife and I flew out for my wedding last year from Manchester Airport and saw all the photos and 'Missing' letters (a wedding I went to at Liverpool Uni a fornight ago had them too in the hall)...two weeks later when I returned I couldn't believe they were still there and he hadn't been found. We are coming up to our first wedding anniversary and he still hasn't been found.
Unfortunately it's difficult not to fear the worst. Best of luck to his family, YNWA
KopiteCalling
13-08-06, 04:31 AM
I know mate, I wish his family all the best. I've been to Malia and it's not a big town, basically a large village and not the place that someone could go unnoticed for a day.
My wife and I flew out for my wedding last year from Manchester Airport and saw all the photos and 'Missing' letters (a wedding I went to at Liverpool Uni a fornight ago had them too in the hall)...two weeks later when I returned I couldn't believe they were still there and he hadn't been found. We are coming up to our first wedding anniversary and he still hasn't been found.
Unfortunately it's difficult not to fear the worst. Best of luck to his family, YNWA
yeah,but still you never know,Ian..
this club is all about miracles..:rock:
The Glove
14-08-06, 10:26 AM
Lifted this from RAOTL
We need volunteers to collect cash INSIDE Anfield on Sat. 26th (West Ham).
Please be aware that you'll miss most of the first half (if not all of it) and you will have to be INSIDE the ground at around 1p.m. - so you won't be on the ale.
Please e-mail me on jsmack77@hotmail.com if you'd like to help out.
The club have kindly agreed to let us INSIDE the ground to ask for donations, on the afternoon of the first home game.
Through one individual's persistance and dogged determination to get things done, there was a meeting yesterday with Rick Parry and Ged Poynton.
The club are showing real support for Michael and his family, by allowing this to take place within the ground, so hats off to them.
We NEED at least 60 volunteers to make this happen. Hopefully, this will be run with near military style precision.
Please note though, don't put your name forward for this if you wanna see the game, 'cos you WON'T get a chance!
Anyone kind enough to help will have 2 buckets, will stay at their turnstile until 10/15 mins. after KO, then take the buckets to be counted, ready for the Securicor pick up.
Also can anyone help in obtaining authentic charity buckets?
We need at least 120, so any help would be much appreciated.
Please leave contact details if you're willing to help.
Could those of you who go on other LFC independant sites copy this post please.
Mumsafan
14-08-06, 11:22 AM
Cheers Benny
Mumsafan
14-08-06, 07:53 PM
Lifted this from RAOTL
We need volunteers to collect cash INSIDE Anfield on Sat. 26th (West Ham).
Please be aware that you'll miss most of the first half (if not all of it) and you will have to be INSIDE the ground at around 1p.m. - so you won't be on the ale.
Please e-mail me on jsmack77@hotmail.com if you'd like to help out.
The club have kindly agreed to let us INSIDE the ground to ask for donations, on the afternoon of the first home game.
Through one individual's persistance and dogged determination to get things done, there was a meeting yesterday with Rick Parry and Ged Poynton.
The club are showing real support for Michael and his family, by allowing this to take place within the ground, so hats off to them.
We NEED at least 60 volunteers to make this happen. Hopefully, this will be run with near military style precision.
Please note though, don't put your name forward for this if you wanna see the game, 'cos you WON'T get a chance!
Anyone kind enough to help will have 2 buckets, will stay at their turnstile until 10/15 mins. after KO, then take the buckets to be counted, ready for the Securicor pick up.
Also can anyone help in obtaining authentic charity buckets?
We need at least 120, so any help would be much appreciated.
Please leave contact details if you're willing to help.
Could those of you who go on other LFC independant sites copy this post please.
Forgive me if I'm understanding this incorrectly but the game starts at 12.45 so if the volunteers aren't getting in the ground til 1 o clock , what's the point? Everyone will be sat in their seats.
The Glove
14-08-06, 09:06 PM
Well Im surmising that if you was to volunteer you'd have to get there at about 10. Maybe an 0 is missing.
Mumsafan
15-08-06, 09:01 AM
10pm then? :D I think he's just forgot it's early kick off :D
surely theres a better picture of the poor bloke! He looks like a bloody psychotic serial killer in that photo.
dont they have any nice photo's of the poor lad? Every site uses the same psycho image.:o
anfieldanfield
21-08-06, 02:00 PM
It might also be an idea to have a whip round in order to raise money for the family of the innocent bulgarian waiter, who has suffered possible permanent brain damage as a result of the attack.
No ?
paulcooper4
21-08-06, 02:01 PM
It might also be an idea to have a whip round in order to raise money for the family of the innocent bulgarian waiter, who has suffered possible permanent brain damage as a result of the attack.
No ?
might be better not trying to cause arguments in this thread mate.:handshake:
Red_hot
21-08-06, 02:03 PM
Can kinda see his point though!
anfieldanfield
21-08-06, 02:05 PM
might be better not trying to cause arguments in this thread mate.:handshake:
Just making a point which everyone else appears to have missed.
Red_hot
21-08-06, 02:06 PM
Just making a point which everyone else appears to have missed.
For what it's worth I think it was a fair point! :handshake:
IanTheRed
21-08-06, 02:07 PM
Can kinda see his point though!
Isn't the 'fine' handed out to Michael Shields a direct payment to the poor waiter? If so we (as in a collective 'we' to those who have contributed) are paying the waiter, via the Shields family and the Bulgarian authorities.
I'd happily give the money to the waiter AND have the correct man behind bars. I'm weird like that...
paulcooper4
21-08-06, 02:10 PM
the point is mate. NO-ONE other than michael shields can say 100% wether he done it or not. All the evidence suggests extremely strongly to me that he didnt. But the point you are missing is that he was never given a fair trial and that is what upsets people the most. What happened to michael was disgusting. NO-ONE is saying that what happened to the bulgarian waiter should have happened.
If michael is ever given a proper trial and IF he is proven innocent, then that waiter has a lot to answer for by pointing the finger at michael.
I think you are just trying to say something controversial to cause a unnecessary argument so you can get some attention.
If I am wrong I apologize, but i think it would be better if you just stick to what this thread is about.
anfieldanfield
21-08-06, 02:11 PM
For what it's worth I think it was a fair point! :handshake:
Thanks RH, much apreciated.
Just saying that there's more than one young lad been effected by this incident, ofcourse, everyone hopes things work out for Shields, but the victim of this attack also shouldn't be forgotten.
He is also somebodys son, brother etc.
Mumsafan
21-08-06, 02:13 PM
Isn't the 'fine' handed out to Michael Shields a direct payment to the poor waiter? If so we (as in a collective 'we' to those who have contributed) are paying the waiter, via the Shields family and the Bulgarian authorities.
I'd happily give the money to the waiter AND have the correct man behind bars. I'm weird like that...
Yes all the money paid by Michael as a fine goes to the waiter.
Red_hot
21-08-06, 02:14 PM
Yes all the money paid by Michael as a fine goes to the waiter.
Thanks Mums! :handshake:
anfieldanfield
21-08-06, 02:14 PM
Yes all the money paid by Michael as a fine goes to the waiter.
Thanks for clearing that up.
IanTheRed
21-08-06, 02:15 PM
the point is mate. NO-ONE other than michael shields can say 100% wether he done it or not. All the evidence suggests extremely strongly to me that he didnt. But the point you are missing is that he was never given a fair trial and that is what upsets people the most. What happened to michael was disgusting. NO-ONE is saying that what happened to the bulgarian waiter should have happened.
If michael is ever given a proper trial and IF he is proven innocent, then that waiter has a lot to answer for by pointing the finger at michael.
I think you are just trying to say something controversial to cause a unnecessary argument so you can get some attention.
If I am wrong I apologize, but i think it would be better if you just stick to what this thread is about.
Personally I don't think Georgiev (sp?) would have made a reliable witness either way, the poor guy had half his skull collapsed by some thug. He should never have been made a witness, especially in the way that it was handled (i.e. Sheilds being made to wear a white top which he didn't own and being 'displayed' as a trophy prisoner prior to the line up)
I don't care if its Shields, the other Scouser, or a Bulgarian thug who did it - as long as there is a fair trial. It might be Michael, but we will never know until a proper hearing is held.
paulcooper4
21-08-06, 02:16 PM
Personally I don't think Georgiev (sp?) would have made a reliable witness either way, the poor guy had half his skull collapsed by some thug. He should never have been made a witness, especially in the way that it was handled (i.e. Sheilds being made to wear a white top which he didn't own and being 'displayed' as a trophy prisoner prior to the line up)
I don't care if its Shields, the other Scouser, or a Bulgarian thug who did it - as long as there is a fair trial. It might be Michael, but we will never know until a proper hearing is held.
:handshake:
Any news on Michael lately?
The Glove
01-10-06, 12:45 PM
There is meant to be some sort of fund raising concert on the Liverpool Empire to try and get the money needed to get him home.
Mumsafan
06-10-06, 07:22 PM
The HJC is dedicating the Blackburn home game to raising funds to bring Michael Shields home from his Bulgarian cell.
All monies spent on any items purchased in the HJC shop on the day will be donated to the 'Bring Michael Home' Appeal and a member of Michaels family will be in the shop on that day to show support and to thank those who have and continue to support their son and help clear the ever increasing debt that has been incurred by the Bulgarian Court
It would be greatly appreciated if fans could call into the shop on the day and show support for the cause but if this is not possible you could donate to Michael's fund by sending a cheque to the HJC clearly marking that it is for the Michael Shields fund at:
Hillsborough Justice Campaign
PO Box 1089
178, Walton Breck Road
Liverpool
L69 4WR
Alternatively details of how to make a direct donation can be found at:
http://www.freemichaelshields.org/
The banner which the HJC has always operated under has always been 'Justice for all'. I cannot think of any case that more comes under this banner than the Michael Shields case, a day has been clearly designated to raise desperately needed funds for a Liverpool fan suffering from an incredible mis-carriage of justice. This miscarriage has happened whilst supporting Liverpool Footnall Club and, the committee of the HJC feel they should be doing everything that they can to bring Michael home.
They are also looking for volunteers who can help with the organisation of fundraising on the day, so if you feel that you would like to help with this and can be available from 11am on the day of the game please get in touch with myself at jm001h2204@blueyonder.co.uk.
Taken from a post on YNWA
apprently he has been shat on by the bulgarian govt.again.
they said he could serve his time at home when a percentage of his fine was paid.
they have now reneged on that deal and are insisting its when the full fine is paid.
the fine is in the region of 90k
Is he not guilty this month?
The Glove
12-10-06, 10:16 PM
apprently he has been shat on by the bulgarian govt.again.
they said he could serve his time at home when a percentage of his fine was paid.
they have now reneged on that deal and are insisting its when the full fine is paid.
the fine is in the region of 90k
This seems a bit strange to be honest. Idve thought they wouldve raised well over 90k by now. There have been charity nights galore yet they are still sort. I know some of it goes on his parents going out there every week but surely they should for go that for a bit inoreder to get the amount needed?
think theyve paid about 30K atm
and are plannin to pay 8k a month
i read this somewhere
try todays echo ..
Mumsafan
13-10-06, 10:08 AM
apprently he has been shat on by the bulgarian govt.again.
they said he could serve his time at home when a percentage of his fine was paid.
they have now reneged on that deal and are insisting its when the full fine is paid.
the fine is in the region of 90k
I could always see this happening. I think the Bulgarians didn't think they'd raise enough and have now realised they have and that's why they have changed their minds. They probably also realise that once he gets home it'll only be a short time before he is released.
The Glove
14-10-06, 10:07 AM
The HJC are pleased to announce they will be having a MICHAEL SHIELDS DAY to help raise the much needed funds to secure Michaels return home.
We have decided that this day will be 14th October which is the Home game to Blackburn Rovers on this day the HJC shop will open its doors at 9am and ALL monies paid on ANY items purchased on that day in the shop will be donated to the Michael Shields fund!
So please anyone who will be attending this game call into the HJC shop and either buy something or put some coins in the collection box that we have in the shop for Michael.
A member of Michaels family will be in the shop on that day to show support and to thank those who have and continue to support their son and help clear the ever increasing debt that has been incurred by the Bulgarian Court.
For any who would like to be a part of this day but can’t make it to the shop then the HJC will be happy to take donations via our address below please state when including the donation that it is specifically for the Michael Shields Day.
Thank you for all your support past and present.
Now I don't want to cause a storm, but couldn't the club and/or players offer to bring him home and then take a percentage of the money from fund raising, that way the boy gets back to the country, and the supporters still contribute. Just an idea.
Red_hot
16-10-06, 11:01 AM
Well you'd think wouldn't you?
Is there room in this countries jails for him to come here? I was in the HJC shop on the weekend... It was really busy too.
Mumsafan
16-10-06, 12:46 PM
Is there room in this countries jails for him to come here? I was in the HJC shop on the weekend... It was really busy too.
They will be keeping him in the HJC shop.
Looks like he's coming home within a month to serve the rest of his sentence according to the local ITV news.
Mumsafan
19-10-06, 08:20 PM
Yeah I heard that. HO say the order is nearly complete now to get him home.
paulcooper4
19-10-06, 08:22 PM
Yeah I heard that. HO say the order is nearly complete now to get him home.
Hopefully once hes back and the dust has settled we can find some kind of legal loophole and let the poor fucker out.:handshake:
Mumsafan
19-10-06, 08:24 PM
I can't see him doing the whole sentence here at all.
The Glove
20-10-06, 06:11 PM
I think thats probably why they want to keep him there as once he is over here he'll probably be out a bit handy.
Has anyone heard of the mystery £50,000 donation made to the campaign?
Rumours I've heard suggest it's carra, anyone heard anything?
paulcooper4
23-10-06, 06:05 PM
Has anyone heard of the mystery £50,000 donation made to the campaign?
Rumours I've heard suggest it's carra, anyone heard anything?
wouldnt surprise me in the slightest, but no, not heard anything:handshake:
wouldnt surprise me in the slightest, but no, not heard anything:handshake:
Cheers mate:handshake:
Charlie_B
28-10-06, 01:21 PM
Aldo has been realy good with the family to, aparently.
tattylashes
03-11-06, 11:08 PM
A group of players who wished to remain anonymous contributed the balance of the $90K about three weeks ago. There was a rumour that he was supposed to be back in the UK today, but there has been no confirmation so far.
Mumsafan
07-11-06, 04:21 PM
It says on the website that the family borrowed the rest of the money and have to pay it back. Therefore money is being raised to pay this.
Liverpool Empire's Bring Him Home Show
Liverpool
Monday 4th December 06
The Liverpool Empire Benefit Night will be Headlined by Gloria Gaynor along with other famous acts including: Ricky Tomlinson, Stan Boardman, Roger McGough, Mike McCartney, and Radio's Kev Seed, Pete Price, Billy Butler. Mike Pender and the Searchers will be joined by the Mike James Orchestra and comics Mick Miller and Lenny Anderson are also confirmed.
This will be a fantastic night so to get your Tickets please contact the Empire Box Office or the Michaels Shields Campaign office on 0151-260-7165.
Tickets are £18, £20 and £25 each.
To Advertise in the Liverpool Empire Program - Please call the Campaign office on 0151-260-7165
Red_hot
07-11-06, 04:23 PM
Dear god, that sounds like a painful night if ever there was one.
(despite the good cause)
Mumsafan
07-11-06, 04:24 PM
Gloria will sing her one song - :haha:
I have booked to go and I wish I hadn't now I've seen the line up
Red_hot
07-11-06, 04:26 PM
:D
Ricky Tomlinson will be the one saving grace. :shake:
Red_hot
07-11-06, 04:26 PM
I have booked to go and I wish I hadn't now I've seen the line up
Pete Price. :shake: I feel for you.
Mumsafan
07-11-06, 04:26 PM
I have booked to go and I wish I hadn't now I've seen the line up
It'll be ok.
Red_hot
07-11-06, 04:27 PM
It'll be ok.
If he gets pissed beforehand?
Yeah i'll have an extra large spliff before I go in, it may then be tolerable.
Mumsafan
07-11-06, 04:28 PM
If he gets pissed beforehand?
Yeah :haha:
Ok I'll get pissed as well. I fucking knew I shouldn't have supported a good cause it goes against my nature
Red_hot
07-11-06, 04:45 PM
Ok I'll get pissed as well. I fucking knew I shouldn't have supported a good cause it goes against my nature
:haha: That'll learn ya!
Teach darling, teach. A st Julie's girls should know better.
Red_hot
07-11-06, 04:49 PM
;) ;)
;) ;)
I've come over all unnecessary now
Red_hot
07-11-06, 04:53 PM
Oh dear! Poor unneccessary! :(
:handshake: I should have guessed that the reply would be smutty.
Red_hot
07-11-06, 04:55 PM
:jaw:
I've just read up on the case on wikipedia and a few other sites. It's reaffirmed my opinion he must be innocent
All gone quiet on Michael, said he would be coming home in a matter of days then absolutly nothing to be heard of after that.
paulcooper4
21-11-06, 12:16 PM
All gone quiet on Michael, said he would be coming home in a matter of days then absolutly nothing to be heard of after that.
The shithouse bulgarian twats are trying to find a new loophole to keep him there, but cant find one.
They really did not expect his family to get the money together. Now they have, they have realised there is fuck all they can do to stop it happening, but by fuck will they drag it out for every second they possibly can.
I think they are trying there best to get the poor lad to have to stay there for another christmas and then they will bitre the bullet and let him come home:handshake:
Mumsafan
21-11-06, 01:52 PM
No surprise there then
Insider
21-11-06, 01:55 PM
The shithouse belgian twats are trying to find a new loophole to keep him there, but cant find one.
They really did not expect his family to get the money together. Now they have, they have realised there is fuck all they can do to stop it happening, but by fuck will they drag it out for every second they possibly can.
I think they are trying there best to get the poor lad to have to stay there for another christmas and then they will bitre the bullet and let him come home:handshake:
Bulgarian, but twats all the same.
Hope they aren't trying to drag it out to the point where there's more interest on the fine and so they can ask for even more money.
And getting him home is only part one - he deserves a fair trial too, something he's not had so far.
paulcooper4
21-11-06, 11:51 PM
Bulgarian, but twats all the same.
Hope they aren't trying to drag it out to the point where there's more interest on the fine and so they can ask for even more money.
And getting him home is only part one - he deserves a fair trial too, something he's not had so far.
:haha: :haha:
well spotted, thanks:handshake:
paulcooper4
21-11-06, 11:52 PM
The shithouse bulgarian twats are trying to find a new loophole to keep him there, but cant find one.
They really did not expect his family to get the money together. Now they have, they have realised there is fuck all they can do to stop it happening, but by fuck will they drag it out for every second they possibly can.
I think they are trying there best to get the poor lad to have to stay there for another christmas and then they will bitre the bullet and let him come home:handshake:
puredale
23-11-06, 12:33 PM
Just heard on Radio5Live that Michael is due back home today - fingerss crossed
Theres also an article on news.bbc.co.uk
AnfieldForever
23-11-06, 12:38 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6176610.stm
Mumsafan
23-11-06, 01:56 PM
Liverpool football fan Michael Shields, who was jailed in Bulgaria for the attempted murder of a barman, is returning to the UK.
Shields is due to fly in to Gatwick airport on Thursday evening to complete his sentence in a UK jail.
Shields was given 10 years after a concrete block was dropped on the barman in 2005. He has always denied any involvement.
Bulgarian officials allowed him to return after a £90,000 fine was paid.
Shields' solicitor told the BBC his client is flying back to the UK and would be taken to Wandsworth Prison.
Reacting to the news, his mother Maria Shields told BBC News: "It's a relief that we are getting him home to England, but our next step is to the Court of Human Rights to take his case there.
We must continue the campaign for justice and an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights is being filed
Louise Ellman MP
"It is just so sad that he's being brought to a prison, he should be being brought to his home."
Mrs Shields thanked the people of Liverpool and around the world who had supported the campaign to get their son transferred.
"If it wasn't for the majority of people helping us we would never have been able to bring Michael home," she added.
His father, also called Michael, said he was relieved his son was finally returning home but saddened that he would be placed behind bars.
He said: "He has spent too much time behind bars already and the fight will not stop here, we will continue to campaign to get my son free."
Miss Ellman, the Shields' local MP, described his transfer as a "major step forward" and paid tribute to the co-operation between the Bulgarian and British authorities.
"We must continue the campaign for justice and an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights is being filed," she said.
Written confession
Miss Ellman said there remained huge question marks over the way the Shields case was handled by the courts in Bulgaria, but it could take up to two years for the case to be dealt with.
Shields, 20, from Edge Hill, was jailed for the attempted murder of barman Martin Georgiev, who had a paving slab dropped on his head in the Black Sea resort of Varna in May 2005.
He has always protested his innocence and told the court he was asleep at the time of the incident.
Another Liverpool man, 20-year-old Graham Sankey, made a written confession to the attack, although his solicitor now insists his client was referring to a different brawl.
The £90,000 fine which Bulgarian authorities had requested in order to authorise his transfer to the UK was paid in October, after a high-profile fundraising campaign by Shields' family and supporters.
:woot:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1241748,00.html
animal magic
23-11-06, 06:54 PM
great news welcome home michael
AnfieldForever
23-11-06, 09:00 PM
Welcome home!
thesilverfoxlfc
23-11-06, 09:04 PM
About time best christmas present ever for his family
Insider
23-11-06, 10:35 PM
Glad to see him home, but let's hope he's home properly soon.
Isn`t it also a compensation to the guy he was judged to have attacked?
Mumsafan
24-11-06, 08:22 AM
Yes it is
Redspin
24-11-06, 12:09 PM
the point is mate. NO-ONE other than michael shields can say 100% wether he done it or not. All the evidence suggests extremely strongly to me that he didnt. But the point you are missing is that he was never given a fair trial and that is what upsets people the most. What happened to michael was disgusting. NO-ONE is saying that what happened to the bulgarian waiter should have happened.
If michael is ever given a proper trial and IF he is proven innocent, then that waiter has a lot to answer for by pointing the finger at michael.
I think you are just trying to say something controversial to cause a unnecessary argument so you can get some attention.
If I am wrong I apologize, but i think it would be better if you just stick to what this thread is about.
I don't know enough of the facts to form a view about the guilt or innocence of a fellow Wavertree Red, but I recall seeing a TV show where the victim positively identified Micheal Shields as his assailant. Anyone else see it?
Redspin
24-11-06, 12:14 PM
Teach darling, teach. A st Julie's girls should know better.
I'm old enough to remember when St Julie's was Notre Dame. Is there really a St Julie? What's she patron saint of - acrylic nail salons?
paulcooper4
24-11-06, 09:32 PM
I don't know enough of the facts to form a view about the guilt or innocence of a fellow Wavertree Red, but I recall seeing a TV show where the victim positively identified Micheal Shields as his assailant. Anyone else see it?
I take it that you didnt watch the rest of the show then, were it showed you that he was basically told to point michael out? The point to this is not wether you believe the lad is guilty or not though anyway. I have seen enough evidencre to suggest to me that he could not have possibly done it.
The main point you havent grasped here though mate is that HE DID NOT GET A FAIR TRIAL.
Michael didnt stand a chance in court, he was basically charged as guilty before he even got to court.
And the fact that the shitehole of a court refused to even look at a statement from graeme shitbag sankey admitting that it was him shows them up for the corrupt horrible twats that they are.:handshake:
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