Dear Ms Moley,

RE: UPDATE PROVIDED FOR ME BY THE PSNI (POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND) ON DECEMBER 11th 2015

PSNI Police Constable Sheila Morton, who is in charge of the investigation connected with the incident I reported to the PSNI on November 16th 2015, for which the PSNI reference number is PSNI "E DISTRICT" CRIME REFERENCE NUMBER 918 DATED 16/11/15, called to see me in the reception area of the Canal Court Hotel last Friday (December 11th 2015) afternoon (at around 4 pm), in order to provide me with an update on her work to date in connection with my case.

The main pieces of information (as I recall them, and as I understand them) that PC Morton has provided me with in our conversation of last Friday are as listed below:

1) PC Morton is in the process of compiling a file for the PPS (Public Prosecution Service) which she anticipates she will have completed for submission to the PPS by around December 21st 2015. She has further advised me that it is likely to take the PPS from between two to four weeks to consider the contents of her file, and to finally decide upon. Once she becomes aware of the final decision of the PPS, she will contact me again for the purpose of providing me with a second update of her work on my case.

2) PC Morton believes "Paul Goodman" is the real name of the person who attempted to murder me on the afternoon of November 16th 2015, and he is living at 31 Kilmorey Street at the present time. (There was a rumour circulating among residents at 31 Kilmorey Street that "Paul Goodman" might not be his real name.)

3) PC Morton informed me that both of the main witnesses to the murder attempt of November 16th 2015 at 31 Kilmorey Street (Newry), Patsy Heaney and John Hughes, have both refused to provide the PSNI with any statements relating to the attempted murder incident; and, PC Morton has informed me that they both have a legal right to refuse to provide the PSNI with any statements relating to the murder-attempt matter.

4) The PSNI have tried to find the CCTV (Closed Circuit TV) multi-camera set of video images (of the murder attempt of November 16th 2015) on the digital electronic security equipment installed at 31 Kilmorey Street, but they have failed to locate it. Further information relating to this video evidence can be found in the copy of my email of November 20th 2015 to the United Nations at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/UnitedNations/20November2015/Email.htm#Murder_Attempt

As can be seen at the www address just above, my email of November 20th 2015 to the United Nations was copied, using the same email, to PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton.

5) PC Morton has advised me to make arrangements to remove my belongings from Room 5 (31 Kilmorey Street) as soon as I possibly can. However, as I have nowhere to store them at the present time, I would be grateful if you could please provide me with legal advise as to what I should do about this particular aspect of my present situation?

Also, I believe there are likely to now be several letters for me at 31 Kilmorey Street which I will also need to have collected on my behalf, and the letters in question should include a replacement log-book for my car, which I need as part of the process for purchasing Northern Ireland road tax (backdated to July 2015).

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OTHER MATTERS I FEEL I SHOULD INFORM YOU ABOUT JUST NOW

a) I have been paying for my stay at the Canal Court Hotel on a daily basis (one day in advance), and the total sum of money I have paid to the Canal Court Hotel, up to yesterday morning (December 13th 2015), is £1,936.76. This figure represents the cost of 24 nights Bed and Breakfast at £80 per night, plus the cost of phone calls I have made from my hotel room, which total £18.76. Not all of the telephone calls I have made from my hotel room are listed on my hotel bill, so there is the possibility of additional telephone charges arriving for me later. I have been advised by hotel staff that they are experiencing problems with their hotel-room telephone billing system, which they are looking into at the present time.

Although I have some money left, and although I feel relatively safe at the Canal Court Hotel, the BIG PROBLEM for me just now is that if I stay on at the Canal Court Hotel for much longer, not only will I end up being unable to pay for the daily "Bed and Breakfast" costs, but I will also have no money to pay for other daily meals (or for anything else).

On account of the busy Christmas period we are now in, and in order to secure nightly accommodation in an uninterrupted fashion, I have had to book several days in advance, which I have been extending as necessary (a few days at at time) under the guidance of hotel staff. At the present time, I am booked up until Saturday morning, December 19th. However, I have been advised by hotel staff that provided I give 48 hours notice, I can cancel any of the nightly bookings which I do not need: without the imposition of any financial penalty on myself by the hotel.

Almost all of the money I have used to pay the above-mentioned hotel bill (of £1,936.76).has come to me in the form of loans (against my home in the Republic of Ireland), which I have been receiving from my brother (Gerald Finnerty) and my half sister (Marjorie Dolan) since 2007. Evidence of this can be found at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/GeraldFinnerty/9September2015/Letter.pdf

As a result of the above-mentioned loans, I now owe my brother and my half-sister approximately 70,000 Euros (in total), and this sum is growing at the rate of 750 Euros per month.

My reasons for being in the Canal Court Hotel, as opposed to staying in the much less expensive nearby Francis Court Hotel, are set out in the text of my email of December 3rd 2015 to PC Lee Macklin at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NewryPSNI/3December2015/Email.html

As far as I know, the "security arrangements" at the Francis Court Hotel, which is the issue of most concern to me just now, are on a par with those at the Canal Court Hotel.

b) During a meeting I had with Mental Health Social Worker Dorothy Whyte (at Daisy Hill Hospital) last Thursday (December 10th 2015), she informed me that the Southern Health and Social Care Trust "Safeguarding of Adults Team", based at St Luke's Hospital in Armagh, has intervened in my case, and that there has been a meeting between members of the Housing Executive, and members of the Safeguarding of Adults Team. Unfortunately, Ms Whyte was unable to provide me with any information as to when, or where this meeting took place. She was also unable to provide me with the names of any of the people who attended the meeting. Nevertheless, the upshot of the meeting was, apparently, that #1) the Housing Executive would stop putting pressure on me to return to live at 31 Kilmorey Street (a suggestion the Housing Executive have now -- at long last -- thankfully decided to go along with apparently), and #2) that the Housing Executive would provide me with alternative accommodation to that which I felt I had to leave at 31 Kilmorey Street. Ms Whyte seemed to be under the impression that the alternative accommodation I desperately need could be provided immediately (i.e. last Thursday) by the Housing Executive. This, unfortunately, has turned out not to be the case.

As you may already be aware, I have emailed Michael Keenan (Housing Executive Manager) last Friday (December 11th 2015) to let him know that "sheltered accommodation", preferably of the kind that is watched over by a warden, is the type of accommodation that I believe would best suit my needs. A copy of the email text in question, in which I offered, subject to legal advice, to seriously consider re-locating to any part of Northern Ireland (at short notice), for the purpose of securing such "sheltered accommodation", can be viewed at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandHousingExecutive/11December2015/Email.html

Late last Friday afternoon (December 11th 2015), I also received a message from one of the Canal Court Hotel receptionists informing me that Mental Health Social Worker Dorothy Whyte had phoned the hotel and asked them to pass on a message which stated that she had decided to write a "Letter of Support" on my behalf. At the present time, I do not have any other information relating to this matter.

c) I attended an appointment on December 3rd 2015 with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Mark McCauley, for the purpose of having my mental health situation assessed by him. Towards the end of the appointment, Dr McCauley informed me that, on account of the complexity of the situation I now find myself in, he would need to see me a second time, for the purpose of enabling him to complete his assessment. At the present time, I do not know when this second appointment with Dr McCauley is due to take place.

d) Should you, or any of the other recipients of this email, need to contact me through the normal Royal Mail postal service, I have set up a "Poste Restante"address, which is as follows, and which I intend to check for post every few days:

Poste Restante,
Hill Street Post Office
45-53 Hill Street,
Newry,
County Down,
BT34 1AF.

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TWO REGISTERED LETTERS RELATING TO MY GENERAL OVERALL SITUATION:

1) To: Newry PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland):
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NewryPSNI/27November2015/RegisteredLetter.htm

2) To: Ms Louise Moley LL.B of McGuigan Malone Solicitors:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/5November2015/RegisteredLetter.htm

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It would be much appreciated if, as a matter of priority, you could please advise me regarding the removal of my belongings from Room 5 at 31 Kilmorey Street, as soon as possible please, and which I have referred to in more detail in Section "5)" above. There is also the closely related matter of the collection of letters for me which I believe would have been delivered to 31 Kilmorey Street since I left the property on November 16th last.

Yours sincerely,

William Finnerty.