I want a media that recognises that every life has as much value, so when a black child disappears off our streets, the case receives as much coverage and funding as that of, say, Madeleine McCann. She had come to the UK to visit her mother and had overstayed her six month visa. Now he and his grandmother want justice. Apologise for your own track record of racism. 3rd August 1993. The ‘Smear Campaign’ against Joy Gardner. My name is Maudie Ann Burke Gardner, I am the daughter of Charles and Tillie Joy Burke, I am relative to the Trundles, Sappington, and Hammonds, Ellis's McGrady's and the Burke's. For anyone who found themselves at the mercy of the immigration officials and their equipment, it must have been triggering and frightening. Thompson’s silent films address racism and violence in close-ups of the faces of Black people with links to incidents of brutal death, including Graeme Burke, son of Joy Gardner, who died when police tried to deport her during a dawn raid in London in 1993, and Diamond Reynolds, whose boyfriend, Philando Castile, was shot dead by a police officer in Minnesota in 2016. The Guardian 7th March 1999 The immigration service denied that Elizabeth was gagged. We who are the Windrush generation historically made sacrifices to enable British democracy to flourish. Arrangements will shortly be made for her removal to Jamaica. Memorial event held 25 years after Joy Gardner’s killing for tape. Mrs Simpson and Graeme never speak about his mother’s death. In September 1990, she married Joseph Gardner. Her mother, Myrna Simpson, emigrated to the United Kingdom from Jamaica in 1961. She died whilst in the West Indian Centre at Wood Green in north London sat impassively at the front, while the death of Joy Gardner her daughter was discussed and condemned … On 7th August 1993, the PCA confirmed that Assistant Chief Constable James Conlon of Essex Police would be heading up the investigation, assisted by 12 officers, and on 13th December 1993, another protest was held outside the CPS offices because the PCA had still not completed the inquiry. ” Joy, they dropped to the floor, breaking a chair and Joy’s watch in the process. The results of their separate post mortem was not made public. That was until George Floyd’s death. ( Log Out / Nellie Sterling, 61, had often looked after Joy Gardner’s son, Graeme. In the case of … You would not do that to your dog.”, Mrs Simpson goes on to say “Paul Condon said it was not about race. Early morning and Joy was asleep with her five-year-old son, Graeme, in their Haringey home at Topsfield Close. As a direct result of Joy’s death, in August 1993 the use of mouth gags were suspended by Sir Paul Condon, and were eventually banned altogether by then Home Office minister, Michael Howard, in January 1994. How UK taxpayers can avoid falling into the child benefit trap. Any reasonable opportunity he had to notify her of the decision, make plans or inform her young son – was taken away. In September 1990, Joy married Joseph Gardner, a British citizen. When the police burst into their flat in Hornsey, north London in July 1993 he was five years old. hope after years of despair Assuming Joy had been in some kind of accident, Myrna noticed a few police officers and Bernie Grant MP at the hospital, but was taken aback when she finally saw her daughter lying in a bed, covered in tubes and foil sheeting, her face bruised and a ventilator pumping oxygen into her lungs. This sort of ignorant gas-lighting was the touch-paper as anger began to mount in predominantly black areas of London. While it may have seemed like her immigration woes were soon reaching their end, the couple separated a few … She claimed afterwards that sellotape had been used to bind her legs and mouth. Joy’s son was traumatised by what he had witnessed that morning, and that remained with him throughout childhood. The brain was injured. Sign up today for FREE to receive our 4WardEverUK quick news alerts and monthly e-newsletter via email. Unfortunately the Joy Gardner case, the whole deportation process and the role played by officials has never been fully and impartially investigated. They didn’t go into her house, truss her up and kill her. Dr. Harris, a Forensic Scientist at Huntingdon Laboratories, had examined the 13 feet of adhesive tape used to gag Joy. 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Prior to … I have been looking for my family roots … ... My name is Maudie Ann Burke Gardner, I am the daughter of Charles and Tillie Joy Burke, I am relative to the Trundles, Sappington, and Hammonds, Ellis's McGrady's and the Burke's. Graeme Burke was five when his mother died after police bound her head with tape. The hostile attitude that contributed to my daughter’s death must be put in the context of the current Windrush scandal. 4WardEverUK Case Profile for Joy Gardner Graeme Burke was five when his mother died after police bound her head with tape. Joy was only seven when she was left with my mother in Jamaica. I paid £600-odd to bring her to this country. He never saw her alive again. Chris Wardle defended the action stating that it had exposed “…a blatant disregard for the immigration laws.”, In 2002 this operation was still ongoing and television crews and photographers were invited by the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, to watch as they rounded up and deported a large amount of people to the Czech Republic. There’s no place in the 21st century for racism and bigotry, and the overt racism displayed by the current government should be called out for what it is. Joy’s death had occurred just months after it was announced that two suspects in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence would not face charges, so feelings were already running high. Joy’s visa allowed her to remain in the UK for six months but she remained in the UK for six years before her death. Their solicitors denied the officers had spoken to the press, nor authorised anyone to do so on their behalf, but this just added fuel to the palpable anger, with the police seen as spreading misinformation. The initial post mortem concluded that Joy had died from ‘cerebral hypoxia‘ (lack of oxygen to the brain). case would be subject to an investigation by the, examine the specific role of the immigration officers involved, because a PCA inquiry is only authorized to oversee investigations into complaints against, This request was refused by the Home Office, back to the forefront of the world’s conscience. 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The Chief Inspector of Edmonton Police, Mark Sanger telephoned Bernie Grant MP and said: There is a problem in Hornsey we want to tell you about. The crowd were angry and Bernie Grant pleaded for people to remain calm and dignified. She moved to Kingston to pursue her dreams but she got pregnant with her eldest daughter, Lisa. Now he and his grandmother want justice. Joy’s son, Graeme, was (albeit momentarily) taken to his bedroom by. Background Joy Gardner. I came to Britain when I was only a young woman, in 1961, to pursue a better life for my children and to work. At least 13 died before the Home Office acknowledged their mistake. Designed by WPZOOM. “It hurts so much. … Get on with rehousing and compensating all those who lost their homes and belongings at, Speed up the compensation process for all those caught up in your government’s repugnant. For reasons never been disclosed, the Home Office concluded her marriage was “a sham” and accused her of using the birth of her son as a means to gaining citizenship, and in the summer of 1992, the Home Office booked a deportation flight for her but Joy failed to turn up at the airport, stating that she had not received a letter. The defence line was that Joy was ‘very, very strong’ and her death was caused by head trauma sustained as she violently resisted the officers and not as a direct result of the tape used to gag her. Joy Gardner – President. Shawn Douglas Gardner. Olivia Volf – Administrator Design Assistant. Leaving behind her son Graeme Burke and her mother Myrna Simpson now deceased. When I got to England, I didn’t sit down; I worked in the snow, frost and fog as a care assistant, washing English people’s knickers and cleaning up their messes. Accompanying them was also an official from the Home Office with the deportation order which allowed them to seize an unknowing Joy and her young son and put them on a plane to Jamaica from Heathrow Airport at 3pm that afternoon. One of the local officers in attendance that day, PC Brian Adamson (LO2), described Joy as ‘the most violent female prisoner’ he had encountered in his 12 year career, and this was echoed across the front pages of the tabloids. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Graeme was born in London and now lives in Tottenham.’ This information is doubly important given that the subjects themselves don’t have a voice in which to identify themselves in these two silent films. Only 60 so far had received any compensation. They stated: “A disciplinary charge of authority would in substance be the same as the criminal charge of which the officers have been acquitted…, “an officer cannot be tried on both criminal and discipline charges for the same offence.”. Tributes are pouring in for The Goodies funny man Tim Brooke-Taylor who sadly passed away at the age of 79. And then they killed her…. Michael Robert Catania. London's Metropolitan Police were reportedly on a state of … Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. It was people power that finally saw the dismantling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston that was pulled down by protesters and thrown into the river. A second flight was booked in October 1992 but the Home Office claimed they ‘lost track’ of her. An interview with Greg Burke ... And the other is of: ‘Graeme the son of Joy Gardner. Joy’s family announced their disappointment over the verdict, with Myrna still consistent in her promise that she would continue in her fight to get justice for her eldest daughter. ), Despite the fact that Joy had her arms handcuffed to the body belt, and that. She entered the country legally using a six-month visitor's visa, but overstayed when the visa elapsed.She was pregnant at the time of her arrival, and subsequently gave birth to a son. With Joy now bound and gagged on the floor, one ADG officer remained at her side but within minutes it became apparent to him that Joy was in some sort of distress, so he called in a colleague. Joy was eventually laid to rest at Lavender Hill cemetery on 17th December 1993. Groce and Burke stare impassively to camera, Reynolds looks out of frame stoically, or at one point is … Graeme Burke – son of Joy Gardner Neville Lawrence – father of Stephen Lawrence Rupert and Shelia Sylvester – parents of Roger Sylvester Marci Rigg – Sister of Sean Rigg and Chair United Families & Friends Campaign. When Commonwealth citizens were invited to the UK to live as British citizens in order to help rebuild the ‘Mother Country’ after World War II, Myrna Simpson was one of many who embraced the chance. Graeme Burke is the son of Joy Gardner, the 40-year-old Jamaican woman who died six years ago when police officers came to deport her. Despite years of counselling and treatment from the children’s trauma clinic at the Royal Free Hospital in London, he is still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Elizabeth ended up at Whittington Hospital – just as Joy did before her – reportedly unconscious. George Floyd was a human being and nobody had no right to take his life. He said that the tape was wrapped around her head seven times. We used to stay in one room of a house and do almost everything in that room. The family awaited a public coroner’s inquest for answers to some of their questions but it was never undertaken. What they did to Joy was terrible, terrible. She was my first child, who I had when I was only young myself, and I didn’t enjoy her back then. I would send money and visit her every year. One car contained three officers from Scotland Yard’s SO1(3) Unit (the Aliens Deportation Group – ADG), and the other car contained two officers from the local Hornsey station. BLACK LIVES MATTER WINDRUSH SCANDAL THE DEATH OF JOY GARDNER, 1993 Most of us have seen the 9mins of footage of George Floyd slowly being asphyxiated to death at the hands of the police in America, and we’ve seen the world rise up and say enough is enough. Joy’s sister, Claudia, was adamant that the authorities purposely covered up that Joy’s death happened at the flat to prevent a public uproar. Once Sir Paul Condon disbanded the ADG division, it effectively sent the job of deportations directly into the hands of private companies like ASC – companies that were not subject to proper regulations – thus leaving deportees at their mercy and in an even worse position that before. This request was refused by the Home Office on the basis that it considered the PCA to be impartial, efficient and thorough in itself. Following the birth of her son, Joy applied to the Home Office for an extension to her visa, but this was denied. The newspaper claimed it had been given the accounts by an ‘intermediary’, through which the officers claimed they were being made ‘scapegoats’. A representative from ADG gave evidence on the equipment used during deportations and confirmed that a body-belt (originally designed by an ADG officer), leather straps, gag and adhesive tape were part of their regular restraint equipment. ... Graeme Burke, have never … Cemetery of Uniforms and Liveries (2016) depicts Brandon Groce (grandson of Cherry Groce, whose shooting by police in 1985 sparked the Brixton riots) and Graeme Burke (son of Joy Gardner, who died of injuries sustained as UK immigration officers bound and gagged her to deport her to Jamaica, in 1993). Find Joy Gardner online. Floyd may be dead, but he leaves a legacy. I long for the day that people can look at another person and see just that – a person. Her mother, Myrna Simpson, emigrated to the United Kingdom from Jamaica – then still a British colony – in 1961, with the intention of sending for her child once she had achieved some financial stability, a common and accepted practice at the time. A second roll of tape was produced and wrapped around Joy’s head in the opposite direction. If you experience any errors with the form above Click Here to register! He had received two almost identical letters from the Home Office (dated 26th and 27th July 1993) in regards to Joy’s case. Joy’s mother, Myrna Simpson, and her son, Graeme Burke, have never stopped fighting for justice. And only God knows what else, Just one month after Joy’s death, another woman from the same area was deported at the hands of ASC personnel. She died whilst in the West Indian Centre at Wood Green in north London sat impassively at the front, while the death of Joy Gardner her daughter was discussed and condemned … Tories' London mayoral candidate criticised for comments that 'attack working class families'. His testimony went against claims made by ADG4 (DC Whitby) by confirming that no teeth marks were found on the tape. Mrs Simpson arrived in Britain in 1961 and, like many immigrants at the time, left her child, Joy, with her grandmother until she could provide for her in England. Tim brought joy to many over the course of his career and worked alongside the likes of John Cleese, as well as his The … We try to blank it out.” In the weeks and months after his mother’s death, Graeme re-enacted the disturbing events. Once the trial had ended, the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) announced that no disciplinary procedures would be taken against any of the officers involved due to the court acquittals, arguing that one effectively cancelled out the other. The annual United Friends and Families Campaign march is on 28th October 2017 – 12pm, Trafalgar Square. After nine hours of deliberations, the jury then acquitted Evans and Whitby of all charges on 14th June 1995. Joan Thompson – Comptroller. Paula Lannas, a forensic pathologist, testified on behalf of the defence, stating: “There were bruises on the scalp that indicates the head had struck a hard surface. UNSOLVED CRIMES: The murder of CHRISTOPHER STANLEY, 1992, OPERATION WINTHORPE: ST PAUL’S SCHOOL/COLET SCHOOL, BARNES, GEORGE BARSBY & OTHER GRAFTON CLOSE NEIGHBOURS, OPERATION RUFFLE: John Hemming confirms he is man accused of raping 6yr old Esther Baker. Joy landed face down and was then turned onto her back. KEITH VAZ, THE PROLIFIC CAMPAIGNER- Local Newspaper Articles, KEITH VAZ AND THE SORDID ELEMENT OF LEICESTER, RICHMOND: LOUIS MINSTER – Richmond Social Services, 1975-1984, THE SOHO CONNECTIONS: A-Z of Clubs, Pubs & other, A WHISTLEBLOWER SPEAKS: Liz Davies – Islington Survivors Network, A WHISTLEBLOWER SPEAKS: Child Protection Expert speaks to UK Column, A WHISTLEBLOWER SPEAKS: Establishment Paedophiles: Operation Clarence, OPERATIONS TRAWLER & MIDDLETON: Blair Ministers & Lambeth Care Home Scandal. 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