I just Googled and you’re right, Ag
However, he can’t reply on a computer; he has to write his reply to your email on paper, and then the prison staff check it and email it to you
It says that as it’s Bank Holiday things will be slower, so you probably won’t hear until later next week
Do you think he will be surprised to hear from you after all this time? And do you think he’ll respond straight away?
https://www.gov.uk/staying-in-touch-with-someone-in-prison/the-internet-and-social-media
Ah, that’s how it works!
So an orderly queue is being formed huh to get the mail out. I did wonder how it was going to be achieved.
Regarding his thoughts or views to my email, we will have to wait and see. I would not have contacted him if I did not think I’d get a reply. I haven’t done anything wrong for him to blank me completely.
I’ve not betrayed him, I’ve not spoken to journalists or authors, I’ve not published letters nor have I divulged any of our private conversations outside of the case itself. I’ve not tried to make money off of my relationship with him either as some have done therefore, I cannot see reason into why he would completely ignore me.
We had our troubles some years ago, I protested my innocence as best I could and walked away when I found out I was outnumbered. Mmany people were writing to him, wasting his time and distracting him from his CCRC application that was very important to him, informing him of antics instigated and performed by other person in the hope of blaming me and Therefore removing me from my position amongst his inner circle of friends.
I was never a threat to these people. I was a confidant, he ran everything by me or sought opinion Before subscribing to anything. He valued my honest evaluation of media reporting and many a time I did not view the work and results of the CT as was relayed to him by them. What they thought was positive media attention I might have Thought the opposite and I was in a position to relay that to him. He trusted me implicitly and would then relay these concerns to the CT.
Haha, that position didn’t last long - I had to go.
But hey, he had a new team around him and maybe it was time for me to move on.
I was very upset at first, well, I was upset for a couple of years if I be honest, I was concerned for his well being most of all, for many reasons after all he’d been betrayed and lied to in the past. I was just one of a very small handful of ‘constants’ around him. Over the years, some slipped away but I remained and did what I could. I was merely a friend.
I have no idea whether any of those who removed me remain in contact,with him or are now part of his inner circle. Some will be, of that I’m sure!
If the CT are reading this, then I would come to the same conclusions as you, that they are not going to want me back and therefore will do everything within their power to ensure he does not go through with this Q&A session and at the same time do all they can to discredit I me again as much as possible to ensure any possible friendship or communication or trust between us, be eliminated immediately.
I could be wrong, but these are my initial thoughts and views.....or maybe, I’m not that important at all, and my request will be accepted as he recognises that this is an alternative form of communication with the ‘nay sayers’.
