Concerns over hospital's treatment of Assange barrister who was hit by train

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John Jones, a highly respected QC, died on Monday [April 18, 2016]

Renowned lawyer who represented Julian Assange died after being struck by train in West Hampstead
17:53 23 April 2016  Rachel Roberts
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/renowned_lawyer_who_represented_julian_assange_died_after_being_struck_by_train_in_west_hampstead_1_4507283

   Renowned lawyer who represented Julian Assange died after being struck by train.
   Aug 12, 2016
   http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines-2016/renowned-lawyer-who-represented-julian-assange-died-after-being-struck-by-train-coincidence
   http://archive.is/veVVM

  "One of the UK's most respected international criminal lawyers who was
   representing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has died after being hit
   by a train in West Hampstead.
   
   Married father of two John Jones, QC, worked at renowned legal
   chambers, Doughty Street and died last Monday morning. Police say they
   are not treating the death as suspicious.
   
   The 48-year-old barrister has been described as "a giant in his field"
   by colleagues, who said that his death is "a monumental loss to the
   cause of international justice and human rights."
   
   Oxford graduate Mr Jones, who took silk in 2013, specialised in
   extradition, war crimes and counter-terrorism, representing clients
   from around the world in high profile cases.
   
   He was part of a team of lawyers acting to prevent the extradition of
   Julian Assange - holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for four years -
   whose case is currently being heard by the UN Working Group on
   Arbitrary Detention.
   
   Mr Jones was also working with his colleague Amal Clooney to try and
   halt the execution of Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif and Libyan spy chief
   Abdullah-al Senussi.
   
   Earlier in his career, he helped bring to justice some of those
   responsible for genocide in the former Yugoslavia as part of the UN's
   International Criminal Tribunal, working to establish procedures that
   were used in the historic trials.
   
   As well as his criminal law work, Mr Jones acted as a human rights
   lawyer, saving a 19-year old from the death penalty in Singapore,
   fighting on behalf of journalists for free speech in Africa, and making
   representations to the UN to prevent torture.
   
   He joined Doughty Street in 2005, where he worked alongside some of the
   UK's top barristers, including Keir Starmer, MP for Holborn and St
   Pancras, who remains an associate tenant there.
   
   Mr Starmer, who knew Mr Jones well, said: "John made a huge
   contribution to international justice. His loss is felt deeply by all
   his friends and colleagues, and all our thoughts are with his family
   and friends."
   
   Doughty Street Chambers said in a statement: "The passing of John Jones
   QC is a monumental loss to the cause of international justice and human
   rights worldwide. He was a pioneer, at the forefront of establishing
   our modern system of international criminal justice, and a giant in the
   field.
   
   "John was a good friend, great colleague and a brilliant and creative
   lawyer.
   
   "John was admired and appreciated for his amazing sense of humour, his
   professionalism and his deep commitment to justice and the rule of law.
   
   "His death is a huge loss for all of us in Chambers, for the British
   and international legal profession, but mostly for his family to whom
   we offer our sincerest and deepest condolences."
   
   The statement also praised Mr Jones for his wit, eloquence and
   benevolence. His colleagues said: "John prepared humbler cases with a
   rigour equal to his higher profile ones. He constantly gave his
   services for free, and his generous spirit and selfless devotion came
   at some cost."
   
   Mr Jones lived in Kentish Town with his wife and two young children.
   
   A statement from British Transport Police said officers attended West
   Hampstead rail station at 7.07 on Monday morning after a man was struck
   by a train.
   
   It said: "He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man's death is not
   being treated as suspicious. A file will be prepared for the coroner."
   
   Messages of support can be sent to condolences@doughtystreet.co.uk and
   cards or letters can be sent to Chambers (53-54 Doughty Street, WC1N
   2LS) to be forwarded to the family.
   
   A fund has been set up for his family, and donations can be made to the
   Doughty Street John Jones QC Memorial Fund (sort code 20-77-67, account
   no. 93017451."
   
Julian Assange's Lawyer Found Dead After Being Struck by Train
by Luismmx, Friday, August 19, 2016 10:15
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2016/08/julian-assanges-lawyer-found-dead-after-being-struck-by-train-3401282.html

  "John Jones 48, one of Britain's  top human rights lawyers, and a
   representative for Julian Assange, was killed last Monday, 15 August
   2016[18 April 2016], when he was struck by a commuter train.  The
   death is being called a suicide.

   British Transport Police were called to the West Hampstead train
   station in North London at 7:07AM on Monday, after the report of a man
   struck by a train. He was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene and
   his death is not being treated as suspicious.

   Jones worked on the same team as actor George Clooney's wife, Amal. He
   specialized in extradition, war crimes and counter-terrorism. He was
   known for taking cases from the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra
   Leone, Lebanon and Cambodia.

   The news is particularly disturbing, as Democratic Strategist and CNN
   host, Bob Beckel recently appeared in a FOXTV interview and called for
   the assassination of Julian Assange (or more accurately, "Just kill the
   sonofabitch!")

   Assange is believed to be planning a strategic "October Surprise" leak
   of a Hillary Clinton email, just prior to the US Presidential Election.
   It purportedly contains information that will definitively put her
   behind bars."

Julian Assange's LAWYER FOUND DEAD after being Struck by Train. Coincidence?
by Alyson Bruu , Published on Jan 23, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTxDRcPWfoM

Julian Assange's LAWYER FOUND DEAD after being Struck by Train. Coincidence?
by MLordandGod , Published on Aug 18, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNJcfXOqiDY  <== deleted
  "Conspiracy against Julian Assange?
   - Julian Assange's LAWYER FOUND DEAD. DIED after being Struck by Train.
   Coincidence? (Body Count Mounting). Disturbing news since the DNC made
   a public TV announcement that Julian Assange should be assassinated!
   Julian plans to leak a Hillary CLinton email in October before the US
   presidential election, that aims to put Hillary CLinton behind jail
   bars. [ ... ]"


See also :
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/john-jones-inquest
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/johnjones-tributes
http://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/article/doughty-street-mourns-john-jones-qc
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/19/assange_lawyer_dies/



Concerns raised over hospital's treatment of 'brilliant' barrister who was hit by train

A private hospital has been told it must make changes after the death of Mr Jones
Published: 19 August, 2016
By WILLIAM McLENNAN
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/john-jones-inquest
http://archive.is/6idM5

  "A LEADING human rights lawyer was allowed to walk out of a private
   psychiatric hospital at 5am while "really unwell" just hours before he
   jumped in front of a train, an inquest heard.
   
   John Jones QC, a barrister who worked on high-profile war crimes trials
   at The Hague, died instantly in the collision in West Hampstead on
   April 18 this year, St Pancras Coroners Court heard yesterday
   (Thursday).
   
   Mr Jones, a married father-of-two, was the head of international law at
   Doughty Street Chambers, Bloomsbury.
   
   He had been admitted to the private Nightingale Hospital in Lisson
   Grove, Marylebone, in March, with a number of mental health issues,
   which had been given a "working diagnosis" of bipolar disorder and
   anxiety by his psychiatrist.
   
   But the court heard that he spent the majority of the time alone in his
   room, refusing to attend therapy sessions or even eat in the communal
   dinning room.
   
   Coroner Mary Hassell raised concerns about his treatment and said: "He
   was in his room, lying on his bed or on his laptop. That seems fairly
   awful in therapeutic terms. To me if I were worried about a person that
   was mentally unwell I would think that environment was the worst
   possible environment for them."
   
   Ms Hassell is to write to the hospital demanding changes she believes
   must be made to prevent future deaths. She said patients at psychiatric
   hospitals must be made to engage with therapy.
   
   She said: "I think his failure to engage was part and parcel of his
   illness."
   
   On the day before his death, Mr Jones, who lived in  had spent the day
   with his family, who had become increasing concerned about his
   wellbeing. The inquest heard  that Mr Jones may have been suffering
   from the side effects of withdrawal from his medication. He returned to
   the hospital, where he was a voluntary inpatient, that night, but at
   5am the following morning he was allowed to leave the hospital after
   filling out his own risk assessment form.
   
   Ms Hassell questioned the efficacy of such a form, which she described
   as "perfunctory".  She said: "Surely there will be in an incentive for
   him just to tick 'no I've not got a risk of this' and then just leave."
   
   In a statement, read to the court, his father, Hugh Jones, said: "I was
   astonished he had gone out so early in the morning when he was in such
   a bad way."
   
   Mental health nurse, Katie McTaggart, who agreed to let him leave, said
   he had shown no signs of being a danger to himself. The court heard
   that, under the Mental Health Act, she could have stopped Mr Jones
   leaving if she was sufficiently worried about his state of mind.
   Questioned about allowing Mr Jones to leave the hospital at 5am, Ms
   McTaggart said: "We can't section someone because it's early in the
   morning."
   
   She said the form was only "one aspect" of their risk assessment,
   adding: "We do constant risk assessments as nurses."
   
   She said: "I didn't have any concerns about him having suicidal plans
   or planning to harm himself".
   
   The court had heard that Mr Jones, who lived in Hampstead Garden
   Suburbs, struggled to continue to work as his condition worsened. He
   had represented Julian Assange as the Swedish government attempted to
   extradite the Wikileaks founder. Among his other clients were Saif
   Gaddafi, the son of the fallen Libyan leader, and Charles Taylor, the
   former Liberian president serving a 50-year sentence.
   
   At the time of his death, he was described by colleagues as a
   "brilliant and creative lawyer".
   
   Doughty Street Chambers said in a statement: "John was admired and
   appreciated for his amazing sense of humour, his professionalism and
   his deep commitment to justice and the rule of law."
   
   Returning a narrative determination, Ms Hassell said that she had no
   doubt he intended to jump in front of the train, but added: "The state
   of his mental health at the time meant he lacked the necessary intent
   to categorise this as suicide."
   
   She said: "It seems to me that at the time of his death he was actually
   very poorly."
   
   She said that CCTV footage proved that he acted alone, adding: "I rule
   out completely the action of any other person."
   
   For confidential support, call Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a
   local Samaritans branch or see samaritans.org for details."

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Assange's Barrister John Jones Q.C. already died on Monday, Apr 18,
2016 so we are basically looking at old news. What did happen last
Thursday, Aug 18, 2016 was that the official inquiry into the Train
accident published a official report :

Concerns raised over hospital's treatment of 'brilliant' barrister who was hit by train
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/john-jones-inquest
http://archive.is/6idM5
"[ ... ] A LEADING human rights lawyer was allowed to walk out of a private
psychiatric hospital at 5am while "really unwell" just hours before he
jumped in front of a train, an inquest heard. [...]"

Anyone heard of a renowned Barrister, who next becomes "Brilliant"
between quotes? Next winds up inside Psychiatric care, was
after-all not so renowned and brilliant but merely only a
"Nutcase" between the ears ?

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https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/765626997057921025

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Great find, Robert. Wow.  Happened in April, and nobody seemed to wonder about  him maybe being  "suicided," after getting "psychiatric" treatment.

Wonder if Assange ever mentioned it, if only to speak about losing a "friend."  After all, he commented about the killing of Seth Rich in far-off DC.

Even if Assange believed, or knew, that it was suicide, he should have devoted a few kind words to his "friend," unless they had a falling-out.  Or, maybe Assange didn't want to publicize his death, to prevent "theories" from being circulated.  Then, again, there are some who think Assange is on a very deep, very long-term CIA/Mossad mission, and, maybe, he knew that his "friend" was beginning to "know to much."

All in all, very very curious, indeed.

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How did it happen that such a great renowned and brilliant Barrister,
the LEADING human rights lawyer got side-tracked into Psychiatric care ?
Or is the entire psychiatric hospital paper-trail made up from the beginning
to its end,  in a apparent suicide by getting hit by a train in West Hampstead ?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN9PHEvauZg
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by Jason Goodman , Streamed live on May 31, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNJ7cHKN2Zk

A long story short, since 2010, ever since Bradley Manning was incarcerated,
there have been intimate contacts between the DNC , Democrats and the left
in general and the WikiLeaks Lawyers, i.e. Michael Ratner based in New York.