by Sharp, Janis
Nadine Stavonina, a remarkable woman, campaigner and speaker on all things autism, for her knowledge, wisdom and tenacity in helping Gary and others with ASD.
Danny Alexander, Peter Hain, Fair Trials International, Menzies Campbell, Julian Huppert, Peter Oborne, Hywel Francis, the joint parliamentary committee on human rights and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Professor John Arquilla, an American intellectual and presidential adviser on cyber-warfare, for showing us the compassionate face of America and having the courage to raise his head above the parapet to uphold traditional American values.
James Slack, Christopher Hope, Martin Beckford, Rory Carroll, Euan Duguid, Ben Boreland, Mary McConnell, James Murray, Michael Frith, John Leyden, Tom Espiner, Dave Neal and Mark Ballard, journalists who fight for right, and online and offline friends who do the same.
Ian Macleod, Lorna Scott, John and Jill Sharp, Charlie and Jeanna McKinnon, Mark and Ofer, Josie Betan, Jim and Helen Litherland, Oliviea and Johnnie, Pauline and Steve, Tamsin and family, Dhiren Shah, and all the wonderful children who were part of our lives, because family and friends matter.
Mike Garrick, Cliff Sullivan, Julia O’Dwyer, Ben Scotchbrook, @Harlechnnorfolk, Paul Stevenson, Les Floyd, Alex Magill, Jerry Pippin, Kerry Cassidy, Dan Bull and so many others who, because of limited space, I was unable to include.
My eternal thanks to all those already mentioned in this book and to those not mentioned, for every email written, letter sent, speech delivered, tweet tweeted, FreeGary avatar donned, article written, video aired, song written and voice spoken in support of Gary being kept in the UK.
Thank you for helping to save Gary.
INDEX
9/11 attacks 1, 2, 3
‘99 Red Balloons’ 1
Abbey Road Studios 1
ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) 1
Aegis 1
Ahmad, Babar 1, 2, 3
Ahsan, Talha 1, 2
Alan Bown Set, The 1
Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin 1
Allen, Johnnie 1
ARM (Autistic Rights Movement) 1
Arquilla, Professor John 1, 2, 3, 4
Assange, Julian 1, 2, 3
Aung San Suu Kyi 1
Axess 1
Aykroyd, Dan 1
Badger, Jackie 1
Baker, Sir Scott 1
Ballam, Pauline 1
Ballam, Steve 1
Ballard, Mark 1
Bangles, the 1
Bannerman, Lucy 1
Baron-Cohen, Professor Simon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
‘Be My Baby’ 1
Be My Parent 1
Beardon, Luke 1
Beatles, The 1, 2
Bee Gees 1
Bercow, Sally 1
Bermingham, David 1
Berney, Dr Thomas 1, 2
Betan, Josie 1
Bevan, Mathew 1
Big Issue 1, 2
Big Question, The 1
Blair, Tony 1, 2
Blake, Basienka 1
Blake, James 1
Blood, Diane 1
Blunkett, David 1, 2, 3
Bow Street Magistrates’ Court 1, 2, 3, 4
Bradby, Tom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Bradley, Jordan 1
British Supreme Court 1, 2
Britton, Fern 1
Brixton Prison 1, 2, 3
Brown, Gordon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Brown, Lord 1, 2
Brown, Sarah 1, 2, 3
Browning, Baroness Angela 1, 2, 3, 4
Buddy 1
Bull, Dan 1
Burley, Kay 1
Burnton, Sir Stanley 1, 2
Burrowes, David and Christmas card for GM 1
and cyber-notes 1
and Diamond Jubilee 1
and Downing Street visit 1
and extradition debate 1, 2
and GM’s medical assessments 1
and Home Office demonstration 1
meeting with Theresa May 1
and NAS meeting 1
and press conference 1
statement to the House 1
and support for GM 1, 2, 3
Burstow, Paul 1
Bush, George 1
Caffrey, Aaron 1, 2, 3, 4
Cameron, David and Barack Obama 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
and Christmas card for GM 1
elected Prime Minister 1
and GM’s case 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
and leader’s debate 1
letter from Janis Sharp 1
and Pink Floyd 1
Cameron, Samantha 1
Campbell, Alastair 1
Campbell, Duncan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Campbell, Nicky 1, 2
Carlile, Lord 1, 2
Cassidy, Kerry 1
Chakrabarti, Shami 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Chamberlain, Neville 1
Chandler, Chas 1
Channel 4 News 1
Charlotte 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Chicago’ 1
Chilean miners’ rescue 1
Chloe 1, 2, 3
Christian, Terry 1
Christie, Julie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Churchill, Winston 1
Cleary, Ryan 1, 2
Clegg, Nick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Clinton, Hillary 1
Connolly, Jean 1, 2
Cooper, Ben 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Copeland, Miles 1
Copeland, Stewart 1
CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) announces prosecution decision 1
drops charges against GM 1, 2
and GM’s judicial review 1
and intention to prosecute GM 1, 2
and Newsnight interview 1
and US’s extradition request 1, 2
Crisis 1, 2
Crosby, Stills & Nash 1, 2
Cumberbatch, Benedict 1
Dacre, Paul 1, 2
Daily Mail 1, 2, 3, 4
Daily Telegraph 1, 2, 3
Dark Side of the Moon 1, 2
Davies, John 1
Davis, David 1, 2, 3, 4
Davis, John 1
Davison, Emily Wilding 1
Despicable Me 1
van Deurzen, Professor Emmy 1, 2
Devotion, Sheila B. 1
Dire Straits 1
‘Dorabella cipher’ 1
Dowler, Milly 1
Downie, Matthew 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Eclipse’ 1
‘Edge of Glory’ 1
Elgar, Edward 1
Elizabeth II, Queen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Evans, Nicholas 1
Exonerated, The 1
Extradition treaty (2003) coalition’s review of 1, 2, 3, 4
and forum 1, 2, 3, 4
imbalance/injustice of 1, 2, 3, 4
and US’s extradition request 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Extradition Watch campaign 1
Family courts 1
Farron, Tim 1
Ferguson, Sarah 1
Finnigan, Judy 1
Fitzgerald, Edward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Free Gary 1, 2, 3, 4
Friends Extradited 1, 2
Fry, Stephen 1
Gallagher, Pete 1
Galloway, George 1
Garrick, Mike 1, 2
Geldof, Bob 1
Gilmour, David 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Glastonbury, Rachel 1, 2
government advisers 1, 2, 3
Grant, Hugh 1
Grayling, Chris 1
Green, Damian 1, 2, 3, 4
Gretna Green 1
Grieve, Dominic 1, 2, 3
Guantanamo Bay 1, 2, 3, 4
Guardian, The 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Gysin, Christian 1
‘hactivism’ 1
Hale, Baroness 1
Hamza, Abu 1, 2, 3
Harvey, Andrew 1
Healey, Kevin 1
Heron, Luke 1
Highcliff Hotel 1
Hirsch, Afua 1
Hi-Tech Crime U
nit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Hoey, Kate 1, 2
Holder, Eric 1
Home Office demonstration 1
House of Lords 1, 2, 3, 4
Howson, Peter 1, 2
Hughes, Simon 1
Huhne, Chris 1
Hynde, Chrissie 1, 2, 3
‘I Believe in Miracles’ 1
‘I Can’t Resist You’ 1
‘I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free’ 1, 2
Icke, David 1
IRA (Irish Republican Army) 1, 2
Jackson, La Toya 1
Jay 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘JC’ 1
John, Elton 1
Johnson, Alan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Johnson, Boris 1
Johnson, Ed 1
Jones, Mick 1
Kaim Todner Solicitors 1, 2
Kay, Maurice 1, 2
Keith, Hugo 1
Kids & Co. 1
Kinks, the 1
Knopfler, Mark 1
KOKO 1
Lawson, Edmund 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Lester Square 1
Letts, Quentin 1
Lever, Mark 1, 2
Liberty 1, 2, 3, 4
Lighthouse Family, the 1
Linehan, Graham 1
Litherland, James 1, 2
Loasby, Paul 1, 2
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1
London Tonight 1, 2, 3, 4
Loughton, Tim 1
Love Actually 1
Lucy (girlfriend of GM) and announcement of decision on extradition 1
and GM’s appeal hearings 1
and GM’s Asperger’s diagnoses 1
and GM’s court hearing 1
and GM’s judicial review 1
and GM’s suicide risk 1
and Home Office demonstration 1
and kittens 1
and Liberty awards ceremony 1
and London Tonight interview 1, 2, 3
meets GM 1
Lunar Girl 1, 2
McAliskey, Róisín 1
McCartney, Linda 1
McCartney, Sir Paul 1, 2
McCorkle, Chantal 1
McIntyre, Michael 1
McIntyre, Ray Cameron 1
MacKinlay, Andrew 1, 2
McKinnon, Charlie (father of GM) children of 1
and death of Elvis 1
engagement to Janis 1
and funeral of Janis’s mother 1
and GM’s nature 1
GM’s relationship with 1
marries Janis 1
moves into Jean Connolly’s house 1
moves to London 1
sense of humour 1
separates from Janis 1
McKinnon, Gary and announcement of extradition
decision 1
appeal hearings 1, 2, 3, 4
arrest of 1, 2, 3, 4
Asperger’s diagnoses of 1, 2, 3
bailed from Brixton Prison 1
birth of 1
and body language 1
in Brixton Prison 1
bullied by classmates 1
and celebration party 1
and ‘Chicago’ record 1
Christmas card for 1
and Christopher Tappin 1
computer obsession 1, 2, 3, 4
court hearings of 1, 2, 3
and CPS prosecution announcement 1
cyber-notes sent to Pentagon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
and Daily Mail campaign 1, 2
and death 1
death threats received 1
and directions hearing 1
eccentricity of 1
education of 1
and ‘end of the world’ fears 1
extradition order signed 1
fear of travel 1
and ‘fitting in’ 1
and foster children 1, 2, 3
and ‘fry’ threat 1, 2, 3, 4
‘fugitive’ status of 1, 2
gentleness of 1, 2
internet ban 1, 2
judicial reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
legal representation 1
‘literal world’ of 1, 2
and London Tonight interview 1, 2, 3
and May Day campaign 1
and media coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
medical assessments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
meets Lucy 1
and military court threat 1
and music 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
naivety of 1, 2, 3
as pacifist 1
and paranoia 1, 2
and parking tickets 1
and plea bargain 1
police interviews 1, 2
and potassium chloride 1
and potential lie detector test 1
potential sectioning of 1
and press conference 1
psychiatric care costs 1
public support for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
and Rachel Glastonbury 1, 2
referred to a neurologist 1
relationship with father 1
relationships, difficulty forming 1
songs about 1
as suicide risk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
and summer camps 1
surveillance on 1
and Tamsin 1, 2
and Twitter support 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
UFO/space obsession 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
vulnerability of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
McKinnon, Jeanna 1, 2
Macleod, Donald John (father of Janis) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Macleod, Ian (brother of Janis) 1, 2, 3
Macleod, Lorna (sister of Janis) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Macleod, Mary May (mother of Janis) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
MacNeil, Angus 1
Madeley, Richard 1
Mae 1, 2, 3
Magill, Alex 1
Maginnis, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Mail on Sunday 1
May Day campaign 1
May, Theresa becomes Home Secretary 1, 2
and change to extradition laws 1
and extradition decision 1, 2
announcement of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and GM’s medical assessments 1
and Home Affairs Select Committee 1
letter from Janis Sharp 1
meeting with David Burrowes 1
Meacher, Michael 1, 2
Mercer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas 1
Michael 1, 2, 3, 4
Michelangelo 1
Mills, Richard 1
Mitting, Justice 1, 2
Molinari, Jim 1
‘Most Astounding Fact in the Universe’ 1
Most, Mickie 1
Mother Superior 1
Murdoch, Rupert 1
Murphy, Professor Declan 1
Muswell Hill Primary School 1
NAS (National Autistic Society) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Nash, Graham 1, 2, 3
National Autistic Society 1
NatWest Three 1
Newman, Cathy 1
Newport, Tracey 1, 2
News at Ten 1
Newsnight 1
Newton, Isaac 1
Norris, Ian 1
O’Dwyer, Julia 1
O’Dwyer, Richard 1
Obama, Barack and Boris Johnson’s Telegraph article 1, 2
and ‘Chicago’ record 1
and David Cameron 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
and US elections 1, 2, 3
Oliviea 1, 2
Olympic Games (London, 2012) 1, 2
One Show, The 1, 2
Orb, The 1
Orwell, George 1, 2
Pankhurst, Emmeline 1
Pannick, David 1, 2
Paralympics (London, 2012) 1, 2
Paterson, Alex 1, 2, 3
Paxman, Jeremy 1
Pearson, Allison 1, 2
Penny, Dorabella 1
Phillips, Lord 1
Phillips, Ronke 1
phone-hacking scandal 1
Pilger, John 1
> Pink Floyd 1, 2, 3, 4
Pinochet, General 1, 2
Pippin, Jerry 1
Pitt, Nathan 1
plea bargaining 1, 2, 3
Police, The 1
Popat, Lord 1
Portillo, Michael 1
potassium chloride 1
Presley, Elvis 1, 2
Project Camelot 1
Raab, Dominic 1
RAK Studios 1, 2
Rebecca (from Lunar Girl) 1
Rebecca (social worker) 1
Rees, Sir Martin 1
Reid, John 1
Research Autism 1
Riley, Melanie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Roberts, Justine 1
Rock around the Clock 1
‘Romeo and Juliet’ 1
Ross, Jonathan 1
Royal Courts of Justice 1, 2, 3
Ruffin, Oxblood 1
Russell, Jago 1
SAAS (Staffordshire Adult Autistic Society) 1
Samson, Polly 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sandé, Emeli 1
Satanism 1
Schofield, Phillip 1
Scotchbrook, Ben 1, 2
Seamark, Michael 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Shapps, Grant 1, 2
Sharp, Janis (mother of GM) and announcement of extradition decision 1
and arrest of GM 1, 2, 3
and Big Issue feature 1
birth of 1
and birth of GM 1
and Blackburn seat 1, 2
at Buckingham Palace 1
and Cameron’s meetings with Obama 1, 2
and celebration party 1
and ‘Chicago’ record 1
childhood of 1
and Christmas card for GM 1
and civil liberties 1
conflict with GM’s legal team 1
co-presents human rights award 1
and CPS prosecution announcement 1
and Daily Mail campaign 1
death of mother 1
and directions hearing 1, 2
Downing Street visits 1, 2
education of 1, 2
and Elton John concert 1
engagement to Charlie 1
exhaustion of 1
and extradition debate 1, 2
and financial worries 1
and fostering 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
and general election (2010) 1, 2, 3
and GM’s appeal hearings 1, 2