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Legitimate Push to Pardon Charles I - A Priority For the Government? By C A Bayford Secrets From the Grave Reveal Provisional IRA Did Not Murder Lord Mountbatten Myth or Legacy; Socrates and Plato by Giovanni Di Stefano Ministry Of Justice and The Home Office Are Defying Parliament by Failing to Remove Foreign National Prisoners The Truth About The Shroud Of Turin By Giovanni Di Stefano

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Royal Blackmail

March 15, 2022

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A six-part series on the story behind the Royal Blackmail Trial based on the book by controversial international lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano has been sent to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for consideration as part of their Netflix deal. Ian Strachan and Sean McGuigan were both convicted in 2008 of blackmailing a member of the royal family, at the time it caused sensational headlines worldwide. Strachan was represented by Di Stefano from the moment of his arrest at…

United Kingdom’s Policy of Arbitrary Detention Now to Be Investigated by The United Nations

August 21, 2021

Lawyers for Giovanni di Stefano currently arbitrarily detained on politically motivated allegations have filed an urgent application with the United Nations for an “urgent intervention” which could lead to Mr Di Stefanos immediate release.

Validity of Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and European Union Withdrawal Act 2020 and Coronavirus Act 2020 by Giovanni Di Stefano

May 10, 2021

Parere Pro Veritate – No Statutory Requirement to Impose Consecutive Sentence on Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ‘Default’ Orders by Giovanni Di Stefano

May 2, 2021

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 relinquished its statutory rights in favour of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 when the said provisions were brought into force albeit POCA 2002 received Royal Assent on 24 July 2002. POCA 2002 is divided into 12 parts consisting of over 460 sections and 12 schedules. Part 2 concerns confiscation orders in criminal proceedings. Contained within POCA 2002 there is not a single word of…

The Inside Story Of Giovanni Di Stefano – ‘How to Win Fiends and Influence Despots’

March 8, 2021

Jim Sheridan, the six times Oscar-nominated writer and director and his core documentary team has bought the exclusive rights to ‘The Devil’s Advocate’, a biography of life with the infamous ‘lawyer’, Giovanni Di Stefano by his son Michael Di Stefano, and are currently in negotiations for a limited documentary series with broadcasters and major platforms.

The Legality of Joint-Enterprise Convictions in England and Wales by Giovanni Di Stefano

September 25, 2020

Parere Pro Veritate 1. In 2002, I, together with Peter Kelson QC (now HHJ Kelson), the late Dr David Thomas QC, Alex Dos Santos and Jonathan Lennon successfully argued before the then Vice President of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division Lord Justice Rose that the conviction of Nicholas Van Hoogstraten of ‘joint-enterprise’ verdict of manslaughter should be quashed. 2. Subsequently, aided by Geoffrey Cox QC (now the Attorney General) his retrial produced a verdict on the orders of…

Coming Soon: You the Jury…

August 18, 2020

OPC Global news and media are pleased to announce that we are in the process of working on a programme coming soon ‘You the Jury’ together with our website www.youthejury.tv and we will update our readers on this project in the near future. However, please find below a glimpse of a production planned and posted on Youtube 8/11/2009 –The Devil’s Advocate on Vimeo ‘THE APPEAL WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED’

Diary from the Inside 21 November – 10 December 2018 part 128 by Giovanni Di Stefano

January 18, 2019

Wednesday 21 November 2018 08.16pm – Today I met two very good lawyers from Wells Burcombe, who came to deal with adjudications. It was nice chatting to young, but very capable, lawyers about the profession. They are both very intelligent and good advocates. The rest of the day I spent drafting a petition to Parliament on what were IPP sentences. Boy, this Government has a problem with the English language – what does abolish mean to you? It means…

Essex Crime Writer Controversially Jailed in 2012 Seeks Judicial Review for ‘IPP’ Sentences Abolished In 2012 by Giovanni Di Stefano and Caroline Bayford

January 14, 2019

Essex crime writer Terry Smith has issued a Judicial Review against the Ministry of Justice to review how IPP sentences are administered. Smith, who was controversially convicted and sentenced in 2010 after a failed trial resulting in the Jury refusing to convict, to an ‘Indeterminate Public Protection’ sentence with a minimum of 12 years, contends in his Judicial Review that those who have committed murder when they were under 18 have had their release mechanism criteria changed from the…

Legitimate push to pardon Charles I should now be a priority for the government? By Caroline A Bayford

September 16, 2022

Over 400 years ago King Charles II was crowned King. He was very much a promiscuous person who had more than 13 illegitimate children, yet, ironically, had no children with his wife Queen Catherine of Braganza. It is said that the Royal lineage with Prince William and Prince Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana Spencer, could be traced to King Charles II.

Diary From the Inside 14 – 31 July 2022 Part 184 by Giovanni Di Stefano

August 23, 2022

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Thursday 14 July 2022 18.01 – A relatively good day (is) but let’s see how things pan out next week. I was thinking today about my afternoon ‘chats’ with Lily Safra in Monaco. You know she never paid for our coffee or croissants but only ever nodded her head to the waiter. What a colourful lady and may she rest in peace. Friday 15 July 2022 18.10 – Let me tell you what life is about here. Today –…

Exclusive: Murder Most Foul And The Truth Behind The Downing Of Swissair 111 – A Lucky Escape For One – Giovanni Di Stefano

August 17, 2022

On 2 September 1998, Swissair Flight 111 departed New York, United States of America, at 20:18, on a scheduled flight to Geneva, Switzerland, with 215 passengers and 14 crew members on board. Some 53 minutes later, the flight crew smelled an abnormal odour in the cockpit. Their attention was then drawn to an unspecified area behind and above them, and they began to investigate the source. Whatever they saw initially was shortly, thereafter, no longer perceived to be visible.

FIFA President Rouse Helped England Win The World Cup By Hiding Portuguese Complaint To FIFA In 1966 By Giovanni Di Stefano

August 2, 2022

On the 22nd of August 1960 in the eternal city of Rome, FIFA chose England as the venue for the 1966 World Cup. It easily defeated the bids of both West Germany and Spain.

Secrets From The Grave Reveal Provisional IRA Did Not Murder Lord Mountbatten

July 23, 2022

History says on that the 27th August 1979 the provisional IRA ‘carried out’ two attacks, both North and South of the border, which would be etched into the history books as the day that left 18 British Army personnel dead and the Queen’s cousin assassinated. Lord Mountbatten was the grandson of Queen Victoria, one time commander of the Allied Forces in First Sea Lord, retired Admiral of the Fleet, and the last Viceroy of India and Earl of Burma.

Myth or Legacy; Socrates and Plato by Giovanni Di Stefano

July 23, 2022

Around 2,500 years ago in a city called Athens, a certain person was executed. Why? Because he was nosey and asked too many questions. Now, there were many philosophers before his time which teachers and academics will know but it really is Socrates who effectively put philosophy on the map. So, let’s call him Saint Socrates the Patron Saint of Philosophy. He was as best as it can be but a weirdo. He had a boxer’s nose, the stomach…

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