Cllr Bawa Allegations NOT New to BENT West Midlands Police!

Its been another explosive week in Sandwell as further fraud allegations rock the corrupt Labour Council. Except that some of the allegations are not new and were buried by bent West Midlands Police in their stinking first "investigation"!

Well over two years ago a member of Smethwick's Muslim community provided me with a number of leads concerning corruption under the Cooper/Britton regime. (Of course, Chief Executive - ROFLMAO - Jan Britton currently remains in his highly-paid post.) This caller explained to me that he and others were sickened by what was going on in Oldbury Council House and that they had thought they had left behind this sort of criminality when they left Pakistan.

He alleged that Cllrs Mahboob Hussain and Cllr Babu Bawa OBE (Order of the Brown Envelope?) used to be great friends before an estrangement and that they had both "made a killing" out of the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) for properties in West Bromwich Street and Foundry Lane, Oldbury. Alas, he was unclear on the details and, being so long ago, I struggled to get to grips with that particular story.

On 2nd November, 2014 following information from a delightful lady I discovered that Bawa had bought a building plot from SMBC in 2000 and I duly put in a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) on 23rd October, 2014 and blogged about the suspicious nature of this transaction on 2nd November, 2014. Here is the link if you want to go back to it:

http://thesandwellskidder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/a-curious-option-on-councillor-bawas.html

On 14th November, 2014 I had a lengthy interview with police officers DS Wayne Haynes and a DC when these matters were raised. I specifically mentioned that I could not get to the bottom of the CPO business but that the Police should be able to do so with their greater investigative powers and access to records. I only personally met DS Haynes once and he appeared to be a very diligent officer. He made copious notes throughout the meeting. Of course, we now know that at least one officer above him was bent and hindered the investigation before pulling it altogether.

In the meantime, Jan Britton's bent paid service had replied to my FOI request on 4th November, 2014:

"As you will be aware, allegations of misconduct or unlawful behaviour are currently being investigated and it is believed that disclosure of the information you have requested would interfere with the outcome of the investigation into allegations related to the sale of the land at Bridge Street, Oldbury. The aforementioned investigation will determine whether allegations of misconduct that have been made are founded or not. Given the gravity of the allegations that triggered this investigation, it is of paramount importance that a fair and impartial inquiry be conducted.....

I can also confirm that we have consulted with the police who, as you are aware, are conducting the investigation. The police have advised that release of this information would impact upon the integrity and validity of their investigation."

Accordingly, they used a statutory defence to avoid answering the FOI. But you will note from the above that both SMBC AND the Police were already fully aware that this was, at the very least, a suspicious deal. Of concern is the fact that we now know that WMP did NOT investigate many of the allegations made against "Sadwell" but effectively also stopped the Council carrying on with its own investigations since they claimed that they were. (I will be writing shortly about another matter where there is alleged collusion between SMBC and WMP to prevent the investigation of a possible crime. They may have both been at it here too.)

Of course, under the disastrous Cooper/Britton leadership [sic] there would not have been a Council investigation anyway. It is also noteworthy that all the Labour Councillors of Sandwell had notice via this blog of this and many other suspicious deals but sat on their hands. No-one at all raised any questions but many preferred to insult and attack me (and my wife) either directly or via The Smethwick Scumbag, Cooper.

You will all be aware that local media like the BBC and The Wolverhampton C*ck-Suckers have, with only a handful of exceptions, bent over backwards (and forwards in the case of the Suckers) to protect Dickhead Darren Cooper and his cronies. Nationally, Private Eye have taken a keen interest but locally, the only voice in the media wilderness has been Adam Smith of the Halesowen News and so it was no surprise when Adam scooped his bigger and wealthier rivals with the latest exposes.

Here is Adam breaking the Bawa story:

2:11pm

These are the audit committee report's findings over concerns over land sales to Councillor Bawa and Councillor Hussain when displaced from their homes by a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) September 1999.

"The council has found indicators that suggest potential collusion and fraudulent practice against the council may have taken place. While it is looking back retrospectively over a period of time which is now nearly 20 years ago, the unique set of circumstances surrounding certain sales, and that Councillor Bawa and Councillor Hussain benefitted from a unique CPO pilot scheme, give rise to these concerns.

In particular in the following areas:

• Why an exclusive bid for self-build plots was only introduced in 1999 after the majority of residents affected by a CPO had already relocated and was restricted to plots of land that Councillors Bawa and Hussain had already expressed an interest in back in 1998.

• That only Councillor Bawa and Councillor Hussain and their immediate family members submitted bids for these plots in September 1999, and that the bids gave the impression of potential cover pricing and bid suppression.

• That for one plot, four bids were received all from Councillor Hussain and members of his family without any declaration to the council that this was the case.

• That the two plots that were sold in March and April 2000 were done so at a value below the guide price, contrary to the agreement at the time the scheme was approved.

• A failure by Councillor Bawa to declare his role as a councillor when a planning application was submitted on his behalf in October 2007. This matter has been referred to West Midlands Police’s Regional Organised Crime Unit and should be referred to the council’s Monitoring Officer.  

• Concerns over one of the sales were raised back in 2001 with the District Auditor. Unfortunately due to the passage of time the investigation team were unable to determine how this matter was concluded at the time.

• That Councillor Bawa never actually took up residence in the property built under the scheme. 

You will see that matters have been referred to the Police but they were already au fait with the information and deliberately shafted any investigation - particularly anything relating to Hussain who enjoys their special protection for "services rendered".

Of course, a number of the other suspicious land deals connected to the Hussain family used the "sealed bids" system as did the sale of the Florence Road, Smethwick property to Cllr Rouf's son.

Incidentally, a senior Sandwell source has told me (although it is currently unconfirmed) that the Chair of the Committee which nodded through the CPO arrangements to the benefit of two of his comrades was that useless streak of p*ss (even by Sadwell standards) Adrian Bailey - now of course Adrian Bailey MP (MP = Mahboob's Patsy?)

Steve Eling: "In you get, Mahboob!"

Jan Britton's bent paid service only recently answered my original FOI. The plot was sold to Bawa for £14,000 but I still can't tell you his profit on the deal. SMBC told me in the FOI that Bawa was entitled to apply "as a resident" and that the sale had been done via sealed bids without mentioning any of the above suspicious details and so, effectively, trying to deceive me yet again.

Clearly the police must re-open investigations right across the board and not just in respect of the new matters this week. As I have shown in this blog, Sandwell Police (part of WMP) are constantly up Sandwell Labour's arse. We know they have been protecting Hussain from proper investigation. We have seen that a local superintendent enjoyed golf and spa "sessions" with senior management. It is alleged a senior manager was shagging a WMP Inspector. High ranking Sup't Basit Javid (brother of the government minister) was directly involved - possibly innocently and/or stupidly - in the bent Public deal. I will shortly be blogging about one or more senior officers actively blocking enquiries into Cooper's vicious and criminal trolling campaign against me and my wife. One or more bent senior officers stitched up the first enquiry. Oh, and who was a craven apologist for the sh*thead Cooper you may wonder - none other than the current Chief Constable.

Accordingly it is essential that this whole stinking mess should be taken out of the hands of West Midlands Police and another force brought in to PROPERLY investigate this and all other matters.

In the meantime, local MP James Morris has written to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid (see above), asking him to intervene to drain the swamp. Watch this space....

PS:  I am anxious to trace the exact address of the shop Mahboob Hussain had in Bearwood/ Smethwick many years ago which "caught fire". I hope someone out there can help. The exact road name would be a start!

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