Fra WACCOE:
Andy L (Loftus)
As most of you are aware on 5th April it is the 10th anniversary of my brother Chris and Kev Speight death's in Turkey. If you are attending the match then it is being organised for everyone to turn their backs on the pitch as everyone did over there when it happened. I would urge you all to do this as a mark of respect and to give us some publicity that the trial is still ongoing.
If there is anyone who wont be attending the game then the family and friends will all be meeting down at Elland Road 11am. We plan to put some flowers down and there will be press and MP's there who are trying to get a conclusion to the trial.
For those that dont know Demir had his flat searched and they found a knife with both of their blood on it but he was released from jail in 2004 due to some new Turkish law around civil rights. We have been waiting for an appeal on this but nothing has happened.
They also had massively reduced sentences because they said we provoked them. At the coroners inquest i made the solicitor ask west yorkshire police spotters if this was the case and they said we had done nothing wrong and that we where ambushed coming out of the bar. They had been following us all night and the shoeshine boys had all the knifes on them.
This evidence has never been presented to the Turkish courts and west yorkshire police are now refusing to provide us with evidence from the trial saying it could cause an international incident.
I could go on about this but i think you get the picture that we have been passed from pillar to post without anything happening.
If you look on the site
http://www.leedsfansremembrance.com/leeds-...er-to-local-mp/ we have started to write to MP's to get them to put some pressure on the Turkish courts. Feel free to do the same.
Can i also thank you all for your support throughout this. I know at the time it meant a lot to me and the rest of the family to see the amount of people putting shirts at Elland Road and showing their support.
http://www.leedsfansremembrance.com/leeds-fans-remembrance-letter-to-local-mp/