Fighting Judicial Corruption
Is Lord Justice Sir James Goss KC
corrupt or incompetent?
My experience of James Goss
by Charles Harris
I was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison on 5 March 1998 by Judge James Goss. Judge Goss also presided over the Lucy Letby case.
In my defence, I had two medical experts. The prosecution presented no medical experts.
The nature and existence of the injuries to both myself and the complainant demonstrate that the prosecution's account of the crime was not possible.
The two medical experts concluded that the injuries were inconsistent with the account given by the prosecution's key witness. That witness stated that I struck the complainant once in the chest with a bottle, causing a primary injury to his nose, in an incident lasting 3-5 seconds. The medical evidence proved that the injuries to both parties could not have occurred in that manner or timeframe, but were consistent with a struggle on a floor containing broken glass.
This same prosecution witness was later found to have committed perjury in the dock during the trial.
I served a five-year sentence. During my incarceration, I paid for the official court transcripts. I found that approximately two-thirds of the proceedings were missing. The transcripts that existed had been edited to such an extent that the prosecution case, as presented by their witness, was not accurately reflected.
My defence barrister, Mr. Sukhbir Bassra, cited *Regina v Cooper (1969)*, arguing that a "lurking doubt" existed. He stated that the crime was not possible based on the evidence and that "the jury could not possibly convict me on the evidence they had heard." He further stated it was "clearly one where the prosecution evidence is insufficient as a matter of law to sustain a guilty verdict."
For the past 29 years, I have sought to prove my innocence and demonstrate corruption and manipulation of the facts in my case. The mental toll has been severe, leading to deep depression and a suicide attempt. The effects of an overdose have left me with lasting physical and mental health issues. This case has ruined my life.
Below I will detail the case with reference to original documents and transcripts.
**Case Details**
The case hinges on the tape recordings and transcripts of the cross-examination of the prosecution barrister and Dr. Jan Lowe. These have been analysed in detail.
Dr. Jan Lowe himself acknowledged that his forensic evidence was altered after the fact.
Over 75% of this cross-examination is missing from the official record. In the remaining 25%, Dr. Lowe's evidence is presented as stating the crime was possible on four occasions, which is false.
As quoted by my defence barrister, *R v Cooper (1969)* held that "THE JURY COULD NOT POSSIBLY CONVICT ON THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAD HEARD."
My two medical experts were:
1. Dr. Jan Lowe, an independent pathologist.
2. Dr. Lesley Lord, the police surgeon.
Dr. Lord's examination of the physical evidence also proved the crime was not possible. Despite my instructions to my defence barrister, Mr. Bassra, to subpoena her to court over a period of one year and two months, she did not attend. Mr. Bassra informed me of this five minutes before the trial started and railroaded me in to court without her critical physical evidence.
** THE DEFENCE OR THE TRUE account of the Incident**
The complainant threw punches at me. I attempted to block them to protect my face. He then kicked me on my lower left leg, causing a large bruise. We both lost balance, and, in self-defence, I pushed him away. We both fell backwards and struggled on the floor for approximately one minute where there was broken glass. Dr. Jan Lowe supported this account of a struggle in his court testimony.
**Dr. Jan Lowe's Report Findings:**
* **Regarding the Defendant (myself):** The injuries to my shoulders, right collarbone, forearms, and left leg were entirely consistent with being involved in a struggle on the floor and being kicked. The three separate cuts on my hand indicated I fell onto glass with an outstretched hand, and were not consistent with someone holding a broken bottle in an attack.
**Dr. Lesley Lord's Conclusions:**
Both medical experts concluded that the existence of all injuries to both parties proved the prosecution's sole witness must have lied. They also concluded that all injuries were associated and happened at the same time during the incident.
**The Prosecution Case:**
Their only witness claimed I broke a bottle on a table, ran at the complainant from five feet away, and struck him once in the chest/face with the bottle, causing him to fall backwards alone. The witness claimed the entire incident lasted 3-5 seconds. This account omitted any mention of a struggle, which directly contradicted the medical evidence proving struggle injuries existed.
The only injury in Dr. Lowe's report that could potentially align with the prosecution case is the main injury to the complainant's nose. However, the existence of all other associated injuries to both parties renders the prosecution's account impossible.
**Reconstruction of the Cross-Examination:**
Video reconstructions based on the original tapes show:
1. The prosecution barrister, Mr. Haring, presented the original case: a single blow causing the complainant to fall backwards alone, which was proven impossible in court.
2. Dr. Lowe stated that the complainant's cheek and ear injuries must have been caused by struggling in glass on the floor, and that his nose, cheek, and ear injuries were all associated and happened simultaneously.
3. Mr. Haring then improvised a new version in which he said physically tongue in cheek and smirking: "that I hit the complainant's nose with the bottle, after which the complainant fell *forwards* five feet onto glass from the same bottle to cause his other injuries."
Judge James Goss was observed laughing at this suggestion. Dr. Lowe rejected this, stating the injuries were from a single, simultaneous event and not two separate incidents.
I was imprisoned for five years. I later told the Parole Board I would not admit to a crime proven impossible in court, and was granted parole—a decision described as unprecedented.
When I later sought the trial transcripts and Crown Court tapes to prove discrepancies in Judge Goss's summing up, I found the documents and tapes had been altered to make the prosecution case appear possible for anyone reading them for an appeal. Official timed records from Bradford Crown Court prove Dr. Lowe's evidence was changed after the fact.!!
Case Details
The entire case revolves around the tape recordings and transcripts between the prosecution barrister and Dr. Lowe. They have been microscopically checked and dissected word by word, second by second.
Dr. Jan Lowe himself admits his forensic evidence was changed after the fact.
Furthermore, over 75.5% of this cross-examination is missing. In the remaining 24.5%, what was proven in reality to be impossible is suddenly stated as possible four times. These statements are simply lies.
R v Cooper (1969), quoted by my defence barrister: "The jury could not possibly convict on the evidence that they had heard!"
My first medical expert was Dr. Jan Lowe, an independent pathologist. My second was Dr. Lord, the police surgeon, whose examination of all the physical evidence proved the crime was not possible.
The complainant threw punches towards me, the defendant Charlton Harris. I attempted to block them by protecting my face. He then kicked me with a sweeping kick to my lower left leg, which resulted in a large bruise. We both lost balance, so in self-defence I pushed him away because people were behind me. We both fell backwards in the direction from where the complainant had come and struggled on the floor for a minute or so where there was broken glass. This was backed up 100% by Dr. Jan Lowe in reality at court.
1. An independent pathologist (Dr. Jan Lowe), male.
2. The police surgeon (Dr. Lesley Lord), female, who never appeared in court.
For one year and two and a half months, I instructed my defence barrister, Mr. Bassra, to subpoena her to court. He lied to me, because five minutes before the trial started he told me she was not coming. My reply was, "Well, I am going home then, because I am not being railroaded. The sheer existence and causation of her medical findings are vital because they back up the defence case 100% and prove that their one witness must have lied, as he said there was no struggle." His reply to that was, "If you go home now it will alienate you with the trial judge, but don't worry, you still have one medical expert here." That was Dr. Jan Lowe, whose evidence they changed after the fact.
**First Defence Expert**
Dr. Jan Lowe's report matches the defence case 100%.
**The prosecution barrister's cross-examination of James Davidson the ONLY harmful prosecution witness he asked this question "This question is VERY VERY VERY important here SO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY HERE, When Harris hit out at the complainant, was that it? Because this will become critical later on in this trial." to which Davidson replied, "Yes, that was it." This is the main difference between the prosecution and defence cases BECAUSE THERE IS NO MENTION OF A STRUGGLE WHICH WAS A MEDICALLY PROVEN FACT, and this exchange has been removed from the doctored transcripts.
**Dr. Lowe's Purpose of Report**
"I note that you wish me to address whether the injuries sustained by the complainant are more in keeping with having been struck by a bottle in the face or with him being involved in a struggle on the floor where there was broken glass."
**Dr. Lowe's Conclusions**
1. **The Defendant:** "The injuries to both shoulders, the right collarbone, and both forearms sustained by your client, Mr. Harris, are entirely in keeping with him having been involved in a struggle on the floor and having been kicked on the outer side of his left leg. The three separate incised wounds on the hand point to him falling on his outstretched hand onto glass and are not consistent with somebody who was holding a broken glass in an attack."
**Short Description of Incident**
"Mr Harris told me that he had been in a scuffle and that someone had kicked him on the left leg. In self defence he had pushed the other person away and they both fell to the floor onto several bottles and glasses."
**Dr. Lord's Conclusions**
Firstly, both medical experts concluded that the sheer existence of all the injuries to both parties proves 100% that the one and only prosecution witness must have lied.
Secondly, both medical experts concluded that all the injuries to both parties were associated and all happened at the same time.
**The Prosecution Case (They had no medical experts)**
Their one and only prosecution witness said I twice hit a bottle on the edge of the table before it broke, then ran at the complainant from five feet, hitting him with a single blow to his chest/face, causing him to fall backwards alone (see "crime not possible"). Then, an unknown man supposedly held him up immediately after he'd gone down. According to this solitary witness, who is a self-confessed perjurer, the whole incident lasted between 3-5 seconds. We have 100% proof of this in the Crown Court taped and transcript evidence.
The absolute most important thing this perjurer has omitted in this compensation scam is any mention of a struggle between us, which is the exact opposite of both medical experts' facts, because the struggle injuries simply exist. You cannot pretend they are not there.
The only admission in Dr. Lowe's report which may fit with the prosecution case is the one and only main injury to the complainant's nose (marked in green). But the sheer existence of all associated injuries to both parties gives the prosecution case no chance of possibility (0%).
PHASE 1
VIDEO BECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE ACTUAL CROSS EXAMINATION OF DR LOWE BY THE PROSECUTION BARRISTER MR HARING PROVEN IMPOSSIBLE IN REALITY AT COURT ON VIDEO FOR ABSOLUTE CLARITY
**Video 1:** Setting the scene of the incident.
**Video 2:** The actual prosecution case: a single bottle blow to the complainant's face/chest to cause the nose, cheek, and ear injuries, with him falling backwards alone, which was proven not possible at court. This bombshell dropped because Dr. Lowe made Mr. Haring accept that the complainant's three separate injuries to his left cheek and the two cut injuries to the back of his left ear must have been caused by struggling in glass on the floor 100%... Also, his nose, cheek, and ear injuries were all associated and happened at the same time.
**Video 3:** Mr. Haring's improvised new version to fit these medically proven facts. He said, physically tongue-in-cheek (bearing in mind everybody, even the complainant himself, said he fell backwards): 1st: "What if Harris hits the complainant in the nose with the bottle for his main injury?" 2nd: "Then the complainant falls five feet forwards with his hands by his side to fall on the glass which had come off the same bottle moments earlier, to cause his cheek and ear injuries, struggling in that same glass on the floor on his own?" Judge James Goss couldn't help himself holding back his laughter at this ridiculous, fake version, trying to fit in with the medical facts of the case!!! Dr. Lowe said, "No way, they were all associated and happened at the same time and definitely not two separate incidents." Obviously, Dr. Lowe never accepted this garbage.
PHASE 2
VIDEO 4 AND 5
THE FALSIFIED TRANSCRIPT WHERE THE IMPROVISED ROSECUTION VERSION WHICH IS POSSIBLE FOUR (4) TIMES (2) TWICE WITH NO STRUGGLE AND (2) TWICE WITH US BOTH STRUGGLING WHICH IS UTTER LIES WITH HIM FALLING 5 FEET FORWARDS GARBAGE TO CAUSE
1st THE MAIN CUT TO HIS NOSE
2nd HIM FALLING FEET FORWARDS TO CAUSE HIS 3 THREE CUTS TO HIS LEFT CHEEK AND 2 CUTS BEHIND HIS LEFT EAR!!
I went to jail for five years, but then I set a UK precedent because I told the parole board, "I'm not admitting to a crime which was proven in reality in court to be impossible." I got parole. It has never happened before and has never happened since.
I tried to get the trial written transcripts/documents and then the Crown Court tapes to prove Goss's lies in his summing up. Judge James Goss found out from Mr. Bassra and Robin Frieze and changed the written transcripts/documents and tapes to match his lies in his summing up, so the prosecution case appears possible for anyone who reads the written transcript at a later date while trying to get an appeal. (See the video reconstructions of this tampered written transcript above in videos 4 and 5, and have a good laugh at the fictitious "falling five feet forwards" garbage!)
The official Bradford Crown Court's own timed records prove undeniably that defence medical expert Dr. Lowe's evidence has been changed after the fact. (**see official document below**)
This means Judge James Goss is guilty of perverting the course of justice.
-Previous Demonstrations
All of these demonstrations featured banners with accusations against Judge James Goss.
1. Outside Bradford Crown Court – Thursday, 5th September 2002.
2. Outside Bradford Crown Court – Thursday, 3rd October 2002.
3. A rooftop protest in Halifax – Tuesday, 4th February 2003.
4. A rooftop protest in Wapping, East London – Monday, 26th January 2004.
5. A rooftop protest on Deansgate in Manchester – Tuesday and Wednesday, 30th/31st March 2004. For this, I was jailed on remand for the equivalent of a six-month sentence for causing a public nuisance. For the last 29 days, I went on a hunger strike, and for the final eight of those, I also consumed no fluids. This was because on the same day that Judas betrayed Jesus, Peter Brenan of Lomax and Geddes Solicitors in Manchester also betrayed me. Due to further unprecedented acts of corruption at Manchester Magistrates' Court, I brought some of my own professional contacts to witness it as proof. They were amazed.
6. A football pitch protest at the F.A. Cup Final between Manchester United and Millwall at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, South Wales – Saturday, 22nd May 2004. (I did not manage to get the banner bearing 'judgejamesgoss' into public view). I returned to Cardiff Magistrates' Court at 9:45 on Friday, 25th June 2004 and pleaded guilty to going onto the football field. They let me off virtually scot-free because they know the evidence I possess is undeniable.
7. A cricket pitch protest at Headingley, Leeds, during the England v. New Zealand match – Saturday, 5th June 2004. I had been repeating my claims for the last eight years with little progress, so I thought I would make a more visible statement. The police did not charge me because they know I am telling the truth.
8. Inside Leeds Crown Court – Tuesday, 13th July 2004. The dishonest defence barrister, Sukhbir Bassra, was present and was made aware of the campaign against Goss and himself.
Q) So why don't they sue me for libel?
9. A cricket pitch protest at Edgbaston, Birmingham, during the England v. West Indies match – Sunday, 1st August 2004. I was charged with running onto a field of play and was due back at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday, 9th August 2004, at 9:30 am.
10. Outside the Houses of Parliament – Tuesday and Wednesday, 14th/15th September 2004 (Parliament Square, Westminster, London).
11. Outside Newcastle Crown Court, where he is the Chief Recorder – 5th August 2013.
12. 15th May 2015 – A leafletting campaign in Kirby Overblow, the village near Harrogate where Judge Goss lives, with www.bentjudgejamesgoss.com leaflets given to every house and public house.
13. At the end of the #LucyLetby trial at Manchester Crown Court – 15th June 2024. I gave every reporter present a slip of paper with www.bentjudgejamesgoss.com on one side and "Free Lucy Letby" on the other.
- Evidence
