Truth For Tim
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Hello, my name is Michael James Wall, and I am the youngest brother of Timothy Jon Wall. We were both born and raised in the Shoreham by Sea area, near Brighton on the South Coast of the UK. I am 44 and my brother was 54, when he died on Shoreham beach on 30th October 2020.
This is my gods honest account of what’s happened to me and Tim, since 4th May 2020, when, in the first lock-down, we both called the GP for help, and Tim subsequently called 999 for the first time
I am appealing for help and support to pay for legal representation, to act for me and enable them to raise the questions to all witnesses at my brothers inquest on our behalf, and ensure the truth for Tim is told. The inquest is currently scheduled for 27th January 2022
Please help me to raise the funds to enable me to hold all those accountable for the repeated systemic failings of all services, to help or support us correctly in the months leading up to Tim’s death, and the acute failings since that have caused further unnecessary grief and trauma
I appeal to any HUMAN RIGHTS / INQUEST LAWYERS, independent psychiatrists, and private investigators to get in touch, we cannot be expected to do this alone anymore. These are just some of the failures i've been experiencing
• Failures of safeguarding and all social services to intervene
• Failure to immediately investigate and interview all family members after his death
• Negligence in the eventual police investigation and contrasting information provided by police
• Failure to understand, recognise or stop domestic violence and abuse
• Failure in duty of care and registering family information while in hospital
• Failure in duty of care and registering family information while in hospital
• Failure to advise or support, inform, listen or talk to all direct family members, that were faced with a mental health crisis
• A complete disrespect, disregard, and lack of compassion, causing serious further frustration, distress and trauma
• A complete disrespect, disregard, and lack of compassion, causing serious further frustration, distress and trauma
I am appealing for support to be able to stand up and show EVERYONE where this is has all gone so hideously wrong,
No learning from this nightmare can happen until the truth is told. My brother was silenced, I will not be.
I have reached out to the system many times in the last 18 mths; in previous social work I was trained to do so, but each time I have not only been failed, but the situation has been aggravated by them, and each time I have been left feeling more and more frustrated and further traumatised.
These system failures have caused monumental and devastating effect on Tim's right to life, the police have failed to protect him and me me from serious harm, physical violence and ultimately death and are still failing to this day, we are both victims here.
My MP Andrew Griffith and his office have been the only understanding and truly compassionate official body that have tried to help
Background
Tim was 10years older than me, I am the youngest of 4. I idolised Tim growing up, he was always there for me, he was my protector, he introduced me to my greatest love, my music. He was into Ska and reggae first; Madness was endlessly playing (he took me to meet them when I was 3) and Bob Marley was our hero. I loved him and he loved me. Then along came the rave scene and acid house and he guided my entry into to the underground dance floors and ultimately my career path, as DJ/Producer Wax Worx.
Tim was 10years older than me, I am the youngest of 4. I idolised Tim growing up, he was always there for me, he was my protector, he introduced me to my greatest love, my music. He was into Ska and reggae first; Madness was endlessly playing (he took me to meet them when I was 3) and Bob Marley was our hero. I loved him and he loved me. Then along came the rave scene and acid house and he guided my entry into to the underground dance floors and ultimately my career path, as DJ/Producer Wax Worx.
When I was 17 in May 1994 tragedy hit our family. Our Dad died unexpectedly at the age of 59. He was a gentle, loving, caring hard working man, half Burmese and of Buddhist faith and nature. Our world stopped turning, the shock was extreme, we were never given any support to talk about it.
Tim then became a father figure to me and 4 months later, he took me away travelling, to literally the other side of the world. In New Zealand our adult adventures began, and from there to an extended few years in Australia. We spent many years abroad, and when back in the UK, we worked together as youth mentor support workers, for marginalised young people from this country, and for those seeking asylum here. We made many good friends along the way, all of whom I am in touch with today.
While I became a DJ, Tim continued working his way through positions in the care system, we always remained very close.
Although signed off, he was still employed by West Sussex Council as a Leaving Care worker when he died at age 54.
Although signed off, he was still employed by West Sussex Council as a Leaving Care worker when he died at age 54.
On Friday 30th October at just after 3:10pm PC Dan Gayle knocked on my door, as he asked to come in, my gut turned over and I knew something terrible had happened to my brother.
He told me Tim was dead. All he could tell me was that he had been found on Shoreham West beach at around 13:30 and asked me if he had a boat? I said No, I asked what had happened, he said they could not say.
I already knew this police officer, he was the same one that I and my wife had taken to the family home where he still lived, while Tim was in voluntary psychiatric care, just 6mths before.
For legal reasons the family member he was co-habitant with I cannot mention.
I asked him if he had been to that address he was living at, he said no. My fear levels then escalated through the roof. My brother had been found just a few minutes’ walk from his house? He had been living there for 10years! The police knew he was living there, they’d been heavy police involvement already, why had they not been there yet?
I asked Dan to accompany me to their house, my wife drove and followed the police car from Henfield to Lancing, a storm had just come in, it had just got dark, it was raining, we didn’t speak, I was in shock, my mind was racing out of control.
We pulled up outside and jumped out of the car, the gate was open, Tim's dog was barking and there were no lights on. I walked up the driveway with the police and knocked on the door. The person he lived with came to the door, I said something bad has happened, can we come in? They said No that only the policeman could go in, I turned, devastated and destroyed, we sat in the car while Dan went in with the news.
My sister and nephew turned up within minutes, they went in, shortly after my nephew came out, made a phone call in the rain, and then went back inside. About 15mins later Dan came out, said they had told me to go, that I would be called in a few days.
THAT CALL NEVER CAME
At 9pm that night my eldest brother made an announcement on FB, telling everyone that Tim had taken his own life, despite the police saying they could not say what had happened yet! My eldest brother had no relationship with Tim for 30years, we both hardly knew him
My phone exploded; nobody I knew that also knew Tim had been told anything yet!
4 days later my wife called the police, desperate to find out what was going on, she was told to make a complaint that she had not heard anything, and they would respond in 14days!
I expected an investigation would have started immediately; I now know that the investigation didn’t start it till December.
I called the coroner’s office, they categorically stated that there was no cause and was circumstances was totally unknown as to what had happened at this time.
Details
My brother was seen floating in the water alive off West Beach Road on Shoreham Beach on at around 13:30pm on Friday 30th October 2020, a witness said, "he looked like he was trying to bring himself in and had got to the rocks".
2 witnesses saw him in distress, but when the ambulance arrived at around 1:40 they pronounced him dead at the scene
I made an appeal for information on 16th Nov 20
We are now 1year and 2 months later and we still don't know what exactly happened to my brother, and I have had no help or support from "the system' and had to deal with an ever escalating and deteriorating life damaging ongoing situation,
The circumstances, events and graphic failures have still not been recognised, realised or addressed, and I am not afraid to tell the truth and ask for help...
The circumstances, events and graphic failures have still not been recognised, realised or addressed, and I am not afraid to tell the truth and ask for help...
LEADING UP TO HIS DEATH
Tim had been seeking help, from me, his family, from his work and from the NHS support system. He had spent his life caring for many vulnerable children and young adults. We both have training in this field, and we know how important it is to ask for and get help, he wanted to talk about his mental health and the abuse he had suffered in childhood. He repeatedly stated that he was not suicidal. Nobody should be stating or have ever yet jumped to the conclusion that he took his own life.
All medical notes classed him as LOW RISK
Now I finally have information from the coroner, all of the physical evidence currently points to the fact that was not a likely scenario and says he did not want to end his life.
All medical notes classed him as LOW RISK
Now I finally have information from the coroner, all of the physical evidence currently points to the fact that was not a likely scenario and says he did not want to end his life.
This situation is multi-faceted and complex, but ultimately the failings of "the system" to help my brother and me have been catastrophic.
They do not understand or recognise how to help those in domestic situations. Our #mentalhealthmatters and first and foremost in #mentalhealth everybody needs to TALK
EVERYONE should be listened to and heard. The last thing Tim expressed to me, was that "he wanted us all to talk openly together as a family", on 5th may he gave Manor Practice GP full authorisation for me alone to be trusted with his medical information, sadly he never got to tell me that, as a few days later, once he’d voluntarily admitted himself to Meadowfield Psychiatric Hospital in Worthing on 6th May he blocked any information to me
From that moment everything went wrong, I was in fear and being given ZERO information from anyone.
Further violent and unnatural incidents started occurring, my living nightmare began, and continues to this day….
Nobody should be left out feeling alone, in fear, isolated, frustrated and in the dark, not me, nor him. I feel his pain and frustration, I know it and understand it all too well now, as I am being put through similar pain.
I was physically prevented from talking, seeing and speaking to my brother since 6th May 2021.
I was physically prevented from talking, seeing and speaking to my brother since 6th May 2021.
I only got to see my brother once more, on 18th June, outside in the road of our family home, I never ever got to talk to him again, I never pressurised him, I tried to speak to the medical staff and those who were caring for him, but was given no information. All the time I knew this was the most un-normal behaviour from my brother, but I was dismissed every time.
One thing I know, everything that has happened since he died, is the last thing he would have wanted.
Tim was in the care in the community of Sussex NHS when he died, they have already admitted 5 acute failings. No.1 being Zero support to the family 2. Not listening to all family members, the list goes on…
This along with the time and money that the police have wasted, and their inability to help Tim, me, my wife, or my foster brother is shocking. I know the system is underfunded, overworked, and underpaid, but lives are being lost by the incompetence of the system, and we can't just sit by and let that happen to us all.
The system fail to intervene, fail to listen, fail to really digest what you say, they show little compassion, or any respect, they appear to be desensitised, they fail to address and understand crisis situations. This leaves them to deteriorate and escalate, and so further harm comes to all, they do not protect us. I wish none have us had ever called any state services in the first place.
I am the only person from the family that is asking questions at the inquest, the only one raising the issues, and standing up for Tim, as I know he would always have done for me; I will not rest until the truth is told.
I need help to raise the funds to instruct a barrister and get legal representation to speak for me and Tim at the inquest, I believe it should be Article 2 and have a huge amount of evidence that can be provided immediately.
Justice must be served for all. We are losing too many brothers and sisters to these failings, and it needs to stop NOW
I would be so grateful if you can donate, and if you can’t, a simple share goes such a long way
To get in touch with me message here
Thank you for you time and all your support, I could not do it on my own, with love Michael
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