Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy

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yet even as an ignorant 15-year-old, even I remember the great scandal that was the John Stonehouse disappearance.

It took enormous energy, ingenuity and expertise (and some luck) to reveal to the jury the way in which the evidence had been tampered with or was just not there, the extent to which the Home Office expert witnesses had failed to disclose their findings, the possibility that there was an agent provocateur deep at the heart of all that unfolded. Julians expertise has been well utilised undertaking numerous training events for colleagues, Guardians and social workers and others working within the care system. In 1998 Julian moved to London where he opened his own practice, one of the most progressive and exciting firms in London. The biggest point of difference between them is whether Stonehouse was, as many have since concluded, an agent for the eastern bloc.

My two favourite parts of this intriguing story are that you want the greedy corrupt lying bastard to go to prison but you’re also hoping his lame-ass defence plea might get him off the hook but you’re really hoping it won’t - you are torn . Julian is also a published author with the book Stonehouse – Cabinet minister, Fraudster, Spy the biography of the politician John Stonehouse a true story of political intrigue, espionage, a disappearance and an Old Bailey trial.

Exiled to the backbenches during Wilson’s second period in government, clouds of suspicion had been gathering around Stonehouse over both his financial dealings and his relationship with the Soviet bloc. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. As a teenager in the 1970s, current political affairs weren't something I was particularly interested in.This extraordinary dimension of the affair included him delivering one of the most remarkable personal statements ever heard in the Commons in which he blamed his attempt to disappear on a mental breakdown: “I assumed a new parallel personality that took over from me, which was foreign to me and which despised the humbug and shame of the past years of my public life. I read the paperback edition and have since compared to the original hardback as reference was made to some editing issues and it seems those have been dealt with. This book is a brief account of the life of John Stonehouse, with particular emphasis on his botched attempt to fake his own suicide (and the subsequent trial).

This is the biography of John Stonehouse, Labour cabinet minister and Privy counsellor, spy for the Czech State Security (StB) and convicted fraudster.

Lawyer, dedicated father, musician, rugby player and coach, it took 8 years, initially as a concept and for Julian, to pen ‘The Poison Cell’ which he managed in his very limited spare time and overnight as he’s not a good sleeper. Julian Hayes, a prolific criminal defence and child care lawyer, has added author to his list of endeavours with his debut novel ‘The Poison Cell’ due to be released on 23rd November 2017. The prosecuting authorities became convinced that she had been an accomplice in his complex conspiracy to deceive. Released from prison after three years, he married Sheila, had a son with her, wrote some novels and appeared on various TV shows.