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Matthew Gibbons - York A.R. and AntiFa Police Informant

Animal Liberation Central Intelligence Unit | 15.09.2009 23:22 | Animal Liberation | Sheffield | World

Matthew Gibbons - York A.R. and AntiFa Police Informant






The Animal Liberation Central Intelligence Unit has recently discovered information concluding that Matthew Gibbons, (now) formerly of York Action for Animals and York AntiFa, has been acting as a police informant. (For information purposes only, Gibbons' details are  pizzamatic@hotmail.com //  mattgibb@talktalk.net // Mob: 07590 922288)

When he is not sat in his shop getting overly drunk and adding people he doesn't know on facebook (yes, one of those people with over 2,000 'friends'!), or being the lone 'vegan' working at the York branch of Pizza Express, Gibbons is passing details of actions and groups onto his handler, David Hall at North Yorkshire Police. Information passed on concerns both York and Leeds Antifa, plus Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty.

If yo thought it couldn't get any worse than that, you were wrong - Gibbons is now an active member of the fascist football hooligans English Defence League!

We have attached a number of images of Gibbons, so please circulate them and beware of him.

EMAILS BETWEEN GIBBONS AND THE N.Y.P.

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
To: Hall, David
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 5:09 PM
Subject: Leeds - DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL

Hello David,

Please do not reply directly to this email, other people also have access to my computer. I would like to recieve an acknowlegement, however, do not include any substantive detail.

The event in Leeds, that I have previously told you about, is of course to be on the 18th of October, and not the 8th of October - I think that I may have passed on the incorrect date in error due to imperfect keyboard typing. - It is definatly on the Saturday.

The neo-nazi 'British Peoples Party' (Kevin Watmough and Kate McDermody) are planning to hold a racist anti-'hip hop' demo outside HMV in Leeds city centre - the word is that this is just a pretext for a fight with anti-fascists.

They are in for a big shock.

No matter how many 'hard men' they bring along, they will simply be outnumbered, anti-fascists have already begun distributing leaflets in York and next week plan to give out leaflets and mobilise support from the Black areas of Leeds and Asian areas of Bradford to encourage people to be in Leeds city centre on the 18th to confront the racists.

It has almost got to the point of no return, and the only way that I can think of, that complete chaos can be avoided is if the Police find some pre-text to forbid the racist demo from going ahead and dis-bar the BPP from Leeds city centre on that day. (and crucially, let it be known that this is what has happened).

I plan to be in Leeds on that day - let me know if there is any info that I could obtain that could be of use.

I hope that this info is useful, and I hope that you take this email in the spirit that it is sent.

Matthew,

==============================================================

From:  pizzamatic@hotmail.com
To:  david.hall@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
Subject: Political Information - THIS EMAIL IS IN STRICT CONFIDENCE
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:04:09 +0000

Dear David Hall,

You may not recognise this e-mail address, however, I am Matthew Gibbons of [Personal info removed as per:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/static/privacy.html#Personal_Information].

At one stage I was providing information to the North Yorkshire Police Intelligence, however I have lost the mobile number that was given to me to contact them with information.

So I am contacting you, in strict confidence.

I have just returned from the anti-fascist demo in Leeds city centre (13/06/09)

Although I have not been involved in the political scence for the last 6 months or so, I attended the demo and filmed most of the event, both with covert hidden video cameras that were in my bomber jacket and also in my basball cap, as well as an overt camcorder.

Although it is generally accepted that the West Yorkshire Police lost control of the the demo at one point, and up to 500 protesters took charge of the streets of Leeds for a brief period of time, the police were by and large, well behaved, except for one incident when a mature police officer assaulted a 16 year old boy by grabbing him by the scruff of the collar and shaking him - not too serious I know, but I have the entire incident captured on video.

I am in the process of creating a video of the day to publish on 'you-tube', however I will not publish this incident at this stage, for tactical reasons

THE REASON THAT I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW

is that I have now made contact with the Leeds anti-fascist "Anti-Fa" cell. ( www.antifa.org.uk ) and I am now privy to various bits of information that may of of value to the police - for example the plans for Leeds Antifa to involve and recruit the support of the Leeds United Football Club supporters group and in particular, the notorious "Leeds United Service Crew" football gang who apparently are about to declare themselves anti-fascist and against the BNP and ready to take on and fight any football team supporters, including West Ham or Glasgow Rangers (fascist/orange)

On the demo, in Leeds, I was followed around by "Mr Scrivens" from the 'Forward Intelligence Team' (FIT Team - photo and video available) - even after the event he followed me into a pub and asked how my girlfriend was doing - clear harrasment - however in the spirit of co-operation I will not follow up on this matter at this stage.

Please can you ask the Police Intelligence Unit that I was previously involved with to get in touch with me because I have information that they will be interested to hear - I now have a new mobile number, it is 07590922288.


Regards

Matthew.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject: RE:
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:48:39 +0100
From:  David.Hall@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
To:  pizzamatic@hotmail.com

Matthew,

Many thanks for feeding this into me and I am very appreciative of your kind assistance.

It is quite pertinent in so much as I now head up operational policing for NYP and therefore any insight into such tactics is particularly helpful. Accordingly I will be grateful for any further information of this nature.

As you know from our previous dealings I am very much an individual who wants to ensure that we police protests at the right level and in recognition of fundamental / lawful rights to do so. With this in mind I am very happy to maintain our dialogue in the future.

Best wishes,

David

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Animal Liberation Central Intelligence Unit

Comments

Display the following 110 comments

  1. nice work! if he is in the EDL I expect it is as an informant — James Bond
  2. this is true — agree
  3. Can the poster — Intrigued
  4. More Info — Anon
  5. Spreading the message... — watchyourback
  6. It's taken a long time — Mr Magoo
  7. Re: — Concerned Northerner
  8. emmm — stu
  9. Hell has no rage like love to hatred turned... — Anonymous Up North
  10. Truth — Matthew
  11. The emails are written in his writing style — someone who knows him
  12. Tony White's Spies — Grass Cutter
  13. @someone WKH — Matthew
  14. @someone WKH — Matthew
  15. Hang your head — Vegan Melody
  16. ER..... — Dave
  17. @Vegan Melody — Matthew
  18. Answer please ? — concerned of gipton
  19. @concerned of Gipton — Matthew
  20. EDL shirt — Matthew
  21. Pizza Express — Matthew
  22. Service crew declaring themselves anti-fascist? — Leedsman
  23. Shame on you ! — ALFie
  24. @Leedsman - Bang on Mate ! — Matthew
  25. @Alfie — Matthew
  26. why are you wearing — an EDL shirt?
  27. Actual truth — Matthew
  28. Answer the question ? — concerned of gipton
  29. Antifa Plant — Grass Cutter
  30. Leedsman — Lawnmower (a common grass cutter)
  31. What utter bollocks from Matthew — Animal Libber
  32. @animal libber — Matthew
  33. Billy Liar — Mr mister
  34. Matthew — Animal Libber
  35. Matthew spotter — Archivist
  36. We have no way of knowing if "Matthew" in the comments is genuine! — anon
  37. Gibbering gibbons — Jack
  38. Concerned. — Nazi Hunter
  39. This is a set up and a fix. — Matthew
  40. EDL Shirt? — Dave
  41. Some observations. — York vegan
  42. Pizza Express — AR
  43. Racism — Poster
  44. observations — rabbit (likes to eat the grass)
  45. @AR — York vegan
  46. @ York vegan — AR
  47. Re: What Bollocks! — Anti Fascist And Proud
  48. In the know — Stiggers
  49. York Vegan shops in TESCO — About York Vegan
  50. domestic — very concerned
  51. Oh yes he did! — summer sun
  52. @ about york vegan — very concerned
  53. @ matthew - 16.09.2009 19:52 — billy bob
  54. @ About York Vegan (Aka Sarah Larkins) — York vegan
  55. What is happening here? — YorkAR
  56. The EDL shirt. . . — Yorkie
  57. Larking — Someone who knows.
  58. Mr Fact — FACTS
  59. Update — A relative of Matthew
  60. OMG!! — YorkAF
  61. This is true. — NHS nurse
  62. please stay off the grass — stick to the paths
  63. eh? — Smokeandmirrors
  64. Re: — York Activist
  65. It's all gone a bit Suzanne Jaggers — HalifaxAR
  66. I am infact — Suzanne Jaggers
  67. Spade for Mr Gibbons... — Someone who knows people
  68. to be completly honest — noone
  69. apparently — lol-monster
  70. It runs in the family. — Genealogist
  71. LARKING AROUND — Not So Funky Gibbons
  72. The truth please. — York vegan
  73. i have it on good authority — and btw, why can't we read hidden comments on this post?
  74. Re Lara Saunders — Lynn Sawyer
  75. @ Genealogist — York Person
  76. Comment — Paul Blanchard
  77. @ btw — York vegan
  78. @ Genealogist — York vegan
  79. The truth is sometimes stranger than fiction — Old Labour
  80. ANYTHING that comes from a computer cannot be trusted... — anon
  81. Copwatch — PC McTroll
  82. Just doesn't ring true — Bakunin
  83. ANTIFA Statment — Aunty Fay
  84. YAFA info — York activist
  85. Madness — Convict
  86. Thank God!!! — Phew
  87. Watch Out - neo-Nazi and State Trolls about — Troll Destroya
  88. "York Activist" — ...
  89. Show us the printouts from the emails — anon
  90. I recognise him — Poacher
  91. He is a Poacher , I recognise him as well — Anglian
  92. Boxing Champ — Skin
  93. latest news — Bakunin
  94. All very strange... — anon
  95. What a load of crap! Matthew is innocent. — anon
  96. Sounds like a 'nice' girl — john
  97. Larking at bay! — Paul B.
  98. The "Central Intelligence ALF Unit" [or whatever] is a stupid little boy. — anon
  99. Now we hear the truth — bakunin
  100. More on Larking — Mark
  101. This is more like it! — Luke
  102. Oh come on now! who do you think we are? — DR Doctor
  103. Time to move on — Little Miss Vegan
  104. I'm waiting — Luke
  105. It's time — Vegan Melody
  106. Leave Matthew Gibbons and his girlfriend alone. — leave me alone
  107. Barmy not army — non-poacher
  108. let hear it — smokescreen
  109. Quack — duck lover
  110. I agree — York veganism

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