Let History Judge Me

I wrote my revenge novel THE GANGSTER OF SLANG as an introduction and taster for THE PUNK POET. Plus it was a naughty novel and contained quite a few x-rated scenes. I revealed `bedroom secrets` and exposed my ex-wife as a porno actress and former pub stripper.

Why consider the feelings of a women who betrayed you I hear you ask?
It is true she had three affairs in the 8 months before she left me for perverted pimp and child abuser richard grimson, but for 17 years she had been the love of my life - and so I decided to protect her reputation.
And for 15 or those years she was a wonderful wife and mother of my three children - so morally I felt I owed her.
But trying to protect her identity and reputation was not enough for my ex-wife and I ended up in a Maximum Security prison accused of being `mad` and about to carry out seven murders.
According to the soon to be discredited Dr Best of Pinero House Harley Street I was apparently a 96% risk of becoming a mass murderer.
A complaint against the corrupt shrink is currently under way.
Who was the last person before me in the UK to be jailed for writng a book?
It was Oscar Wilde.
This time there is no danger of my ex-wife getting the law to act on her behalf as The Punk Poet has been read and given the `all-clear` by a media lawyer.

Locking people up for `telling the truth` and writing books was common practice in Nazi Germany of the 1930s and Soviet Russia in the 1960s - but who would of thought the same thing could happen in Essex 2007 ?
I have a background of writing biogrophies about celebs like David Bowie, Rod Stewart and Ozzy Osbourne but THE GANGSTER OF SLANG was my debut novel.

It got five star reviews on Amazon and write-ups in the National Press. Garry Bushell called it a "classic gangster novel".
But somehow it got a lifetime ban (that what they said at the time LOL) and the planned movie version by American producer Frankie Fallon was put on hold.
Well the lifetime ban wasnt worth the bit of paper it was written on - and proof of that is this book.

The Punk Poet is just a updated and re-written version of THE GANGSTER OF SLANG and no Judge can do a thing about it.
My autobiography is now a romantic kiss and tell rather then a gangster novel.
But in my defence THE GANGSTER OF SLANG started life as a diary of divorce, a daily account of my marraige break-up and world falling apart.
I was in pieces, sad, bitter and distressed throughout the writing of my misunderstood and mis-quoted novel.
The authorities failed to take on board that although THE GANGSTER OF SLANG was real-life and based on a true story.
I was a writer and not a killer.

They over-looked that I `killed` richard grimson of 40 Hyde Way Wickford Essex in print and not on the streets of Basildon.

When I was arrested grimson was not dead and was still walking around Wickford.

THE GANGSTER OF SLANG was a `sexed-up` version of my diary sprinkled with violence to make it more marketable as the facts on their own were not enough.
I had to invent gangster Harry Harris, create a sleazy strip club and reveal the sex secrets of my ex-wife.
I had no choice because as various publishers said "Who wants to read about a man falling apart just because his wife left him?"

But I knew I had a story to tell, as it was no normal `civilised divorce`. My wife had left me for a former pimp and child abuser.
So my mundane story became a violent and sexy novel and I ended up in prison accused of being `mad` and a danger to society.
My naughty novel contained just one fictional `murder` but I was arrested and banged-up in a Maximum Security prison accused of being about to carry out seven murders.

I was incarcerated and looking at a life sentance on the `word` of my ex-wife, her parents, boyfriend and a soon to be `discredited` shrink.
As when we got to court Dr Best of Pinero House Harley Street retracted his evidence and refused to repeat his allegations/lies on oath and from the Witness Box.

Proof that I was not mad.
I prison I was asked by a shrink "What would you say if I told you richard grimson had been hit by a bus and killed"
I replied "I would be very happy" and the shrink said "A perfectly normal reply - if I was in your position and he done those things to my children I would of said the same.
My wife had three lovers. A cop. a former pimp and a work colleague (could of been 4 if you include the wedding snapper).
As I admitted earlier I did consider a `hitman` for the child abuser - and did visit his house with a couple of heavies - but I decided that the pen was mightier then the sword - and rather then execute richard grimson on the streets I slaughtered him in the pages of a book.

At the time I thought I was doing nothing wrong and still dont. If the cops wont do nothing to punish him and protect my children - why shouldnt I take the law into my hands?

The reason my diary could not be published in its original form was because I was not famous so in 8 weeks I re-wrote it as a gangster novel.
I rushed it without legal advice and apparently did not disguise the identity enough of my ex-wife and her boyfriend.
The actual content of THE GANGSTER OF SLANG was fine and 100% accurate. I just told the truth but it was claimed in `secret` court hearings that I should of changed the names of my ex-wife and her boyfriend.
The content of the book was never disputed and I was never sued by Julie or her perverted boyfriend.

In fact so sure of I was the facts that I pleaded in THE GANGSTER OF SLANG for both to sue me or take a Lie Detector Test.
As expected both declined the offer.

An official legal letter was sent to grimson with me offering to pay for a Lie Detector Test but he declined claiming his `mental history` and medication would not allow him to take part.
I wonder why they declined the offer to clear their names? I know if some-one called me things like a serial adulterer, child abuser, pimp, pub stripper, porn actress I would want to defend ny reputation.

Think about it, if someone had nothing to hide why would they decline a the opportunity to take a Lie Detector Test?
The `odd couple` knew every claim I made was 100% fact - so again in The Punk Poet I challenge both to sue me.
What got me into trouble with the law was not the factual content but the fictional `violence`.

I admit the imagined `kidnapping` of my ex-wife in the Final Chapter was wrong. It was writen in haste and for dramatic effect.
I knew the final pages would make great cinema and look sexy on screen. But the police would not accept that that the `punishment` of my ex-wife was `lifted` from films like A Clockwork Orange and Get Carter but in hidsight it was a mistake and unfair to Julie.

And I have said "sorry" to her for any offence or distress that I may have caused her. My target was always her boyfriend and my violent revenge should not of involved her.
I have for `for the record` written to Julie and apologised for the final Chapter in THE GANGSTER OF SLANG and apologised for revealing details about our sex life and her past.

The truth is I had a great story to tell without turning it into a soft-porn snuff movie meets Confessions Of A Sex Addict.
I had to `sex it up` just like Tony Blair `sexed up` his documents to justify the Iraq War...So this time I have edited with a rod of iron in my role as the seeker of truth and justice.
The final Chapter from THE GANGSTER OF SLANG has been erased and there is no mention of kidnapping and punishment.
For the record Julie Taylor Johnson was not harmed in any way during the writing of this autobiography.
And the sizzling sex scenes and erotic images borrowed from films like A Clockwork Orange and Get Carter have been re-written.
They have been toned down but not left out because a bit of nudity will boost the chances of a movie version. But great news for fans of the original book the perverted pimp and child abuser still gets executed.
Tortured, doused in petrol and shot in the head.
And that is how it should be. The truth is the intended victim has always been richard grimson the janitor employed by Adam and Sons Finance of Southend and resident of 40 Hyde Way Wickford Essex - and never JTJ.
In a way she was also a `victim` as grimson not only took advantage of her - he lost Julie her family...But fans of  THE GANGSTER OF SLANG will not be let down by this cleaned up version as grimson is still wiped off the face of the earth in the most deserved execution since the demise of Saddam Hussain.