I fought the law and I won

Whistleblower claims legal system corrupt to the core

- by LANCE WARBURTON

IN a bold challenge to institutional power, author Wayne Leighton has released a scathing exposé detailing over a decade of claims of epidemic corruption within the UK police and judiciary.

His book, detailed on his website findyourpassion.pro, chronicles a personal battle against North Yorkshire Police and the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), backed by court transcripts, official documents, and evidence of systemic cover-ups.

As Leighton prepares to publish, he claims authorities have launched a brand new covert operation against him — echoing tactics from their past covert operation in 2015 — and points to their silence on his public accusations as proof of guilt.

Leighton’s journey began in 2012, when he advocated for his friend, proving through documentation that North Yorkshire Police had unlawfully entered premises by force, and seized property without warrants on 11 occasions. When the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC, formerly IPCC) dismissed the complaints, Leighton successfully challenged them in the High Court via judicial review.

The IOPC admitted that its decision was ‘irrational and unreasonable’, quashing it and ordering the disclosure of warrants which Leighton alleges never existed, exposing the entries as burglaries and branding North Yorkshire Police as ‘organised criminals’.

Following the successful judicial review in 2013, and the order for disclosure of the warrants by the IOPC, rather than comply with the law, Leighton claims North Yorkshire Police opted for retaliation: a malicious covert operation involving undercover spies, fraud, 24-hour surveillance, and abuse of public funds.

Leighton writes in his book that the judiciary ultimately covered up the crimes committed by the police by dismissing his claims on procedural technicalities, rather than addressing the substance, with the IPT and the High Court playing a key role in the cover-up.