Who Paid? Why?
Remember Mark Duggan? The family man whose partner Semone was so devoted to him that she had three of her four children by him:
“Mark was a good dad, He loved his kids dearly. He idolised them.”
The uncle of whom his niece said:
“…Uncle Markie. Can’t believe I’m writing this. Heaven’s new angel. Never forgotten. Love you, Sara.”
The impoverished son of a decent loving family:
“If Mark had been a gangster he would have lots of money, which he didn’t have,” said Mrs Duggan. “He would have been out all the time with lots of others but he wasn’t. He was a loving boy with a good heart. He loved his children, he loved everybody.
The family of whom stated:
A private funeral will be held on 9 September before a reception at the Broadwater Farm Community Centre.
The family who even denounced family links to keep this funeral quiet and dignified
Pamela Duggan said: “Desmond’s dead and none of his family are coming — we don’t see them. It’s all lies, saying Mark was under their wing. It makes me angry and there’s no way they’ll be here. Mark hadn’t seen Desmond since he was a baby.”
Among the relatives she was referring to is Noonan’s brother, Domenyk Lattlay Fottfoy — he changed his surname to the acronym for “Look after them who look after you, f*** off them that f*** off you”. He has spent nearly half his 47 years in prison after committing dozens of armed robberies and attacks on prison officers, but now runs a security firm.
So why did they end up with the TV soap operas beloved ‘plumed horse and carriage’ making its stately way through Tottenham, preceded by a Bishop? The same horse and carriage that turned out to convey Charlie Kray down the Whitechapel Road, the same horse and carriage that delivered Joey Pyle through Merton to his final resting place, oh and Diana Dors too, whilst we are about it. A horrendously expensive celebrity funeral, way beyond the means of any impoverished family on the Broadwater Estate.
A funeral procession that required 10,000 police officers to monitor the expected 3,000 mourners. How many family men on the Broadwater Estate even have 3,000 family and friends?
In whose interests was it to turn this private family funeral into a showbiz extravaganza – and why did the gentle loving family who just wanted a quiet private funeral allow them to?
The answer must lie, surely, with whoever footed the bill. Anybody know?
September 11, 2011 at 03:55
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How do they get a bishop? By going to a small church.
According to reports it is Bishop Barrington Burrell of the New Testament
Church of God, Wood Green.
So he is not recognised as a bishop by any mainstream church (although they
claim 30,000 members across the UK, which is larger than I expected).
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September 11, 2011 at 17:30
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I once worked for a West Yorkshire born Caribbean chap…. his father was a
Bishop of some church or other. Nice fellow, devoted and very highly
respected.
Sadly, his reputation took a dive when he casually asked me one day “Is
it Easter next week?”
- September 10, 2011 at 20:38
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The Daily Wail has some good photos here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035513/Mark-Duggan-funeral-Mourners-bling-man-shooting-sparked-riots-buried.html
Particularly
telling are items two & fourteen, highlighting the local
intelligentsia.
- September
11, 2011 at 06:25
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So, they really DO live in poverty! Look, all the women have been unable
to get clothes that fit them properly…
- September 11, 2011 at 16:31
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;0))
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September 10, 2011 at 17:21
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Oh my God…. what a tasteless parade of tat.
A shades wearing Bishop – lol – and big gay FAIL!
Hearse pulled by
horses dressed up in drag – FAIL!
Short skirted fat girls. Big black asses,
wobbly cellulite and heels – FAIL!
A fleet of Mercedes – you’re supposed to
walk behind a horse drawn hearse to do it in style – FAIL!
Blinged up
infants complete with shades – FAIL!
The ‘gangster style’ NAZI salute –
FAIL!
What! No New Orleans style Jazz procession too?
To be honest, if the thought of your friends/family giving you this type of
trashy send off doesn’t persuade the Bro’s to give up their guns then nothing
will.
- September 10, 2011 at 20:42
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Chav-tastic.
Who paid-why the taxpayer, of course. Even if the MetPol did not sign the
cheque, the erstwhile wife has no means, so the money is coming from the
welfare dept. Even if the funeral was paid by a “whipround” amongst his
associates the source of their income is mostly obtained from
welfare-scamming clients.
Yep, you paid for it-enjoy!
- September
11, 2011 at 06:24
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“What! No New Orleans style Jazz procession too?”
Glad to see I wasn’t the only one recalling ‘To Live And Let Die’…
- September 10, 2011 at 15:32
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The Met paid, so that it’d look like a real gangsta funeral and thereby
support their proaganda.
- September 10, 2011 at
15:36
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Aha! Interesting and original theory……
- September 10, 2011 at 17:09
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Ah, if only they hadn’t played into the Met’s hands, then. By, well,
being themselves….
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September 10, 2011 at 17:23
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Slightly flawed, though, Ms. Raccoon. Pwoppa naughtie gangstas have
black horses for their send-offs (bad guys, see) so this bloke must have
been a genuinely decent law-abiding sort with his four magnificent greys.
I know, ‘cos I went to Reg Kray’s funeral and he had black horses. I don’t
recall seeing either you or Julia there, though, Anna. Show some respek
next time innit.
- September 10, 2011 at
18:05
- September 10, 2011 at 10:31
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Anna I do not jest! I know this to be very true indeed, although duggan was
killed rightfully in the circumstances the met have stumped up the bill to
appease the family
- September
10, 2011 at 11:51
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Note that, though this is an insult to all normal right-thinking people,
we won’t go rioting and burning.
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September 11, 2011 at 18:24
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No Julia, we’ll just sit here getting our noses rubbed in it as usual,
whilst being divested of over half our income and wondering how we’ll keep
making ends meet.
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September 10, 2011 at 10:06
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Why a Bishop? We have a right to know. I wouldn’t get a Bishop for love nor
money, and I never done nuffink wrong, much.
- September 10, 2011 at 09:31
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No doubt from “income” not declared to HMRC, whoever paid for this
tasteless charade, which dishonours funerals in general, and religious
funerals in particular.
Who paid for the police?
- September 10, 2011 at 08:40
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R.I.P. Mark Duggan
- September 12, 2011 at 06:40
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Bollocks to him.
- September 14, 2011 at 15:34
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Bollocks to you, and all the annaraccoon.com ultra-Tory fascists.
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September 10, 2011 at 08:31
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Carry a gun in a sock (it’s to do with attempting to avoid prints and
forensics) and you are likely to get shot. Saves on the prison costs too.
- September
10, 2011 at 11:49
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What amused me was seeing somewhere that the sock ‘had a hole in it,
ready for use!’.
Surely, it’d make its own hole on use?
Maybe his baby-mamma just wasn’t very good at darning…
- September 10, 2011 at 08:27
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He was such a family man!
“The mother of his 4th child has not been identified, but he is said to
have been in a relationship with another woman, Precious Douhaihy, who told a
newspaper that she was expecting his child. It has been established that Mr
Duggan regularly booked taxis from her flat in Hoxton, north London.”
- September
10, 2011 at 11:48
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If he’d survived the shooting, I wonder if he’d still be able to book a
taxi so nonchalantly…?
- September 10, 2011 at 08:06
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The met police have paid for this funeral.
- September 10, 2011 at
08:42
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You jest Sir, surely – you mean WE paid for it???? Tell me that isn’t
true, please!
- September 10, 2011 at 10:13
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Call me cynical but my first thought was also that the taxpayer must be
picking up the tab.
- September 10, 2011 at 11:47
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Over at Insp Gadget’s blog, there’s a LOT of speculation (and fury)
that the Met have contributed.
FOI request, anyone?
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