Andy Martin was wrongly convicted in 2007 for various charges, and this site is here to promote his case and publicise his plight.
On the 3rd of September 2007, following a two-month trial at Reading Crown Court, Andrew John Martin was convicted, with others, of conspiracy to supply cocaine and, further convicted of possession of a prohibited weapon contrary to section 5(1)(aba) of the Firearms Act 1968. He was sentenced to 5 years for each charge, to be run consecutively and he has now served a little over 2 years of a 10-year prison sentence.
We, his supporters, are outraged at Andy’s conviction and imprisonment purely on circumstantial evidence and the unjustified nature of his conviction case is now supported by the MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE ORGANISATION. Read more about the case here.
Latest News
Date - 2010-02-19
The Guardian have now put an article on their site telling more the story about Andy. It is extremely helpful and gives further insight into the history of the events around the case.
Andy is fully updated on the whole thing and we are looking forward to more news on the firearm conviction and how we hope to get a reversal on that charge.
The Guardian article is fantastic news and helps point the way forward to fully showing the injustice and obtaining the release of our friend.
Date - 2010-01-09
Happy New Year to you all.
I just wanted to let you know there's now an easy way to write to Andy, via email!
It's a new service available at his prison and it's really easy to use. All you have to do is register with www.emailaprisoner.com, set up an account and then email away. It'll cost you 25p per email (less than a 2nd class stamp). You do have to put on at least £5 when setting up the account via paypal but it does mean Andy's guaranteed alot of emails!
Once you've hit the send button, Andy should receive a printed copy the following day... much easier than using snail mail, I'm sure you'll agree! Unfortunately the Prison Service haven't issued all it's inmates with a laptop, so he can't respond but at least he'll know that we all still care about him.
The only information you need when setting up your account is that Andy's at Rye Hill Prison and his number is XE5738.
So, please if you can, get yourself set up with an account and start emailing. Let him know you're thinking about him and keep him up to date with all your news. It'll hopefully keep his spirits up during this difficult time, especially as he doesn't get many visits at the moment.
Thanks
Kimi Vincent
Rob here as well... just so you know, Andy typically gets the message 2 days after you send it, you have 2,000 characters to write and you can't send pictures.
If you need help with this, drop me a line.
Date - 2009-12-15
Well due to me being a bit rubbish recently I never updated the site with the good news that the show in November was a great success.
Enormous thanks to all the acts who made the show one to remember.
Lots of great people were there and more work was done in trying to establish evidence that shows Andy is not guilty.
There will be more news in the New Year and if you are interested in other cases where the law on firearms has been inconsistently applied then there is a case where a chap who handed a shotgun in at a police station has been charged and convicted of posession of a firearm and is likely to get a 5-year term.
Click here for more information
Click here for even more information
Things are clearly very broken in our justice system.
Date - 2009-10-24
OK. It's settled. The line up for the show on the 20th Novemeber is final:
Speak to the bands directly or call in at The Cell on Wokingham Road for tickets.
Date - 2009-06-18
NOW SUPPORTED BY THE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE ORGANISATION SCOTLAND (MOJO)
A song for Andy
"Andy's Song" Redemption by Tom Anderson is now available to listen to here on our musicplayer page.
You can now also purchase the song to donate to the fighting fund for Andy's case..
Newspaper Articles
Reading Evening Post 21st October 2009
Here is a wonderful supportive article about Andy's plight from the local Reading newspaper. This is just more help in highlighting the injustice that has been done to Andy.
This article about the upcoming show is downloadable, just right-click it and save it to your computer.
Reading Evening Post 6th April 2009
As a result of the benefit gig we got great coverage from the local media and met many great and lovely people (thanks to everyone who came down). We have a whole heap of follow up to do so expect to hear from us soon!
The article about the show is downloadable, just right-click it and save it to your computer.
Reading Evening Post 2nd April 2009
Click the image for the full size copy of the article in The Evening Post on the 2nd April 2009.
For more information, you can contact us at info@justiceforandymartin.org.uk
We also have a myspace site for Andy. The address is myspace.com/justiceforandymartin.
If you have any queries about the site, contact Rob McGregor of Computerberks for more information.
© 2009 Justice for Andy Martin