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Welcome to Simon's Website
This website is dedicated to honour Simon Murden's life and memory and to the inspiration he has left with his friends and family to find a focus and meaning in what would have been his work in Africa. Simon worked with his father David, for The And Albert Foundation, a registered charity (no. 1072068) based in Beverley, East Yorkshire set up to create long term ethical trade with villages in the developing world. The charity is also involved in community healthcare, sustainable development and fresh water well projects. If you would like to leave a message for Simon or his family, then please go here>
Simon Murden, Jean Charles de Menezes, Mark Saunders, David Sycamore all requiring JUSTICE and ACCOUNTABILITY
The pain, shock and horror of the Inquest disclosures and then a verdict still against Simon, delayed our announcement appearing on this website. We are finally agreed, in the light of other equally shocking deaths, we must publish further details of the way we have been treated and how Simon’s life was taken. The first document is the private letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ken McDonald, in 2006. This we were asked not to disclose then as the case was still sub judice and there was also a threat of an injunction by the Police on publishing anything further about the case on the web or by the media. We are also disclosing the replies we gave to his letter in our meeting in October 2006 and also our final one in 2008. • Click here to view the Murden Family's disclosures following the Inquest After over 3 1/2 years the pain and frustration and anger is still constant. The assault and aggression enacted on Simon without precedent and without adequate explanation even after a huge IPCC Inquiry. We remain convinced, along with Sheila Judge, the C.P.S. Lawyer, Mr. Smith Q.C. and Mr. Waterman Q.C., that the case should have gone to Court and serious charges made against the Police. The protection of the Police by the State continues to be a serious and high profile matter. The Inquest into Jean Charles De Menenzes is a clear indication that full accountability by the Police, no matter what the circumstances, is not possible. We are sure it will be further exemplified in the recent cases of the Barrister, Mr. Mark Saunders in London and Mr. David Sycamore in Guildford, both recently shot dead by Police marksmen, and, like Simon, with seemingly no other rational protocols attempted or even available to save their lives. With all the sophisticated equipment and technology already in place, there is no reason except in the direst cases of armed criminals already using fire-arms, why this should be the case. The fact that the IPCC considered there to be sufficient evidence for a Court case and therefore submitted their Inquiry to the CPS is a further indication, in spite of their “independence”, they are still prevented by the judicial system to bring the Police to account. In the advice note from Mr. Michael Topolski our QC and his Barrister Chris Williams, there are these statements:
The received opinion of so many people, both friends and the general public, is “The Police always get away with it”. Now we have no way forward to get justice and accountability for Simon. We could bring a Civil case, if we had the funds to risk, although the Lawyers have advised the costs are too great to do this and legal aid is not available in a case against the Police. Here are the words engraved on Simon’s Africa headstone…
We believe Simon is already in God’s hands and we have to try to hand over the struggle for Justice over to Him and the future triumph of good. Our fight against the powers that be is lost. The Injustice of it all is a bitter pill to swallow and only God’s grace and mercy can bring any relief and healing. We also know the miracle of forgiveness is the present key to our liberation. • Click here to view the Murden Family's disclosures following the Inquest Simon’s influence still ongoing in
To see the children so moved, excited, and singing their hearts out with hope for the future on the night we finished it, was a once in a life-time experience of joy in the face of so much despair. This is one of the practical ways we can find to endorse forgiveness and create a legacy of joy where there is often so little, and Simon would be the first to find the deepest fulfilment in it. Below-Left : Planting the first of 40 teak poles in concrete!
Sign Up for SimonMany of And Albert’s and Simon’s friends have suggested they would like to make a small regular donation to allow us to plan forward for the projects already well begun in West Africa. With this in mind, here is your chance to join in: Dig Wells, Plant Fruit Trees, Establish Vocational Workshops and a lot more besides... Make a small monthly donation to And Albert Foundation and see every pound of your £5 go directly to our projects in West Africa. NO ADMINISTRATION CHARGE OR SALARIES DEDUCTED! It is monitored by our office here in Beverley, East Yorkshire and by our Accountants in Hull, Messrs Holdstock, Nichols and Train and also by both our NGO’s in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Simply download the donation form below (right click and save target as) and post it back to us, or alternatively go here> to find alternative methods of donating to And Albert Foundation.
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Simon’s legacy from his father’s Charity, family and friends who have taken his story to heart, has provided clean water and many fruit trees for the children in 3 African villages he had visited only weeks before his death. Very recently David and some of his Trustees and leaders in Ghana have built the first full scale Playground for Simon in one of these Northern villages during October. It will be followed by a nursery and another Playground in the next village during the first half of 2009….We hope many more after that! 
