“I had received a hand delivered letter on the above day from Brian Stowell, which I was not happy about.

I phoned Mr stowell and advised him that I was phoning as myself and not as an official of the IOMSRA.

I asked him why he had sent me a letter to which he replied that it was obvious why. He explained that the IOMSRA had sent a letter to Onchan Commisioners, all MHK’s and press and radio, which was full of lies.

I pointed out that I had no knowledge of the letter till a few days after he had received it and had no input into it’s content and had only seen the letter after I had requested a copy of it. Mr Stowell apologised for his mistake but added that all would become clear in court.

During the conversation I asked him was it true that a couple of weeks ago before the vote on who the lease was awarded to he had been in Views Restaurant and seeing a group of squash players in the bar area he had come over to them and gloated that he had got his own back on squash, that squash at Onchan was finished so where are you going to play now, the dance school has got the lease. Mr Stowell denied making this statement.

After he had rung me back (lost the phone call) he told me that the last person he took to court had got 6 months jail, was made bankrupt and a short time later died of a heart attack just for standing up to what he believed in.

As this statement took me aback I repeated word for word what he had just said to me (in a loud voice so my wife and granddaughter could hear), he confirmed that that was what he had said.

I asked him if what he had just said was a threat, he said no it wasn’t but I told him I was taking it as a threat.”

Document Three
Letter sent from Brian Stowell on Monday 3rd May 2010.

Document Four
Letter sent from Brian Stowell on Saturday 8th May 2010.