I think that Grahame may have been pushed in to acting because of the photograph of his mum that appeared elsewhere. I think Grahame was incensed by this and had already expressed on repeated occasions, views relating to members with dual accounts, i.e. over both forums. Jackie Preece was alread registered as Elliehickman, prior to Grahame taking action. It's just that she had not yet openly posted in a way that would confirm her ID. In the case of Steph Hall, I think she re-registered and when I tried to ban her, I found that I could not, due to a technical reason. If I had thought this through a bit more carefully i think the technicality could have been overcome and she would not have got on to the forum.
Views in the cold light of day.
Grahame has contacted me and asked me to post his account of what happened. Grahame is no longer a member and is therefore not able to post himself, so I am happy to comply with his request.
As Roch has suggested, Grahame was understandably very upset that anyone could sink so low as to post a photograph of his mother. He felt that he had to do something about it and he asked to be appointed as a moderator only in order to be able to take action against those associated with the abuse directed at his family. Grahame had no intention of undermining anyone and did not think there would be any problem. He did not let Jackie and Stephanie Hall in, they were both already registered (Jackie as Ellie Hickman) when he was appointed as moderator. He was not acting in concert with Jackie. He did not impose any bans during the period between being appointed and deleting his account. Grahame says that he very much regrets what happened.
I do think it is important to remember that Grahame has been experiencing a very tough time. Not only is he still very worried about the health of his daughter Jo, but he is not in good health himself. I am sure that we all wish Grahame well and hope that both he and Jo make a speedy recovery.
