This is the latest pamphlet from the Justice for Mark Barnsley Group.

It is a comprehensive account of the now infamous ‘Pomona Incident’, when freelance writer Mark Barnsley was viciously attacked by 15 drunken students out to celebrate the end of their exams.

For those not familiar with the case, these students, who later perjured themselves in court and admitted that they didn't really know why they attacked him, first abused a friend in the Pomona pub in Sheffield while he was inside and then attacked Mark with bottles, knives, glasses and bricks, following him for 150 yards as he tried to escape, repeatedly jumping on him and kicking him whenever he fell.

Yet, it was Mark Barnsley who was charged with assault and jailed for 12 years, an unprecedented sentence for this kind of case. Or is it?

Mark is not liked by the local police for a variety of reasons and the way in which evidence was withheld (and is still being withheld), stories changed or concocted and the attitude of the judge at the trial is a savage indictment of policing in South Yorkshire.

This publication sets out the facts in great detail and makes the valuable point that middle class people like students, are able to commit very serious offences and get away with them while the working class can be abused, fitted up and jailed on a whim. One of its best parts is the advice it gives to those wanting to help or to protest such miscarriages of justice.

This is the story of determined people: Mark for one, his many supporters for another and should be read by everyone who cares.