Cult members dubbed coroner a ‘necromancer’ before kidnap attempt
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Cult members claimed a coroner was a “necromancer” before bursting into a court with handcuffs in an attempt to kidnap him.
Mark Christopher, 59, led the anti-establishment cult into a coroner’s court in Essex in April 2023, after accusing senior coroner Lincoln Brookes of “interfering with the dead”.
He and three other members of the group, calling themselves the “federal postal court” or the “court of the people”, were arrested and have now been jailed for up to seven years.
Mr Brookes, who was not at the coroner’s court in Chelmsford at the time, said he frequently has nightmares about the incident, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
The judge, Mr Justice James Goss, described Christopher, 59, as the “self-appointed leader” of the group. He had given himself the title of “chief judge of England and all dominions”.
Matthew Martin, 47, was a so-called “sheriff and coroner”, Sean Harper, 38, was a “sheriff” and his wife Shiza Harper, 45, was a “postal inspector” for the group.
Martin, who represented himself, told the court he was “here to save younglings”, adding: “We find younglings tied up in places like underneath Asda supermarkets.”
Narita Bahra KC, for Sean and Shiza Harper, said the couple had been “in thrall” of Christopher and had been “indoctrinated to believe [he] was a judge who had the power to serve warrants”.
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