On 22nd January 1992 whilst working as an estate agent in the Great Barr area of Birmingham, UK I was showing a 'prospective buyer' around a house in Turnberry Road. Unknown to me, this simple part of my day to day work would now horrifically change the rest of my life forever.
My 'client', it transpired, wasn't interested in buying the property at all; he was the murderer, kidnapper and extortionist Michael Sams who suddenly attacked me with knives in the bathroom of the unoccupied house. I was overpowered, bound, gagged and led from the house blindfolded and bleeding. Sams drove me to his workshop in Newark, Nottinghamshire where he held me for 8 days in a coffin sealed inside a wheelie bin whilst he negotiated a ransom of £175,000 from my employers.
During my imprisonment I was viciously raped, tortured and threatened with electrocution. It is only due to my ability to build a rapport with my kidnapper and the bravery of my boss, Kevin Watts, who delivered the ransom money that I am here today to tell my story.
I've been intending to put together a web site for quite a while now, having been asked on numerous occasions by police officers, victims of crime and other members of the criminal justice system to provide 'something to click on' with regard to my story.
Thankfully this site is now here, but only due to the sincere kindness, ideas and endless talent of a young man called Dom.
This web site is still in development, but do feel free to look around. In time, I hope it will help explain the background to my case, and become a useful resource for victims of sexual and violent crime, and those who work with them.
$desfile" ;
}
else if (eregi("\.(jpg|jpeg)", $origname))
{
$cmd = $NETPBM_path . "jpegtopnm $file | " . $NETPBM_path . "pnmscale -xysize $maxsize $maxsize | " . $NETPBM_path . "ppmtojpeg -quality=$quality > $desfile" ;
}
else if (eregi("\.gif", $origname))
{
$cmd = $NETPBM_path . "giftopnm $file | " . $NETPBM_path . "pnmscale -xysize $maxsize $maxsize | " . $NETPBM_path . "ppmquant 256 | " . $NETPBM_path . "ppmtogif > $desfile" ;
}//end if..
@exec($cmd);
}
####################################
# Function checkAdmin #
#----------------------------------#
# Created Arthur Konze #
# http://www.mamboportal.com #
#----------------------------------#
# Checks whether logged in user is #
# admin or not! #
####################################
function checkAdmin($database, $db, $dbprefix, $cook, $admin)
{
global $CurrUID;
/* Get the visitor's UserType */
$utype = "";
if ($cook<>"")
{
$cryptSessionID=md5($cook);
$queryg = "SELECT usertype, userid FROM mos_session WHERE session_ID='$cryptSessionID'";
$resultg = $database->openConnectionWithReturn($queryg);
while ($rowg = mysql_fetch_object($resultg))
{
$utype = $rowg->usertype;
$CurrUID = $rowg->userid;
}
if ($admin)
{
if ($utype=="administrator" or $utype=="superadministrator")
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
else
{
if ($utype=="user" or $utype=="editor")
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
}
}
####################################
# Function CreateThumbGD2 #
#----------------------------------#
# Created Ronald Smit #
# http://mamboserver.homedns.org #
####################################
function CreateThumbGD2($ext, $img_source, $img_dest, $img_quality, $size_limit, $imagemethod = 'gd2')
{
//debugbreak();
//$imagemethod = 'gd2';
if (!file_exists($img_source))
{
return(1); //file not found return 1
}
//load the original image and put its height/width in $img_info
$img_info = GetImageSize($img_source);
//$img_info ARRAY KEY
//0 = width
//1 = height
//2 = image type
//3 = hight and width string
$orig_height = $img_info[1]; //source height from $img_info
$orig_width = $img_info[0]; //source width from $img_info
$type = $img_info[2];
$newheight = $size_limit;
$newwidth = $size_limit;
// debugbreak();
if ($im = ImageCreateFromJPEG($img_source)) {
if ($newheight && ($orig_width < $orig_height)) {
$newwidth = ($newheight / $orig_height) * $orig_width;
} else {
$newheight = ($newwidth / $orig_width) * $orig_height;
}
if ($imagemethod == "gd2") {
$im2 = ImageCreateTrueColor($newwidth,$newheight);
} else {
$im2 = ImageCreate($newwidth,$newheight);
}
if ($imagemethod == "gd2") {
ImageCopyResampled($im2,$im,0,0,0,0,$newwidth,$newheight,$orig_width,$orig_height);
} else {
ImageCopyResized($im2,$im,0,0,0,0,$newwidth,$newheight,$orig_width,$orig_height);
}
if (ImageJpeg($im2, $img_dest, $img_quality)) {
return(2);
}
}
return(3);
}
function getThumb($id)//id van gallery_id
{
global $database,$imagepath,$mosConfig_live_site;
$database->setQuery("SELECT * FROM #__rsgallery as a, #__rsgalleryfiles as b WHERE a.id = b.gallery_id AND b.gallery_id = '$id'");
$rows = $database->loadObjectList();
if (!$rows)
{
$t_path = "No pics";
}
else
{
foreach ($rows as $row)
{
$t_path = "name."\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\">";
}
}
return $t_path;
}
function getNumber($id)
{
global $database;
$database->setQuery("SELECT count(*) FROM #__rsgalleryfiles WHERE gallery_id = '$id'");
$count = $database->loadResult();
return $count;
}
function getCurrentDate()
{
$now = getdate();
$datetime = $now['year']."-".$now['mon']."-".$now['mday']." ".$now['hours'].":".$now['minutes'].":".$now['seconds'];
echo $datetime;
}
function getCatname($id)
{
global $database;
$database->setQuery("SELECT catname FROM #__rsgallery WHERE id = '$id'");
$catname = $database->loadResult();
echo $catname;
}
function showCategories()
{
global $database;
$database->setQuery("SELECT * FROM #__rsgallery ORDER BY ordering ASC");
$rows = $database->loadObjectList();
echo "";
foreach ($rows as $row)
{
echo "";
}
}
function getFileName($id)
{
global $database;
$database->setQuery("SELECT name FROM #__rsgalleryfiles WHERE id = '$id'");
$filename = $database->loadResult();
return $filename;
}
function regenerateAllThumbs($catid = NULL)
{
// re-do all thumbnail pics for selected category(s) or all pics in directory
global $database, $mosConfig_absolute_path, $imagepath, $conversiontype, $size, $JPEGquality,$IM_path;
// dmcd to do:
// 1. put back in GD1 thumbnail call
// 2. check for database query error
// 3. if there are a lot of pics, this can take a while, so may need to
// reset php max execution timeout so it does not terminate prematurely
// if manual thumb creation has been chosen, then no resizing will occur
if($conversiontype == 0) return;
// $catid == 0 all categories
// $catid == NULL all pic files found in gallery subdirectory
// $catid == 1.. all pic files for that particular category
if(isset($catid) && $catid == 0)
$database->setQuery("SELECT name FROM #__rsgalleryfiles");
elseif($catid != NULL)
$database->setQuery("SELECT name FROM #__rsgalleryfiles WHERE gallery_id='$catid'");
if($catid != NULL){
$files = loadObjectList('name');
// if there is no thumbs subdirectory, then no thumbs can be generated
if(!(file_exists($mosConfig_absolute_path.$imagepath."thumbs"))) return;
$pics = mosReadDirectory($mosConfig_absolute_path.$imagepath);
$maxsize = $size;
$quality = $JPEGquality;
foreach($pics as $pic)
{
// check to see if we want to do this pic
if($catid != NULL && !array_key_exists($files, $pic)) continue;
// go regenerate the thumbs
$file_in = $mosConfig_absolute_path.$imagepath.$pic;
$file_out = $mosConfig_absolute_path.$imagepath."thumbs/".$pic;
if(is_dir($file_in)) continue;
// delete the existing thumb if present
if(file_exists($file_out)) unlink($file_out);
switch ($conversiontype)
{
//ImageMagick
case 1:
$cmd = $IM_path."convert -resize $size $file_in $file_out";
@exec($cmd);
break;
//NETPBM
case 2:
CreateThumbNETPBM($file_in,$file_out,$maxsize,$pic,$quality);
break;
//GD1
case 3:
CreateThumbGD2($file_in, $file_out, $quality, $maxsize, 'gd1');
break;
//GD2
case 4:
CreateThumbGD2($file_in, $file_out, $quality, $maxsize);
break;
}
}
}
}
function getGalleryId($id)
{
global $database;
$database->setQuery("SELECT gallery_id FROM #__rsgalleryfiles WHERE id = '$id'");
$gallery_id = $database->loadResult();
return $gallery_id;
}
function addHit($id)
{
global $database;
//Get hits from DB
$database->setQuery("SELECT hits FROM #__rsgalleryfiles WHERE id = '$id'");
$hits = $database->loadResult();
$hits++;
$database->setQuery("UPDATE #__rsgalleryfiles SET hits = '$hits' WHERE id = '$id'");
if ($database->query())
{
return(1);//OK
}
else
{
return(0);//Not OK
}
}
function addCatHit($hid)
{
global $database;
//Get hits from DB
$database->setQuery("SELECT hits FROM #__rsgallery WHERE id = '$hid'");
$hits = $database->loadResult();
$hits++;
$database->setQuery("UPDATE #__rsgallery SET hits = '$hits' WHERE id = '$hid'");
if ($database->query())
{
return(1);//OK
}
else
{
return(0);//Not OK
}
}
function showRating($id)
{
global $database,$mosConfig_live_site;
$database->setQuery("SELECT * FROM #__rsgalleryfiles WHERE id = '$id'");
$values = array("No rating","Very bad","Bad","OK","Good","Very good");
$rows = $database->loadObjectList();
$images = "";
foreach ($rows as $row)
{
$average = $row->rating/$row->votes;
$average1 = round($average);
for ($t = 1; $t <= $average1; $t++)
{
$images .= " ";
}
}
return $images;
//return $values[$average1]." (".$average.")";
}
function showEXIF($imagefile)
{
//echo "EXIF information for $imagefile will be shown here";
if(!function_exists('exif_read_data'))
{
echo "PHP not compiled with EXIF-support!";
}
else
{
$exif = exif_read_data($imagefile, 0, true);
?>
Section
Name
Value
$section)
{
foreach ($section as $name => $val)
{
?>
setQuery("SELECT id FROM #__rsgalleryfiles");
$imid = $database->loadResultArray();
//select 3 random id-s
if (count($imid)>3)
{
$img_id = array_rand($imid, 3);
$image_tag = "";
for ($j = 0;$j < count($img_id);$j++)
{
$x = $img_id[$j];
$database->setQuery("SELECT * FROM #__rsgalleryfiles WHERE id = '$imid[$x]'");
$rows = $database->loadObjectList();
$thumbs = "thumbs";//Too lazy to rewrite $image_tag
foreach($rows as $row)
{
$l_start = $row->ordering - 1;
$image_tag .= "
Saturday, 28 January 2012
This is my story.
![](\"$mosConfig_live_site/images/M_images/rating_star.png\")
";
}
}
return $images;
//return $values[$average1]." (".$average.")";
}
function showEXIF($imagefile)
{
//echo "EXIF information for $imagefile will be shown here";
if(!function_exists('exif_read_data'))
{
echo "PHP not compiled with EXIF-support!";
}
else
{
$exif = exif_read_data($imagefile, 0, true);
?>
