Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I kii a Stephen Akers-Belcher e hiahia ana ia ki te waatea mo nga take atawhai - engari i whakaahuahia i taua ra ano i runga i te HMS Warrior. Kua wehea tētahi tumuaki i tana mahi i te kaunihera i muri i tana whiwhinga ki te haere ki tētahi tangihanga - engari i haere ia ki tētahi kaipuke whawhai. I kii a Stephen Akers-Belcher e hiahia ana ia ki te waatea mo nga take atawhai - engari i whakaahuahia i taua ra ano i runga i te HMS Warrior. I puta mai ngā whakaahua i a ia e tohu ana i te kaunihera i tētahi huihuinga i runga i te kaipuke whawhai rongonui, e 323 maero mai i tōna wāhi. Whai muri i tētahi whakarongo whakatikatika i whakakorehia te Tumuaki o Hartlepool i tana tūranga kaiwhakahaere tiaki ki te Kaunihera o te Taone o Newcastle mo te kino kino. E kī ana a Akers-Belcher i whakakahoretia ia mō te whakapae i muri i tana whakatakoto i tētahi raupapa whakapae e pā ana ki te tiaki a te mana i ngā pakeke e whai pānga ana. Engari i whakakahoretia e te mana taua take, a, i kii nga whakapae i tirotirohia e te kaunihera me te pirihimana, engari kaore he mahi i mahia. I kii tetahi kaikorero mo te Kaunihera Taone o Newcastle: "Ko nga whakapae a Stephen Akers-Belcher i tino whakaarohia. 'I whakapā atu mātou ki te pirihimana, ā, i karanga i tētahi tohunga motuhake hei tirotiro i ana kerēme. 'I tirotirohia e te pirihimana, ā, kāore i whai mahi, ā, i muri i tētahi tirotirohanga whānui, e tino makona ana te kaunihera e tino pai ana te taumata o te ratonga e whakaratohia ana e ia. "I whakakahoretia a Stephen Akers-Belcher i muri i tana wehenga mai i te mahi ki te haere ki te tangihanga i te mea e haere ana ia ki tetahi mahi mana i roto i tona mana hei Kawana o Hartlepool. 'I a mātou i tono ki a ia kia whakaatu mai he taunakitanga hei whakaatu i a ia i te tangihanga, kaore ia i mahi, a, i muri mai, kaore ia i whakaatu i tetahi taunakitanga ki te kooti mahi. 'Kāore ia i whakakorehia nā te mea i whiti, ā, ko ana whakapae tuatahi i puta i muri i te tīmatanga o te kaunihera ki te tirotiro i tana whanonga. "Ko ngā mōhiohio e tika ana hei tirotiro i ngā whakapae i tukuna mai e ia e toru marama i muri mai - i muri i tana whakakorenga mō te mahi kino. 'Kāore i te mea i tukuna ia mō te whakapae.' Ko te Tumuaki...
I kii a Stephen Akers-Belcher e hiahia ana ia ki te waatea mo nga take atawhai. Engari ko te kaiārahi o te kaunihera i whakaahuahia i taua rangi ano i runga i te HMS Warrior. I whakakorehia te tumuaki mō tana tūranga kaiwhakahaere tiaki mō te kino o te whanonga. E kī ana a Akers-Belcher i whakakahoretia ia mō te whiti.