Ex-Police Chief Bettison Faces IPCC Probe

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 26 Juli 2013 | 20.14

Sir Norman Bettison is to be investigated over claims concerning the public inquiry following the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

The claims suggest he tried to influence the way a witness gave evidence at the public inquiry following the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

The witness was not a member of the Lawrence family, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said.

Police systems may have been misused and that it would investigate whether commissioning a report on the witness to the Macpherson Inquiry was racially motivated, the IPCC said.

However, it also said that former undercover officer Peter Francis, who has claimed Metropolitan Police officers were told to look for information to smear the Lawrence family, has yet to respond to the watchdog's request to speak to him.

He has already refused to speak to chief constable Mick Creedon, who is leading a police investigation into the activities of officers from Scotland Yard's  Special Demonstration Squad.

Part of the investigation into Sir Norman will involve whether or not racism played any part in the decision-making.

"This matter therefore requires investigation," the IPCC said in a statement.

"It does not form part of Operation Herne and is clearly separate from it.

"Given the considerable public interest in this matter and the potential damage to public confidence in allegations of inappropriate surveillance or intelligence-gathering, I have decided this should be independently investigated by the IPCC.

"The investigation should also consider whether the tasking was motivated or influenced by racial discrimination. "

 


Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

Ex-Police Chief Bettison Faces IPCC Probe

Dengan url

http://serverkecil.blogspot.com/2013/07/ex-police-chief-bettison-faces-ipcc.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

Ex-Police Chief Bettison Faces IPCC Probe

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

Ex-Police Chief Bettison Faces IPCC Probe

sebagai sumbernya

0 komentar:

Posting Komentar

techieblogger.com Techie Blogger Techie Blogger