A police officer has been charged with misconduct linked to the 'Plebgate' affair but the Crown Prosecution Service says the former chief whip Andrew Mitchell was not "victim of a conspiracy".
PC Keith Wallis, a member of the Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Protection Group, has been charged with misconduct in a public office over the incident at Downing Street last year.
The officer is accused of sending an email to the deputy chief whip, John Randall, who was his MP, falsely claiming that he had witnessed the incident and then arranged for his nephew to support his false claims.
Separately, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has announced that PC Wallis and four other police officers, all from the Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Protection Group, will now face gross misconduct disciplinary proceedings.
Mr Mitchell became embroiled in a heated row with an armed police officer on September 19 last year when he was refused permission to cycle through the main gate.
In a statement Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, said "We have considered all of the evidence in this case, including previously unseen, unedited CCTV footage from Downing Street, not referred to by the media.
"Taking it all into account, including the accounts of the officer at the gate of Downing Street and that of Andrew Mitchell MP before, during and after the incident, we have found that there is insufficient evidence to show that the officer at the gate lied in his account.
"The CPS has also found that there is insufficient evidence to show that Mr Mitchell was the victim of a conspiracy of misinformation."
There were 10 officers being considered for charges in the wake of the scandal.
The allegations made by Mr Mitchell have led to an extensive police investigation in which hundreds of witness statements from police and Downing Street staff have been taken, the CPS said.
During the incident, which prompted the resignation of Mr Mitchell as chief whip, the officer at the gate claimed that Mr Mitchell shouted at him: "You should know your f***ing place, you don't run this f***ing government, you're f***ing plebs," the CPS statement says.
However, Mr Mitchell claimed he said: "I thought you guys were supposed to f***ing help us."
Crucially the CPS says there is not enough evidence to support the claim that the officer lied about Mr Mitchell using the word "pleb" - a term the MP has always denied using and the word deemed to have cause the political fallout.
The CPS report pointed out that "Mr Mitchell's account has varied since the incident."
A Police Federation statement following the CPS announcement said: "We note the charge announced today by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and await the outcome of the matter once the full criminal justice process has been completed.
"We welcome the decision by the CPS that there was insufficient evidence to show that the officer at the gate lied in his account and that there was insufficient evidence to show that Mr Mitchell was the victim of a conspiracy of misinformation.
"We have always been concerned by the selected information that has been put into the public domain and it is noteworthy that the CPS came to its conclusions after reviewing all the evidence, including unedited CCTV footage from Downing Street."
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