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Should Scotland Yard Have 'let Off' This Election Cheat?
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http:// www.dai lymail. co.uk/n ews/art icle-43 03250/S cotland -Yard-c omes-fi re-lett ing-may or.html
Or has the quest for political correctness won once again?
/// Last year former local government minister Sir Eric Pickles suggested, in an official report, that political correctness may have been partially to blame for what he described as a lack of action by the Met. ///
Or has the quest for political correctness won once again?
/// Last year former local government minister Sir Eric Pickles suggested, in an official report, that political correctness may have been partially to blame for what he described as a lack of action by the Met. ///
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.at the end of that story it points the finger at the CPS, so it's not clear what part Scotland Yard played.
"witnesses who were prepared to give evidence in the Election Court but were unwilling to do so in criminal proceedings"
- that might have something to do with it. If witnesses won't talk, what sort of case can you present?
"witnesses who were prepared to give evidence in the Election Court but were unwilling to do so in criminal proceedings"
- that might have something to do with it. If witnesses won't talk, what sort of case can you present?
Police forces don't bring prosecutions. That's the job of the Crown Prosecution Service. If the CPS was provided with '27 files of evidence' then they could either have launched a prosecution directly (without involving the Met at all) or sought the involvement of the Met in 'firming up' the existing evidence in the case.
The fact they that they chose to follow neither of those paths must surely give good cause for criticising the CPS, rather than the Met.
The fact they that they chose to follow neither of those paths must surely give good cause for criticising the CPS, rather than the Met.
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/// Police forces don't bring prosecutions. That's the job of the Crown Prosecution Service. If the CPS was provided with '27 files of evidence' then they could either have launched a prosecution directly (without involving the Met at all) ///
I am a little confused, if there was no need for the Met to be involved at all, who would have provided the CPS with the 27 files of evidence?
/// Police forces don't bring prosecutions. That's the job of the Crown Prosecution Service. If the CPS was provided with '27 files of evidence' then they could either have launched a prosecution directly (without involving the Met at all) ///
I am a little confused, if there was no need for the Met to be involved at all, who would have provided the CPS with the 27 files of evidence?
London Assembly Members have few functions, but one of them is to oversee governance of the Police.
Steve O'Connell, chairman of the Assemby's Police Committee, exemplifies their uselessness. Lots of whinging, but he can't or won't do anything about it.
He should be sacked along with the rest of the London Assembly. It is pointless and ineffective.
As for as Rahman not being prosecuted, the police can only go off evidence they can find, not heresay, so if they can't build a case, they can't prosecute.
Steve O'Connell, chairman of the Assemby's Police Committee, exemplifies their uselessness. Lots of whinging, but he can't or won't do anything about it.
He should be sacked along with the rest of the London Assembly. It is pointless and ineffective.
As for as Rahman not being prosecuted, the police can only go off evidence they can find, not heresay, so if they can't build a case, they can't prosecute.
27 files rather than cases, but we have no way of knowing what was in them. Presumably, the CPS for whatever reason thought there wasn't enough there to base a case on.
But for some reason the Mail has decided to point the finger at the Met, goodness knows why. It doesn't appear the Met had anything to do with it. Perhaps they should ask Katie Hopkins about the risks of identifying the wrong target.
But for some reason the Mail has decided to point the finger at the Met, goodness knows why. It doesn't appear the Met had anything to do with it. Perhaps they should ask Katie Hopkins about the risks of identifying the wrong target.
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