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Update on the investigation into allegations of historical corruption relating to child sex abuse in the Metropolitan Police
Mar 26, 2015
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is to manage a further three investigations detailing allegations of corruption in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in relation to child sex offences dating from the 1970s to the 2000s.
This is in addition to the 14 referrals announced on 16 March. All relate to allegations about:

• Suppressing evidence;
  
• Hindering or halting investigations;
  
• Covering up the offences because of the involvement of members of parliament and police officers
  

These three referrals are:
1)      Allegation that a child abuse investigation in central London gathered evidence against MP’s, judges, media entertainers, police, actors, clergy and others.  The file was submitted to start proceedings against those identified and two months later an officer was called in by a senior MPS officer and told to drop the case.
2)      Allegation about police actions during a child abuse investigation in the 1980s.
3)      A related allegation about the same investigation.
The IPCC is also assessing a further six referrals it has received from the MPS relating to similar matters.

BlueBag wrote:Someone has limited the remit of the IPCC.

Knitted wrote:Interesting...

HelenMeg... is that the whole content of your letter or just a post of the the key bit? If it's all of it then the brevity or the response you received compared to mine is surprising to say the least.

Either way I guess I was lucky, but at least we got one complaint through and passed by the IPCC to the Met before they were nobbled decided not to deal with each one quite as rigorously.

Doug D wrote:Not McCann, but comment from DCS Bonthron from DPS. Release issued at 10.46 last night in order to avoid the papers.
 
Two Croydon sergeants subject to DPS investigation
 
Met Police Press Release 02-Apr-2015 22:46
 
During an ongoing misconduct investigation, being carried out by the Directorate of Professional Standards, detectives were made aware of the suggestion that two officers failed to properly respond to a call for a police response to a serious incident, when Andrew Else was fatally stabbed on 24 April 2014.

As a result of this information in July 2014 two Sergeants from Croydon Borough have been placed on restricted duty pending the outcome of the investigation.

The officers have not been arrested but have been interviewed under caution and a file passed to the CPS for consideration.

Detective Chief Superintendent Alaric Bonthron, from the DPS, said:

"The suggestion that any police officer has in some way failed to do their duty and respond properly to any call for a response must be fully and properly investigated.

If any officer has failed in their duty it is only right that they are held to account.

"Everyday in London police officers work hard to keep the public safe. Allegations such as these trouble us all."

Local officers were on scene of Andrew's murder within approximately seven minutes of having been called. A man was arrested at the scene and pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility on Friday, 13 February 2015 at the Old Bailey.
 
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At some stage in the future they are going to have to justify and explain how Grange has been a properly conducted investigation and what on earth they have been doing all of this time and this must be a complete nightmare scenario for the DPS.