28-01-22, 15:03
|
#18
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 47,639
Thanks: 27,645
Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts
|
re: BORIS Sleeze: Champagne Party Night Before Brits Hit by Tax & Bills Bombshell
Met POLICE Demand Sue Gray’s Partygate Report is Watered Down With Minimal Reference to Crimes
POLICE chiefs have asked for details to be left out of the upcoming report into No 10 parties - throwing its publication into doubt.
The release of the report into alleged Downing Street parties has been thrown into doubt after the Metropolitan Police asked for "minimal reference" to be made to the events it is investigating.
28 Jan 2022 The Sun
The Met confirmed today it has told Whitehall enforcer Sue Gray to redact parts of her dossier that cover the events officers are investigating.
In a statement the force said including anything more than "minimal" information about the most serious bashes could prejudice its own probe.
Scotland Yard added: "For the events the Met is investigating, we asked for minimal reference to be made in the Cabinet Office report.
"The Met did not ask for any limitations on other events in the report, or for the report to be delayed.
"But we have had ongoing contact with the Cabinet Office , including on the content of the report, to avoid any prejudice to our investigation."
The full Gray Report will still be published but only after police inquiries have wrapped up, which could take weeks.
It leaves the top civil servant now facing the choice of putting out a watered down version in the meantime or withholding the whole thing.
There have been almost 20 alleged parties, with officers only probing those that would represent the most serious breaches of Covid laws at the time.
Technology minister Chris Philp said No 10 still hadn't received this report as of this morning and doesn't know when it will be published.
Boris Johnson yesterday reaffirmed his commitment to release the dossier in full but wouldn't definitely say some parts wouldn't be redacted
|
|
|