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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Doocey on the phone hacking scandal
July 9, 2011 11:15 AM
• [Jul 08] Dee Doocey, the Lib Dem Assembly policing spokesperson and a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, writes: THESE appalling allegations (that some Met police officers received in total more than £100,000 in unlawful payments from journalists.) confirm my long standing view that the relationship between the News of the World and the Metropolitan Police has been too cosy, for far too long. It is clear that the original phone hacking allegations were not taken seriously enough. The Mayor (who is responsible for the direction of policing in London), described the allegations last year as 'codswallop' and 'politically motivated'.
It is also almost beyond belief that the senior Metropolitan Police Officer who headed up Scotland Yard's initial inquiry into phone hacking dined with News of the World executives whilst there was a criminal investigation ongoing into the newspaper. Nothing short of a full Public Enquiry under a senior Judge will restore public confidence.
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