Serious corruption by Northumbria Police in Martin McGartland cases - has CC Keenen, DCC Best, ACC McMillan, ACC Bacon , NP / its PSD made any referrals to IOPC/IPCC... CPS / DPP...
Martin McGartland
10 April 2019
Dear Northumbria Police,
The IOPC/IPCC statioury guidance regarding referrals / serious corruption states;
"Serious corruption
8.13 The term serious corruption refers to conduct that includes:
• any attempt to pervert the course of justice or other conduct likely seriously to
harm the administration of justice, in particular the criminal justice system;
• payments or other benefits or favours received in connection with the
performance of duties amounting to an offence for which the individual
concerned, if convicted, would be likely to receive a sentence of more than
six months;
• abuse of authority;
• corrupt controller, handler or covert human intelligence source
(CHIS) relationships;
• provision of confidential information in return for payment or other benefits or
favours where the conduct goes beyond a possible prosecution for an offence
under Section 55 of the Data Protection Act 1998;
• extraction and supply of seized controlled drugs, firearms or other material; or
• attempts or conspiracies to do any of the above."
This FOI relates to both the Roger Ford (setup by Winton Keenen) and Jon Boutcher case reviews of the Martin McGartland attempted murder case. Under the FOIA I would like to know;
1. Has Northumbria Police made any referrals to IPCC / IOPC concerning any findings made by Supt Roger Ford of the above review and or as a result of his report / recommendations?
a, If so, what date was the referral/s made, by whom, what were the reasons for referral/s?
This part of the request relates to the Jon Boutcher review / the findings / the report/s and the recommendations which, as I understand, were handed to ACC McMillan (and further to CC Winton Keenen, DCC Best, ACC Bacon).
2. Has CC Keenen, DCC Best, ACC McMillan, ACC Bacon , NP / its PSD made any referrals to IOPC/IPCC regarding the Jon Botcher review findings, the Boucher review report and or the recommendations?
a, If so, what date was the referral/s made, by whom, what were the reasons for referral/s?
3. Has CC Keenen, DCC Best, ACC McMillan, ACC Bacon, NP / its PSD made any contact with / referral to CPS / DPP concerning any of the findings of the Jon Botcher review findings, the Boucher review report and or the recommendations?
Yours faithfully,
Martin McGartland
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This will result in another BIG Dirty Northumbria Police , PSD, Winton Keenen and Team Winton Cover Up...... They all Piss in the same Dirty Pot ....... says; Martin McGartland ....
New probe into claims 'police covered up' sex scandal bust-up as Line of Duty cops quiz ex-chiefs
Claims were made against ex-Northumbria Police chief Mike Craik and his Assistant Chief Constable Carolyn Peacock at an employment tribunal two years ago
ByJeremy Armstrong
20:13, 18 AUG 2018UPDATED18:15, 19 AUG 2018
Anti-corruption cops are probing an alleged cover-up of a “sex scandal” involving a former chief constable.
Lurid claims about ex-Northumbria Police chief Mike Craik and his Assistant Chief Constable Carolyn Peacock were made at an employment tribunal two years ago.
Mr Craik, now 63, was alleged to be “shagging” Mrs Peacock, now 63, whose husband Chief Supt Jim Peacock allegedly punched him at a barbecue in June 2007.
Mr Peacock, also 63, is alleged to have gone to Mr Craik’s home to confront him after claims of his wife’s alleged infidelity emerged.
Mr Craik’s wife Sharon allegedly hit a panic alarm at the house in Bamburgh, Northumberland, which meant armed cops were called to it.
But the employment tribunal into the sacking of the force’s legal chief Denise Aubrey heard that details of the alleged showdown were removed from police logs, with officers ordered not to discuss it.
Now Northumbria Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has enlisted Staffordshire Police to carry out a review into the claims.
It is being led by Det Chief Insp Phil Duffy, head of Staffordshire’s anti-corruption unit, who has visited the North East to talk to former senior officers in the case.
Ms Aubrey, 54, said: “The timing of this investigation is something I do not understand, given the delay. But I am willing to assist.”
The tribunal upheld her sacking for breaching confidentiality over allegations surrounding Mr Craik.
Northumbria Police’s legal bill for the tribunal was £645,000, including the cost of advice to Mr Craik and other ex-senior officers.
Inspector Paul Gilroy, who was in charge of armed response vehicles, provided a statement to the tribunal in which he said that officers had been deployed at the Craiks’ home in Bamburgh.
“This followed the activation of the personal attack alarm,” he said.
“Before terminating duty I viewed a computer-generated log for the incident to find all the text subject of it had been deleted.
“After speaking to officers dispatched to the incident, it became apparent why the log had been deleted. The incident apparently involved an altercation between the Chief and Mr Peacock.”
Mr Craik retired in 2010. Asked if he had an affair with Mrs Peacock, he said: “Absolutely not. There was never any evidence other than unpleasant rumour and they are still rumours which are untrue.”
He called the allegations deeply distressing for his wife Sharon.
She said in 2016: “Mike first dealt with this nine years ago but it has come around again. It is nonsense. We did not have a party and the Peacocks have never been to my house.”
The Peacocks, of Ponteland, deny all claims of an affair and a dispute at a barbecue. Mrs Peacock retired in 2007.
Ms Baird and Northumbria Police declined to comment.
Staffordshire Police said:” We have been commissioned to undertake an independent review surrounding allegations in 2007 involving senior officers at Northumbria Police.
"No further comments will be made surrounding this matter.”
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