UK: Met was right to interview Lord Brittan over rape claim – review

Scotland Yard was right to interview former home secretary Lord Brittan over a rape claim, a police review of the case has concluded.

The review by Dorset Police's deputy chief constable, James Vaughan, found that the investigation into the claim that Brittan raped a 19-year-old female student in 1967 was “necessary, proportionate and fully justified”.

It backs senior managers at the Metropolitan Police Service who decided that the original officer in charge of the case, Detective Chief nspector Paul Settle, was wrong in his refusal to interview Brittan under caution over the claim.  (more...)

Met was right to interview Lord Brittan over rape claim – review

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