City Police publish horse
racing corruption case review
The City of London Police today published the internal review
into its horse racing corruption investigation.
The case against six of the 11 defendants was dismissed by the
judge at the Central Criminal Court on December 7, 2007, following
a trial lasting two months. Two further trials, involving five
other defendants, were also subsequently dismissed.
Following the decision, the Force announced that it would undertake
a comprehensive review of the investigation, in order to establish
if lessons needed to be learned.
Commander Patrick Rice, who led the review, said: “This report is
the result of several months of painstaking work by the review
team. We have been thorough in our efforts to identify exactly what
we could have done better – or differently.
“I am pleased to say that we got a lot of things right, including
the overall direction and control of the investigation. However, we
have also identified some areas where we need to tighten-up our
processes and modify our ways of working.”
Commissioner Mike Bowron said: “This was a comprehensive review and
I welcome the recommendations. Most of the learning has already
been put into practice. We will now be working to implement the
remainder without delay and I will ask Commander Rice to review
progress in six months’ time.”
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