16 May 2008
Statement re City Police horse-racing corruption case
review
Simon Duckworth, the Chairman of the City of London Police
Committee, said:
"To see this important case withdrawn from a jury was deeply
disappointing and the City’s Police Authority unreservedly welcomes
the recommendations that the report makes. Most of them have been
acted on already and we will ensure the rest follow soon.
"However, while the report identifies some lessons to learn
from, it also makes clear that the City Police’s investigations
were carried out with a rigour that serious allegations of this
kind properly deserve.
"Horse-racing's many followers deserve a sport that is open,
transparent and fairly run and we believe that the investigation
has, at the very least, reminded participants in the sport that
police will pursue any allegations of criminal activity."
Ends
Note:
The City of London Corporation is the Police Authority for the
Square Mile, a unique area of London that has its own dedicated and
specialised City of London Police Force. The City of London
Corporation is an unusually diverse organisation (led by 125
elected *councillors) which supports and promotes the Square Mile
as the world’s leading international financial and business centre
and provides local government and police services for workers,
residents and visitors. An ancient entity with a modern purpose, it
also provides valued services to London and the nation as a whole
including management of Guildhall Art Gallery, the Barbican Centre,
the Central Criminal Court at Old Bailey, 10,700 acres of open
space (including Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest), three
wholesale food markets and acts as London’s Port Health Authority.
[*Known as ‘Aldermen’ and ‘Common Councilmen].
Occupying the site of the original City of London founded in
Roman times, the Square Mile is the leading international financial
services centre in the world and Europe’s foremost business
district and. More than 350,000 people work here in 6,000 global
firms and it is home to some 9.000 residents.
For further information contact:
Loretta Lui, Press Officer at the City of London on 020 7332
1528
Email
loretta.lui@cityoflondon.gov.uk
See City of London Police press release