Friday 24 Oct 2014 @ 09:25
Independent Police Complaints Commission
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GMP officers told they are no longer under criminal investigation
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers alleged to have mishandled a rape complaint have been told that they are no longer under criminal investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
In March this year two serving detectives – a Detective Inspector and a Detective Constable; a retired Detective Inspector; and a retired Detective Constable now serving as a civilian with the force - were served with criminal notices alleging they failed to carry out the investigation to the correct standards and failed to provide adequate support to the victim.
The IPCC has not identified sufficient evidence to establish that any of the four officers committed a criminal offence, and therefore a formal referral to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will not be made.
The IPCC will now determine if the four officers and a police constable who was not served with a criminal notice have a case to answer for misconduct.
The investigation, announced in January 2014, began after the IPCC learned that a complainant reported being raped at knife-point in 2010 but alleged that the incident was not investigated properly by the force and that a man identified as being responsible was never arrested or interviewed.
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