source: The Guardian
published: 7 October 2014

Two police officers whose evidence on oath about the death of a man in police custody was contradicted by CCTV evidence will not face criminal charges, prosecutors have said.

The officers were investigated following the death of Sean Rigg, a musician who died in 2008 after being arrested and restrained by police in south London.

Sgt Paul White and PC Mark Harratt were arrested on suspicion of lying at an inquest into the death of Rigg, and during interviews with investigators from the Independent Police Complaints Commission IPCC.

An inquest jury in 2012 found police actions had contributed to Rigg’s death, after he was held down in a V shape in a prone position for eight minutes. The inquest verdict followed a flawed first IPCC investigation, which exonerated officers.

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source: Express & Star
published: 17 September 2014

Bedfordshire PCC Olly Martins was suspended by the Labour Party last month after the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) referred an investigation into unauthorised disclosures to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Prosecutors were asked to consider whether Mr Martins should face a charge of misconduct in public office following an allegation that he passed sensitive information to his partner concerning the death in custody of 39-year-old Leon Briggs.

But the CPS has decided there is insufficient evidence to secure a conviction.

Luke Bulpitt, a specialist prosecutor with the CPS special crime and counter terrorism division, said: “In August 2014, the IPCC asked the CPS to consider whether Olly Martins, Bedfordshire’s PCC, should face a charge of misconduct in public office.

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