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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source: The Voice Online
published: 1 July 2014

Four police officers at the centre of a probe into the death of father-of-two Kingsley Burrell will not be prosecuted.

Burrell, a 29-year-old trainee security guard, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, four days after being arrested by police on March 27, 2011.

His family said he dialled 999 for help because he felt he was being intimidated by a group of men while out walking with his five-year-old son. However, officers detained him under the Mental Health Act. He was later admitted to the Mary Seacole Mental Health Unit before being transferred to the Queen Elizabeth.

It took more than four months to suspend the officers involved, sparking outrage from Burrell’s family.

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