Yes/No/Maybe
Are the police going to charge Damian Green “aiding and abetting misconduct in public office”?
Yet the News of the World claims that Green is “in the clear”:
TORY MP Damian Green and his Home Office mole will NOT be charged in the leak scandal, the News of the World can reveal.
Prosecutors say papers seized from Mr Green’s Commons office cannot be used as evidence in a trial.
They add that cops FAILED to conduct a proper search in Westminster.
Yet the Telegraph says that Scotland Yard is determined to “motor on”:
senior officers met with lawyers from the Crown Prosecution Service last week to discuss possible charges against Damian Green and Christopher Galley, who are under investigation over allegations of leaking confidential information…
Senior officials at Scotland Yard, who have been accused of being heavy handed, denied yesterday that they are “backtracking” over their actions or seeking to drop the case. They remain satisfied that they acted lawfully and proportionately, even though there is understood to have been disagreement at the highest level within the Met over whether Mr Green’s arrest should go ahead.
Which is true? They patently can’t both be. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.





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