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| Topic Started: Jan 29 2015, 03:39 PM (108 Views) | |
| papasmurf | Jan 29 2015, 03:39 PM Post #1 |
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Ministry of Justice important data "lost in the post." Will government departments NEVER learn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31037879 29 January 2015 Last updated at 15:14 Data from death inquiries lost by Ministry of Justice Discs containing information from three of the UK's most sensitive inquiries have gone missing after being put in the post. The material relates to inquiries into the role of the police in the deaths of three members of the public, including Mark Duggan and Azelle Rodney. Officials realised the discs were missing three weeks ago and one member of staff has since been suspended. The government says it takes the loss "extremely seriously". Two of the investigations in question relate to fatal police shootings of crime suspects in London - an inquest into the death of Mark Duggan in 2011 and an inquiry into the death of Azelle Rodney in 2005. The third is an inquest into the 1997 murder of Robert Hamill by loyalists in Portadown, Northern Ireland, which campaigners claim involved the collusion of police officers. All three have completed their work, although the report of the Robert Hamill inquiry has not yet been published. 'Intensive searches' The government said in a statement: "The government takes information security extremely seriously, and this incident is a breach of the arrangements that should be in place." It said "intensive searches" carried out with the help of police had failed to recover either of the two missing discs. It also specified there was no evidence to indicate that the loss was the result of "malicious intent", and that the Rodney, Hamill and Duggan families had been informed. A spokeswoman for the Information Commissioner's Office told the BBC: "We have recently been made aware of a possible data breach involving the Ministry of Justice. "We will be making enquiries into the circumstances of the alleged breach before deciding what action, if any, needs to be taken." In each inquiry there were witnesses, including police officers, who were given anonymity because of possible threats to their safety. Officials have not confirmed whether any of the missing documents include personal information relating to these witnesses. |
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| Affa | Jan 29 2015, 04:20 PM Post #2 |
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No worries ....... the plod knows where the discs are. oops ....... making opinion sound like a fact again ..... ah well, let it stand. |
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| Cymru | Jan 29 2015, 05:04 PM Post #3 |
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How convenient. |
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| Pro Veritas | Jan 29 2015, 06:55 PM Post #4 |
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Or inconvenient depending where the info ends up. All The Best |
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| Malum Unus | Jan 29 2015, 07:24 PM Post #5 |
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That depends on whether or not it was lost, or 'lost'*. * As in, this information shows the police in a bad light, whoops its gone missing. |
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| Tigger | Jan 29 2015, 07:29 PM Post #6 |
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How about this as an idea? All data, transcripts of investigations and evidence gathered is immediately logged with a third party not connected in any way with those doing the investigation, that way no more redacting, lost evidence or making it up as you go along, after all the UK is not some banana republic is it? |
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| Rich | Jan 29 2015, 07:38 PM Post #7 |
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It could become one if Labour win the next GE, anyway, back on topic, I understand that one member of staff who correlated the evidence has been suspended from duty and the department of justice has been tasked with responding to awkward questions whilst the Police are kept well away from the limelight and yet all we have gleaned from the DOJ thus far is "no comment". And yes, I agree with your idea regarding evidence. |
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| Tigger | Jan 29 2015, 07:42 PM Post #8 |
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It's just all so convenient isn't it? A cynic might think this was all done deliberately and in a calculated manner, and if only someone had the knowledge to make copies of important and unique documents! Frankly it stinks to high heaven. |
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| Rich | Jan 29 2015, 07:47 PM Post #9 |
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Perhaps Leon Brittan nabbed them before he popped his clogs. |
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| Tigger | Jan 29 2015, 07:52 PM Post #10 |
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They might even have put it in his coffin at the cremation! |
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