Met officer ‘left out evidence’ in UK holidaymaker murder investigation

A senior Metropolitan police officer "omitted key forensic evidence" in a trial linked to the murder of a British man and the kidnap of his wife in Kenya, the BBC has learned.

But now the Independent Office for Police Conduct , which has been investigating the officer's role in the case since June 2018, has confirmed in a statement to the BBC that "had the officer still been serving he would have had a case to answer for gross misconduct".Image source,The police watchdog for England and Wales told the BBC the officer's witness statement had "omitted...

Having spent a week on safari in Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve, the couple of more than 30 years had arrived at a secluded resort on the coast, near the Somalian border. But on their first night Mrs Tebbutt awoke to the sound of David struggling with someone in the dark. She was jabbed with the barrel of a rifle and dragged down to the beach.

The justice charity Reprieve, which has been working with Ali Kololo's lawyer Alfred Olaba, told the BBC that evidence given by Mr Hibberd may have contributed to a grave miscarriage of justice. Det Ch Supt Dominic Murphy, the Met police's head of operations for counter-terrorism, told the BBC there was "no avenue available" for the force to consider further disciplinary action.

The expert concluded that "he could not specifically include or exclude the left shoe from item 'F' as being responsible for making the partial shoe mark".

Anything to get a conviction!! Doesn't matter to him if they have the right man. Shame they can't prosecute the copper. How many other people has he done that too?

ACAB

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