Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Minister sent ‘put up or shut up’ warning



Former deputy police chief Lenny Harper

THE HOME Affairs Minister should ‘put up or shut up’ about allegations of inappropriate relationships between certain police officers and the News of the World, former deputy police chief Lenny Harper has said.

Mr Harper, who led the investigation into historical child abuse which focused on the Haut de la Garenne children’s home, issued the warning in a letter also sent to the media.

In a statement to the States two weeks ago, Senator Ian Le Marquand said that he believed there must have been a leak which led to a News of the World journalist being found in bushes at the former children’s home.

In his letter to the Home Affairs Minister, Mr Harper said: ‘I have been instructed to counsel you against repeating these falsehoods without the protection afforded to you in the States.’

Article posted on 2nd August, 2011 - 2.56pm

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