Police Authority defies British Home Secretary

Humberside Police Authority put itself on a collision course with the British Home Secretary today, defying his order to suspend chief constable David Westwood after a report into police failures in the Soham child murder case.

Police Authority defies British Home Secretary
Fri, 25 Jun, 2004 - 12:31

Humberside Police Authority put itself on a collision course with the British Home Secretary today, defying his order to suspend chief constable David Westwood after a report into police failures in the Soham child murder case.

Instead they urged David Blunkett to reconsider his demand.

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