Police inquiry into stolen videos

"Vulnerable victims of sex crimes have reacted with panic and fury after highly sensitive videos of their police interviews were stolen in an ‘unacceptable’ breach of security."

 

"The theft of computers containing the statements sparked disbelief among witnesses when they were informed of the break-in. And police were accused of trying to cover up the incident by asking those affected to keep quiet about it."

 

"The recordings were being edited by a private firm in Greater Manchester for the Crown Prosecution Service. Last night, Labour MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons’ Home Affairs Committee, said he was ‘deeply concerned by the serious security breach’ and voiced ‘surprise’ that a private firm had control of such data."

 

"The loss is a blow for the CPS in the North-West, which oversaw the prosecution of the Rochdale gang in which nine men were convicted for exploiting dozens of girls as young as 13. Publicity from the trial led to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse coming forward after suffering in silence for years..."

 

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CPS boss Alison Saunders

 

In a statement yesterday, a CPS spokesman said that it was now co-operating with a police inquiry following a burglary at the premises of Swan Films, a Manchester-based video editing contractor for the CPS. [Alison Saunders is head of the Crown Prosecution Service and, therefore, is responsible for holding child abuse victim, Melanie Shaw, in Peterborough Prison on remand for 61 days without presenting evidence against her in court. See post above]

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2763812/Police-accused-cover-loss-video-interviews-abuse-victims.html#ixzz3EDvBY5ww