Blunkett Launches High Court Battle Over Soham Chief

Evening Standard - London › June 26, 2004

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DAVID Blunkett launched a High Court fight today after a police authority defied his order to suspend the chief constable shamed in the Soham murder report.

The Home Secretary reacted furiously after members of Humberside Police Authority refused to take action against David Westwood, who was slated over the destruction of files which might have stopped child killer Ian Huntley.

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Blunkett Launches High Court Battle Over Soham Chief

After a two-hour meeting the authority voted by 12 to five to call on Mr Blunkett to b...

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