COUNCILLOR GURPAL VIRDI, THE POLICE AND THE CPS

Early day motion 1093, tabled 20 March 2018 by Peter Bottomley (Conservative). Signed by 4 members.

That this House calls for an inquiry into the investigations and prosecution decisions that preceded the acquittal of retired Metropolitan Police Sergeant Councillor Gurpal Virdi, to establish how there could be a trial without evidence from PC Markwick and PC Mady, how PC Makins could be a prosecution witness when his statement contradicted specific claims by the complainant, how the Crown Prosecution Service could have believed the false allegation of indecent assault with a collapsible baton a decade before they were introduced, and to establish why the Independent Police Complaints Commission referred Mr Virdi's complaint to the Metropolitan Police Department of Professional Standards whose peculiar original investigation led to the false statements about Mr Virdi and to the unjustified prosecution.

Signatures by party: Labour 2, Conservative 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.