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British policemen investigating jailed former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, have been accused of taking cash payments for information.
Two Scotland Yard detective constables and a former detective inspector have been named as “key culprits” in bribery allegations revealed to British MPs.
The Home Affairs Select Committee was told about “apparent corruption right at the heart of New Scotland Yard”.
The former inspector has denied any wrong-doing and the two serving officers have declined to comment, theBBC reports.
The allegations surfaced during a parliamentary hearing on the role of private detectives.
During evidence from a lawyer, Mike Schwarz, from solicitors Bindmans, MPs were told of documents which allege that private investigation firm, Risc Management Ltd., was involved in “wining and dining and paying” officers working on the James Ibori case.
Ibori was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment last month after pleading guilty to laundering millions of pounds in the UK.
Schwarz, representing Ibori’s London lawyer who was jailed as part of the case, said, “The key culprits appear to be the main players who are the senior investigating officer, DI Gary Walters, and two of the key investigators who are DC John McDonald and DC Peter Clark.”
Schwarz told the committee there were records that “show about half a dozen payments totalling £20,000 over eight or nine months.”
The allegations were originally made in an anonymous bundle of documents sent to former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, and the Independent Police Complaints Commission last summer.
The two serving officers have not been questioned over the allegations
In October last year, the IPCC instructed the Metropolitan Police’s Directorate of Professional Standards to conduct an internal investigation.
The paperwork included what purported to be detailed invoices and expense ledgers from Risc Management Ltd., headed at the time by two former Scotland Yard detectives, Keith Hunter and Cliff Knuckey.
Culled from The Punch.
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