§ 60. Lord ROBERT CECILasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to certain serious assaults alleged to have been committed upon women at Llanystumdwy; whether any prosecutions have been instituted by the Public Prosecutor; and whether the Government propose to take any steps to investigate these occurrences?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Ellis Griffith)My right hon. Friend has already made inquiry in the matter and is informed that the police were unable to identify any of the assailants, and that they are up to the present without sufficient evidence for proceedings to be taken against anyone. This difficulty is attributed to the fact that many of the persons at the meeting came from outside the county, and were strangers to the police who were there on duty, and who were fully occupied in affording protection to the women. If any information on the matter can be obtained, it should at once be communicated to the local police.
§ Lord ROBERT CECILMay I ask whether the police have seen the photographs which were published in the newspapers and whether that does not help them to identify any of the assailants?
§ Mr. ELLIS GRIFFITHThe photographs in the newspapers have been placed in the hands of the local police for their information, but in spite of that information they have not been able to identify the assailants.