§ 9. Mr. Hobsonasked the Attorney-General if the Director of Public Prosecutions has considered the evidence of the witnesses for the prosecution whose names were withheld in the recent Old Bailey trial of two police officers; and if any legal action is contemplated.
§ The Attorney-General (Sir Hartley Shawcross)An appeal has been lodged in the case to which my hon. Friend refers, and while the matter remains sub judice it would not be proper for me to make any statement.