HC Deb 11 June 1964 vol 696 cc101-2W
53 and 54. Mrs. Butler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many men are now serving prison sentences following conviction in cases in which Detective-Sergeant Harold Challoner was involved; and how many of these men have asked for their cases to be reviewed;

(2) what action he intends to take in regard to the police report on men now serving sentences following conviction in cases in which Detective-Sergeant Harold Challoner was involved.

Mr. Brooke

Five men now serving prison sentences, in whose cases this officer was concerned, have asked for their convictions to be reviewed. I am not aware of any other such cases. I have received a copy of the report which has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions on the police investigation into these cases, and I am urgently studying it, but I am not yet in a position to make a statement.