§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many disciplinary actions against RUC officers in the past 10 years resulted in files being presented to the Director of Public Prosecutions; on how many occasions and on what charges were prosecutions 719W brought; how many charges resulted in a conviction; and how many charges resulted in a custodial sentence. [108487]
§ Mr. IngramFigures on the total number of disciplinary cases in which files have been passed to the Director of Public Prosecutions are not available. However, the table shows the total number of cases in which prosecutions were directed by the DPP from 1993 (the earliest year for which records are readily available) up to 1999.
Offence Total number of prosecutions directed Total number of resulting prosecutions Total number of prosecutions resulting in imprisonment (custodial or suspended sentence) Murder 3 2 2 Malicious Wounding 1 0 0 Rape 2 2 2 Poss. ammunition 3 3 0 Perjury 1 0 0 Pervert justice 1 0 0 Att. abduction 1 1 1 AOABH 7 2 0 Indecent assault 7 2 2 Indecent behaviour 3 2 0 Criminal damage 2 2 1 Obstruction 2 2 0 Conspiracy to defraud 1 1 1 Resisting arrest 1 1 0 Common assault 13 8 0 Theft 14 5 2 Deception 9 7 3 Breach occupation order 1 1 1 Disorderly behaviour 4 4 0 DIC firearm 1 1 0 Drunk in charge 25 17 0 Excess alcohol 59 55 0 Fail provide specimen 1 1 0 No insurance 11 10 0 Reckless driving 8 8 2 Careless driving 98 91 1 Excess speed 15 14 0 Permit no insurance 5 4 0 No road tax 4 4 0 No MOT 3 3 0 Defective tyre 1 1 0 Lic. premises after hours 1 1 0 Intercept phone calls 1 0 0 Malicious phone call 4 3 0 Total 313 258 18