§ 27. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what request for assistance has been made to him by Mr. Chapman in connection with the retrial of a man in Greece for the murder of Miss Ann Chapman; and what documents he has provided in response to this request.
§ Mr. JuddMr. Chapman has on many occasions asked us to press the Greek authorities to reopen their inquiries into the sad circumstances of his daughter's death and to order a retrial of the Greek national convicted of her murder. He also asked for meetings with Greek Ministers and the Public Prosecutor to be arranged and for the Greek authorities to be urged to seek the help of British192W police. However, investigations into the death of Ann Chapman are matters for the Greek authorities. We have no standing in this case to request a retrial for a Greek national convicted in a Greek court of an offence committed in Greece. Requests from the Greek authorities for documents were passed by my Department to the Home Department and were dealt with by them.