Petty Officer John Anthony Black

HC Deb 10 June 1985 vol 80 cc303-4W

Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call for a report from the chief constable concerning the progress of police inquiries in the United Kingdom into the unlawful killing of Petty Officer John Anthony Black in Sabinillas, Spain, on 26 December 1983.

Mr. Giles Shaw

I understand from the chief constable of Hampshire constabulary that inquiries carried out at the request of Her Majesty's Coroner, to whom the police submitted their evidence at the inquest into Mr. Black's death held on 22 and 23 May 1985, are now complete. In the absence of information requested from Spain, no further police action is anticipated for the present.