§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to his correspondence with the hon. Member for Islington, North, if he will ask the British embassy in Athens to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death or the hon. Member's constituent Peter Nadin while in police 355W custody; and if he will meet the hon. Member for Islington, North to receive representations on behalf of the deceased's mother.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydBritish consular officers have no investigatory rôle. Mr. Nadin's death was investigated by the Greek authorities in 1984. They concluded that he committed suicide. The Greek authorities reviewed the case in 1985 at our request. They reached the same conclusion. In the absence of new evidence we have no grounds to ask them to reopen the case.
In the circumstances, there is little to be gained from a meeting about this sad case.