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Witnesses giving certain evidence to Undercover Policing Inquiry “can do so without fear of prosecution” (7 September 2016)
Date: 07/09/2016
The Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP has confirmed that witnesses providing certain evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry can do so without fear of being prosecuted.
Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC said that the undertaking means those who give evidence to the Inquiry – and who meet the terms of the undertaking – will not face prosecution as a result of the evidence that they give.
However, the undertaking does not prevent prosecutors from following up evidence they receive by other means.
The written undertaking was provided at the request of the Inquiry Chairman, Sir Christopher Pitchford.
Attorney General Jeremy Wright said:
“The Inquiry’s priority is to establish the facts about undercover policing – and I hope this undertaking will help leave no stone unturned.
“Witnesses should feel able to give evidence confident that nothing they say will later be used against them in criminal proceedings.”
In March 2015, the Home Secretary set up an Inquiry into undercover policing under the Inquiries Act 2005 and announced that Sir Christopher Pitchford would lead it.
The purpose of the Inquiry is to examine and report on undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England and Wales since 1968.
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