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Contents Introduction and summary by Sir Michael Bichard 1 Recommendations for action 13 The Inquiry process 19 1 CONTACTS, RECRUITMENT AND VETTING – THE FACTS An overview 23 Dealing with the contacts as they happened 24 How Humberside Police and/or Social Services handled the 11 contacts with Huntley 24 Contact A 26 Record keeping: Contact A 26 Contact 1 (allegation: unlawful sexual intercourse) 26 Record keeping: Contact 1 30 Contact 2 (allegation: burglary) 31 Record keeping: Contact 2 32 Contact 2A (allegation: unlawful sexual intercourse) 33 Record keeping: Contact 2A 35 Contact 3 (allegation: unlawful sexual intercourse) 35 Record keeping: Contact 3 39 Contact 4 (allegation: unlawful sexual intercourse) 39 Record keeping: Contact 4 41 Contact 5 (non-appearance for the burglary summons/ non-payment of fine) 41 Record keeping: Contact 5 41 Contact 6 (allegation: rape) 42 Record keeping: Contact 6 42 Contact 7 (allegation: rape) 43 Record keeping: Contact 7 45 Contact 8 (allegation: indecent assault on a child aged 11) 47 Record keeping: Contact 8 48 Contact 9 (allegation: rape) 49 Record keeping: Contact 9 50 Contact 10 (allegation: rape) 51 Record keeping: Contact 10 53 Huntley’s application for disclosure under the Data Protection Act 1998 53 The Bichard Inquiry – Contents i
Page 1 and 2: The Bichard Inquiry Report A Public
Page 3: © Parliamentary copyright 2004 The
Page 7 and 8: 4 NATIONAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURE -
Page 9 and 10: 7 The detailed facts and findings a
Page 11 and 12: eason for the information about the
Page 13 and 14: 35 For example, although national I
Page 15 and 16: 48 I must therefore conclude that t
Page 17 and 18: of the responsibility of deciding w
Page 19 and 20: no interview panel for staff workin
Page 21 and 22: 6 The quality and timeliness of PNC
Page 23 and 24: The new register would be administe
Page 26 and 27: The Inquiry process 1 On 17 Decembe
Page 28 and 29: The focus of the Inquiry 12 Counsel
Page 30 and 31: 1 Contacts, recruitment and vetting
Page 32 and 33: • the Police National Computer (P
Page 34 and 35: Huntley and AB. I make clear that M
Page 36 and 37: Huntley interviewed under caution 1
Page 38 and 39: 1.58 CPD: No record exists. There a
Page 40 and 41: ecord, were removed from the system
Page 42 and 43: 1.86 There is no indication that So
Page 44 and 45: 1.101 Ms McLoughlin’s diary sheet
Page 46 and 47: Record keeping: Contact 3 1.114 PNC
Page 48 and 49: Record keeping: Contact 4 1.132 PNC
Page 50 and 51: 1.153 CIS Crime: An entry was made
Page 52 and 53: Conditional bail 1.173 On 29 May 19
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would have fallen to be automatical
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Information’ screen). The relevan
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Police note that, while this defini
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Record keeping: Contact 10 1.233 PN
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• Cambridgeshire Constabulary (pa
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happening was in Huntley’s case.
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1.275 ‘Part C’ was to be comple
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1.288 The senior police line manage
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1.303.1 On arrival, a Police Check
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1.306 Miss Lightley believed that m
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The failings within the old system
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1.334 When conducting the PNC searc
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course, that such a charge should n
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1.358 If Humberside Police had rece
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1.366 This is because it seems to m
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2.6 There were six major failures
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2.16 My view is that all those at
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2.32 There was not merely one isol
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2.39.3 no check was made against m
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2.53.3 Indeed, the statements from
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to be as confident as DCS Baggs tha
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on the basis of the complainant dec
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‘some concern’. In fact, as DS
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elying solely on such a confession,
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2.101 Chief Constable Westwood acc
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2.116 I do not find it necessary t
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2.127 Humberside Police are also i
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2.140 However, there were occasion
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2.148 The investigation was conduc
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2.156 Chief Constable Lloyd was un
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Education Personnel Management Ltd
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3.4 On application, an individual w
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and direction. Under section 6(2) o
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3.32 HMIC’s effectiveness therefo
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disclosure of information obtained
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3.58 The Case Preparation applicati
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ecord and recommended that the guid
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Different guidance at local level 3
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3.91.2 It informs them that the acc
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4 €National systems and structure
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4.10 € Historically, there has be
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• legal powers to insist on a nat
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4.35 € It may be that the new pow
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4.41 € The evidence also suggeste
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The nature of the allegation 4.46.1
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issues. In giving evidence, Mr Eade
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opportunity to develop these skills
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depend on the application of the 19
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information (which includes names a
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4.92 € I understand that the Over
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4.105.1 €The current system depen
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4.117 € The central body would ta
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4.129.1 €Information should only
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Taking things forward 4.135 € The
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Caution (1) - when a suspect is adv
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Human Rights Act 1998 - imposes spe
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R Registered Body - an organisation
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3. What were/are the systems, polic
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Organisation Name Oral (O) Written
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Organisation Name Oral (O) Written
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Appendix 3 Humberside Police record
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tool ... to store and supply compre
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22.1 In essence, the system grades
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etention marker (‘retain’) coul
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Appendix 4 Vetting, the List scheme
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National and local checks 11 Checks
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Stage 1 - referrals 20 The POCA Lis
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40 EU: Belgium, Denmark, France, Ge
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Appendix 5 The Inquiry team Sir Mic
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