Prime minister is holding a press conference on the newly-called Southport inquiryStarmer says he and other ministers would never have been forgiven if they had released information about the attack last summer that led to the collapse of a future trial.Throughout this case, to this point, we have only been focused on justice.If this trial had collapsed because I or anyone else had revealed crucial details while the police were investigating, while the case was being built, while we were awaiting a verdict, then the vile individual who committed these crimes would have walked away a free man – the prospect of justice destroyed for the victims and their families.The responsibility for this barbaric act lies, as it always does, with the vile individual who carried it out. But that is no comfort, and more importantly, it is no excuse.And so as part of the inquiry launched by the home secretary yesterday, I will not let any institution of the state deflect from their failure – failure which in this case, frankly, leaps off the page. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2025-01-21 08:42:00
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