Police to recommence Cotswold Water Park investigation (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)
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Police to recommence Cotswold Water Park investigation
10:00am Monday 13th February 2012 in News By Ian Craig
TWO police forces are set to team up to delve deeper into Cotswold Water Park.
In a tantalising statement released this week by a senior Gloucestershire police officer it was announced that that an independent review of Gloucestershire police’s investigation into the fraud at the Water Park had identified a number of additional issues to be investigated.
In November it was announced officers from City of London Police were to review the investigation by Gloucestershire police which led to the conviction of former Cotswold Water Park Society boss Dennis Grant.
Grant was jailed in July last year after admitting defrauding the society of more than £660,000, and is currently serving a four year, four month prison sentence.
Gloucestershire police Deputy Chief Constable Mick Matthews said the purpose of the review was to gain an impartial perspective on the investigation.
"The findings of that review have now been provided to us, and it has been recommended that we consider a number of additional issues," he said.
He added that it was decided to ask City of London Police to continue investigating these matters "to ensure an independent and transparent approach".
It is not believed that the results of the review by City of London Police have been seen by anyone apart from senior police officers.
Comments(7)
Pentheus
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8:44am Fri 17 Feb 12
Union Man
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3:51pm Fri 17 Feb 12
Send in Desmond Jenkins the Miss Marple of Somerford Keyes, the Jasper Carrot or Robert Powell of the Detectives, the super sloof of Lake 31.
Deputise him and round up the pussie, I mean Posie and go and kick as.
Olly Cromwell
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6:44pm Fri 17 Feb 12
The Lake 31 infill fiasco appears to have been a scam to avoid landfill tax so why not start there?....afterall there is 1,500 pages of mainly false testimony which was aired at St. Esmond's recent martyrdom which could prove very useful to a criminal inquiry.
Truth will come to light, in the end truth will out.
Council Taxpayer
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8:08pm Fri 17 Feb 12
Either the Gloucestershire plods were too dim or, possibly, deliberately blinkered to spot this glaring evidence so let's hope the City of London guys are a bit smarter.
If I can assist by pointing them in the right direction, they should get out their magnifying glasses and look at the"Supplemental Agreement" dated 25 February 2010 - halfway down the final page to be precise - Clause 6.1.
It is significant that the tell-tale clause was drawn up only days before fraudster Dennis faced the final showdown at the public meeting at at a time when his back was against the wall and he sent out an email plea to his Water Park cronies to come to his assistance.
Since the aptly named "Grant" money had already been paid over and was in his personal bank account, how could that clause possibly have come into existence?
Answers on a postcard please..........
Union Man
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8:30pm Sat 18 Feb 12
Luckily he took it and invested it wisely, i'e not in Iceland, so we'll get it back.
Pentheus
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9:21pm Sun 19 Feb 12
But they will be if the Police are involved...yes it would be good to have a an organisation that specialises in financial crime and corruption ... we have one its called "Government"........
.and please no more about the overbearing bore Jenkins....
Write directly to The Chief Exec of GCC with an FOI request....
Crispin Mount says...
8:39pm Mon 13 Feb 12