Ex-vice squad cops face disciplinary hearing
01 January 1991
Ex-vice squad cops face disciplinary hearing
artdoc July=1991
Two former vice squad officers are being called to a
disciplinary tribunal after investigations into a woman's
complaint that she was wrongfully convicted of prostitution
offences.
Superintendent Peter Bean and Constable Phillip
Spittles, formerly of a squad based at Paddington that was
disbanded for allegedly becoming a `rogue outfit', are
accused of planting evidence and failing to contact defence
witnesses. (Independent 2.2.91)
IRR Police-Media Bulletin no 67. Institute of Race
Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS