Appendix 1
Police Officers
Name
|
Rank
|
Station
|
Role
|
Bleakley, Peter
|
PS
|
Hammersmith
|
Patrick Quinn's custody officer.
Present with Dell and O'Donnell at scene of crime after Henery discovered
body.
|
Carr, Michael
|
PC
|
Fulham
|
Attended Malcolm Kennedy
arrest with Mellor.
|
Dell, Michael
|
Ins
|
Hammersmith
|
Duty inspector. Present with
Bleakley and O'Donnell at scene of crime after Henery discovered Quinn's
body.
|
Giles, Paul
|
PC
|
Hammersmith
|
Patrick Quinn's arresting
officer. Suffered mental illness and did not give evidence in second
retrial.
|
Hackett
|
DSup
|
Area 6 Major Investigations
Team
|
Present in station on morning
of 24 December 1990.
|
Henery, Edward
|
PS
|
Fulham
|
Malcolm Kennedy's custody
officer. Discovered Quinn's body. Resigned from the Met. with 17 outstanding
disciplinary charges. Fined £500 for contempt of court following second
retrial.
|
Ives, Jeffery
|
PC
|
Fulham
|
Assisted Wheatley to prepare
for murder investigation.
|
Lloyd
|
DSupt
|
MS16 (CIB)
|
Present in station on morning
of 24 December 1990.
|
McAleenan, Paul
|
DS
|
Hammersmith
|
Swinburne's assistant in
murder investigation. Interrupted the first retrial with discovery of
CAD printout.
|
Matthews, Roger
|
DSupt
|
Area 6 Major Investigations
Team
|
Present in station on morning
of 24 December 1990.
|
Mellor, Anthony
|
PC
|
Hammersmith
|
Malcolm Kennedy's arresting
officer.
|
Millar, Michael
|
PC
|
Fulham
|
Drove Northway home at start
of late relief. Dry cleaned trousers before handing them in after the
Christmas break.
|
Northway, James
|
PC
|
Hammersmith
|
Injured on duty during afternoon
shift and driven home by Millar and Trinkwon.
|
O'Donnell, John
|
PS
|
Hammersmith
|
Section officer. Present
with Bleakley and Dell at scene of crime after Henery discovered Quinn's
body.
|
O'Hagan, Andrew
|
PC
|
Hammersmith
|
CAD operator. Attended scene
of crime and kept log of everybody entering Tank cell. Log missing.
|
Suthers, Julian
|
DC
|
Hammersmith
|
Assisted prepare for murder
investigation. Interviewed three prisoners about incident.
|
Swinburne, Philip
|
DI
|
Hammersmith
|
Officer in case.
|
Trinkwon, Peter Anthony (?)
|
PC
|
Hammersmith
|
First officer to deal with
Quinn. Assisted Giles with arrest..
|
Weedon, John
|
PC
|
Hammersmith
|
Exhibits officer for murder
investigation.
|
Welsh, Emlyn
|
PC
|
Hammersmith
|
PC Giles' partner.
|
Wheatley, Sharon
|
DC
|
Fulham
|
Took immediate charge of
the situation after Henery's discovery of Quinn's body.
|
Wright, Tom
|
Supt
|
Thames Valley
|
Complaint investigation officer
appointed by PCA.
|
Appendix 2
Chronology of events
1990
|
|
23 December |
Patrick Quinn arrested for being
drunk and incapable. |
24 December |
Malcolm Kennedy arrested for
being drunk and incapable. Kennedy charged with Quinn's murder. |
1991
|
|
2 September |
First trial starts at Old Bailey. |
20 September |
Kennedy convicted of murder
and sentenced to life imprisonment. |
30 October |
Kennedy's letter of complaint
following his murder conviction referred to the Police Complaints Authority. |
1992
|
|
24 February |
Supt. Tom Wright of Thames Valley
police commences PCA supervised investigation into Kennedy's complaint. |
27 April |
World in Action programme, "Time
to kill", broadcast. |
20 May |
Kennedy's grounds of appeal
against conviction lodged. |
9 September |
PCA interim statement into Kennedy's
complaint. |
1993
|
|
8 February |
Kennedy's appeal against murder
conviction commences at Court of Appeal. |
19 February |
Court of appeal quashes Kennedy's
conviction and orders a retrial. He is refused bail. |
25 June |
Kennedy granted bail pending
retrial. |
6 September |
First retrial commences at Old
Bailey. |
20 September |
First retrial abandoned. |
1994
|
|
21 February |
Second Old Bailey retrial commences.
CPS informs defence PC Giles not giving evidence. |
6 May |
Kennedy convicted of manslaughter
and receives nine year prison sentence. |
16 May |
Ex-sergeant Edward Henery fined
£500 for contempt of court. |
13 June |
Kennedy's grounds of appeal
against conviction lodged. |