Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Diane Abbott (Labour), on Monday, 13 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 18 members in total.

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DEATH OF HARRY STANLEY

That this House regrets the Independent Police Complaints Commission's decision that the two police marksmen who killed Hackney resident Harry Stanley, a father of three, will not face disciplinary action; is concerned that an innocent painter and decorator carrying a table leg could be gunned down because the police chose to assume it was a firearm; wishes to offer its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr Stanley; stresses that the practice of officers conferring before writing up their versions of an incident is particularly inappropriate where the police officers involved are suspects in a criminal investigation; believes that this risks compromising the legitimacy of any criminal investigation; and calls on the Government to review post-incident de-briefing procedures to avoid officers discussing events before writing up their notes in the future.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1623 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Harry Cohen

Peter Bottomley

Paul Flynn

Lynne Jones

Mark Durkan

Subjects

Firearms Homicide Independent Police Complaints Commission Police Prosecutions Stanley, Harry

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk