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Written question asked by Peter Bottomley (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 June 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 July 2016. It was answered by Jeremy Wright (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 July 2016 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Gurpal Virdi

Question

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Ministerial Correction of 24 June 2016 to Question 40180, on Gurpal Virdi, how many statements of fact by the complainant were contradicted by (a) Tom Makins and (b) police or court records; and which police or court records confirmed the age of the complainant in November 1986.

Answer

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not consider it possible to answer questions (a) and (b) with a number because of the degree of interpretation required to determine what may amount to a “contradiction” and what may be described materially as a “statement of fact”.

There are no contemporaneous documents from 1986. The memorandum of conviction, which is held in the form of a certified extract created some years later, contains the date of birth. The microfiche records, which are dated after 1986, also contain the date of birth.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41556
Session
2016-17
Related items
Gurpal Virdi
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Disclosure of information Misconduct Offences against children Virdi, Gurpal
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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