A chief constable was criticised by three judges today for defying a high court order to return computer hard drives containing evidence of suspected child abuse to an expert witness.
Colin Port, the chief constable of Avon and Somerset police, escaped a prison term for contempt of court because he returned the files from 87 computer hard drives to the expert yesterday evening, hours before the officer appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
According to this Guardian report "The case pitted the chief constable against Jim Bates". I beg to differ. Port challenged the law and the law won. He backed down at the last minute. Nevertheless, nobody is above the law. Not even someone who is a Chief Constable. He must be removed from power. And the sooner the better.
1 comment:
excellent analysis and that i had overlooked. Of course the cop should be either sacked or severely reprimanded. As a law enforcer he was defying the law-actually announcing he intended to break the law and using the same old "but think of the little children" claim.
One thing always bothers me with the claim made on the court-room steps saying every time a child porn pic is looked at the law is broken and the child abused. Where does that leave the copper who looks at child porn during an investigation ?. Is his crime "suspended' for a time..and if goes back to look twice 'suspended ' again ?. They do talk nonsense some times.
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