Minister replies to Criticism of Anver Sheikh Judgement
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Photo of Claire Curtis-Thomas Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby, Labour) | Hansard source

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the implications of the quashing ofthe Anver Sheikh case in the Court of Appeal on16 October for the quality of the case originally brought.

Photo of Gerry Sutcliffe Gerry Sutcliffe (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office) | Hansard source

I cannot comment on individual cases, however, I am sure that the Crown Prosecution Service will consider carefully what the Court of Appeal says when the full judgment is published.

Since the Home Affairs Committee Report in 2002, much has been done to improve the way that investigations of historic child abuse are carried out. In particular, guidance from ACPO and the CPS has been developed and reflects lessons learned from the original investigations which took place in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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