Met police chief Hogan-Howe on the rack over Plebgate leak
Friends of Andrew Mitchell are pursuing Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe over whether he leaked details of a Scotland Yard report on Plebgate to journalists.
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MPs hit out at the police investigation into the Plebgate row, with one saying Andrew Mitchell was a victim of media spin “at the highest level” of the Met, and another suggesting Channel 4 take over.
Friends of Andrew Mitchell are pursuing Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe over whether he leaked details of a Scotland Yard report on Plebgate to journalists.
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Former chief whip Andrew Mitchell makes a formal complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over an alleged leak of the Met police report into the “plebgate” affair.
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The Metropolitan Police commissioner admits that he had not seen CCTV subsequently revealed by a Channel 4 News and Dispatches investigation when he stood by his officers in the “plebgate” row.