Police officers grilled over ‘plebgate’ meeting
MPs have quizzed key figures from the police over the plebgate affair, which engulfed politician Andrew Mitchell last year.
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Officers accused of giving misleading accounts of a meeting with Andrew Mitchell are facing a new watchdog investigation and will also be questioned again by MPs.
MPs have quizzed key figures from the police over the plebgate affair, which engulfed politician Andrew Mitchell last year.
The “honesty and integrity” of three police officers accused of trying to discredit former Conservative chief whip Andrew Mitchell is queried by the police watchdog.
Speaking to MPs, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe is forced to say sorry over the damage to Andrew Mitchell’s confidence in police following the “plebgate” row.
A diplomatic protection group police officer is arrested in connection with the Andrew Mitchell “plebgate” affair following fresh information.
Testimony of an anonymous woman in defence of a ” plebgate” libel action brought by Andrew Mitchell against The Sun could be more evidence of a conspiracy against him.
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 Plebgate MP Andrew Mitchell are piling the pressure on Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. Was he the source of leaks to journalists over the scandal?
Friends of Andrew Mitchell are pursuing Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe over whether he leaked details of a Scotland Yard report on Plebgate to journalists.
A police file handed over to the CPS apparently contains no evidence that Andrew Mitchell lied about what he said to a police officer at Downing Street.
A female police officer becomes the fourth person arrested over alleged leaks to the media linked to the Andrew Mitchell “plebgate” affair.
Metropolitan Police detectives arrest a third man as part of Operation Alice, the Andrew Mitchell “plebgate” investigation. Political Correspondent Michael Crick reports.
Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood is sharply criticised by MPs for his botched investigation into former chief whip Andrew Mitchell’s “plebgate” row with Downing Street police officers.
A senior civil servant who investigated the “plebgate” affair tells MPs he advised that emails supporting claims Andrew Mitchell swore at police should not be relied upon in determining his fate.
Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, tells Channel 4 News the Andrew Mitchell affair is not “evidence of routine or endemic issues around corruption”.