Release of Police report into David Benson-Pope
Friday, 2 December 2005, 1:13 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Government
02 December 2005
Release of Police report into David
Benson-Pope
Earlier this week the police offered Mr
Benson-Pope an opportunity to make submissions with regard
to personal information held in a report into historical
allegations against him, prior to the report's release under
the Official Information Act.
Mr Benson-Pope received a
copy of that police report for the first time on the morning
of Wednesday, 30 November 2005.
The police gave Mr
Benson-Pope until 10am today [Friday, 02 December 2005], to
make any such submissions to them.
Mr Benson-Pope today
met that deadline.
The advice he has received back from
the police is that they will give his submission "careful
consideration" and that they will attend to this matter "as
promptly as they can".
The timing of the release of the
report is in the hands of the police.
ENDS
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