Nearly two months have passed since the file on a policeman’s alleged sexual assault of a detainee, Colwyn Harding, was returned to police for further investigation.
The delay seemingly lies with the police, who have had the file for almost two months doing additional investigations as directed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack. Ali-Hack had said in a statement, on February 21, that after examining the file she returned it to the police on February 19 for further investigations to be done.
She did not state what the further investigations entailed.
It is believed that she took this position after receiving a copy of a medical report compiled by a doctor