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Police admit mistakes in Fallon race-fixing enquiry
Police investigating the race-fixing allegations made against champion jockey Kieren Fallon admitted to making huge mistakes, which saw the whole case collapse lat year at the Old Bailey.
The Irish jockey and five other men, including fellow riders Darren Williams and Fergal Lynch, were acquitted last December.
Two further trials involving five other defendants were also quashed, prompting City of London police to review their procedures.
Today, the internal review made several new recommendations when handling cases of this nature in the future.
Commander Patrick Rice, who led the review, said: "We have been thorough in our efforts to identify exactly what we could have done better or differently.
"We got a lot of things right, including the overall direction and control of the investigation. However, we have also identified some areas where we need to tighten up our processes and modify our ways of working."
At his trial at the Old Bailey in 2007, Kieren Fallon was accused of being involved in a £2.2m betting fraud, for allegedly fixing races he was racing in.
But after eight weeks, the judge, Mr Justice Forbes, said there was no case to answer for. The case was thrown out at a cost to taxpayers of £950,000.
The City of London police commissioner, Mike Bowron, said: "Most of the learning has already been put into practice.” “We will now be working to implement the remainder without delay." by
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