Pc Tony Salt

EDM number 1769 in 1992-93, proposed by Chris Mullin on 15/04/1993.

That this House notes that 16th April is the fourth anniversary of the death in controversial circumstances of West Midlands police officer Tony Salt; notes that during that time no inquest has been held into the cause of Mr Salt's death; further notes that charges against two men who apparently confessed while in the custody of West Midlands police officers to robbing Mr Salt were quietly dropped when it became obvious that the confessions were fraudulent; also notes that PC Mark Berry, who was with Salt at the time of his death and who gave four different versions of what happened, was permitted to retire on medical grounds before disciplinary charges could be brought; is not aware of any disciplinary action being taken against Detective Constables 9669 Gerald Harris and 7782 Gerald Doyle and Detective Sergeants 7263 Alan Shakespeare and 7253 Richard Davies, who were responsible for obtaining the fraudulent confessions; is not aware of any other area of the country where a police officer could die on duty, for no criminal charges to be pending and for no inquest to be held; and calls on the coroner, Dr Richard Whittington, to hold an inquest or to resign.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.