Assuming that copy of the letter is genuine (and there is no reason for suspecting otherwise as far as I can see) it is, as I thought, an exemption has been claimed under the FoI as the police have judged release at this time (note references to the information being likely to emerge in the course of coroners and criminal proceedings) may prejudice an ongoing investigation and that outweighs any public interest in knowing the information.TeeJay said:Just come across the following which is from a letter from Neil Smith, Detective Inspector Anti-Terrorist Branch replying to requests from one Ms Bridget Dunne ... ]
The reference to the BBC reports (as an example of a public source rather than the definitive one) simply seems to be an attempt to be helpful - "we can't tell you, but most of what you want may well be here".
Don't you just love conspiraloons selective and out-of-context quoting!
Post 186 said:In a FOI request to the Metropolitan Police, Detective inspector Neil Smith of the Anti-Terrorist Branch at New Scotland Yard informed me that:
"The information you are looking for is essentially already in the public domain. It was widely published in the media in July, and released in police appeals, including those which Ms Simeone brought to your attention. I would strongly recommend the BBC website, which not only gives the broad information you seek, but also gives written and pictorial accounts of the events of that morning and the days that followed."
So yes the BBC may well have got it wrong, but my point is that this is the official narrative and I would expect it to stand up to close scrutiny.