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| Watchdog request over Sussex Police Savile officers | |
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| The police watchdog has asked for more information over how two Sussex detectives handled a sex assault allegation against Jimmy Savile. | |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it had directed Sussex Police to record and refer the officers' conduct to the watchdog. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it had directed Sussex Police to record and refer the officers' conduct to the watchdog. |
| The officers investigated an alleged sexual offence by Savile after a woman contacted the force in March 2008. | The officers investigated an alleged sexual offence by Savile after a woman contacted the force in March 2008. |
| It is part of an IPCC review of material from a number of forces. | It is part of an IPCC review of material from a number of forces. |
| It said it had requested further information from West Yorkshire, Surrey and the Metropolitan Police forces. | It said it had requested further information from West Yorkshire, Surrey and the Metropolitan Police forces. |
| "On receipt of the further information from these four police forces we will take decisions as soon as we can whether IPCC investigations are required," it said. | "On receipt of the further information from these four police forces we will take decisions as soon as we can whether IPCC investigations are required," it said. |
| 'Careful assessment' | |
| The IPCC is already conducting an independent investigation into allegations a West Yorkshire Police inspector "acted on behalf" of Savile by inappropriately contacting Surrey Police ahead of a police interview in 2009. | |
| It said it had now advised other five police forces from which it received Savile-related information that it did not intend to take further steps in regard to any of their officers at this time. | |
| These forces were Thames Valley, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, North Yorkshire and Lancashire. | |
| "After careful assessment of all the information so far available we have determined there is insufficient evidence of any recordable conduct matters specific to individual police officers which would merit a referral to the IPCC," it said. | |
| "The forces have provided rationale to the IPCC, as requested, for their decision-making in not recording or referring any conduct matters." |