Former police chief may launch legal action against Green
Former top policeman Bob Quick has called on First Secretary of State Damian Green publicly to retract “deeply hurtful” allegations that he lied about “vast amounts” of pornography discovered on the MP’S personal computer.
In a statement issued by his solicitors, Mr Quick said he was considering legal action against Mr Green – who is effectively Prime Minister Theresa May’s deputy.
The former Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner, who oversaw a raid on Mr Green’s Westminster office in 2008, said everything he had said about the case was “accurate and in good faith”.
The statement said: “Damian Green called me a liar in the statement he tweeted on 4 November, 2017. That is com- pletely untrue. Everything I have said is accurate, in good faith and in the firm belief that I have acted in the public interest.
“During an investigation of his Parliamentary office in 2008, it was reported to me and to other senior officers that a vast amount of pornography was discovered on the computer in Damian Green’s Parliamentary office, on his account. I was told that internet history data logs indicated that the material had been viewed prolifically and in working hours. I recommended that the issue be referred to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. As far as I know, no such reference was made.”
The statement concluded: “I invite Damian Green publicly to retract his allegations against me. I am considering legal action.”