POLICE SCOTLAND

Police Scotland complained to The Sunday Post about our coverage of the cover-up at the SCDEA in February. In a three-page letter, the force said the retiral of Deputy Chief Constable Johnny Gwynne was unconnected to the court judgment, announced the same week, detailing the response to the undercover scandal at the SCDEA where he had been No 2. The letter also denied there was any evidence of a cover-up. In part, it read:

These headlines and the article are inaccurate, misleading and distorted. At no point do they make clear this is an interpretation of... evidence, rather than agreed upon or found fact. We seek the immediate removal of the story from your website and all search engine results. We further seek publication of an online and printed correction and apology at the earliest opportunity and with due prominence for a front page article. Police Scotland welcomes fair and robust scrutiny, including fair and accurate reporting on court proceedings. However the failure to properly describe evidence in a court case and the leap to describing events as a cover-up on no fewer than six occasions over the articles and their headlines without due regard for evidence referencing investigations and outcomes rather than a cover-up is inaccurate and misleading

Yesterday when asked about the Met’s refusal to deny a cover-up took place at the SCDEA, Police Scotland said:

The matter will be discussed at the SPA meeting on Wednesday