Documents from three inquiries lost in the post
Information relating to three judge-led inquiries, including two fatal police shootings, have gone missing in the post, the Ministry of Justice has said.
Information from 3 major inquiries goes missing in post
The Ministry of Justice has admitted information from three judge-led inquiries, including two fatal police shootings, have gone missing in the post.
They relate to the Azelle Rodney Inquiry, the Robert Hamill Inquiry and the Mark Duggan Inquest.
An MoJ spokesman said: "The government takes information security extremely seriously and this incident is a breach of the arrangements that should be in place.
"At this stage there is no evidence to indicate that the information loss arose from malicious intent."
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