Solicitor under investigation after advising police officers to alter statements on stop-and-search death

‘The lawyer who advised five police officers to alter their statements concerning the stop and search of a man who later died is under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, The Independent can reveal.

Detective Superintendent Jason Liles, Detective Constable Richard Bazeley and PCs Kate Granger, Chris Pomery and Howard Wynne of Thames Valley Police had admitted deleting parts of their initial statements, including references to use of force, from statements subsequently provided to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) of their encounter with Habib “Paps” Ullah on 3 July 2008.

The 39-year-old father of three from Slough, Berkshire, was declared dead at Wycombe General hospital around 90 minutes after the car in which he and friends were travelling was stopped in High Wycombe.’

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