The Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) investigation into the allegation that ‘whistle-blowers’ were incentivised to provide evidence to the McGrail Inquiry “has not uncovered any evidence that meets the threshold for criminal prosecution for Misconduct in Public Office.”
With the intention of keeping members of the public regularly informed on the progress of the Dr Giraldi Home enquiry, a statement released today touched upon the inquiry’s current stage, including the process of contacting witnesses who may have evidence of assistance to the inquiry. Relevant authorities have also been contacted for statements. Witnesses at the main hearing will include Government ministers and representatives from the management of the Dr Giraldi Home, the Care Agency, the Royal Gibraltar Police and the Attorney General’s Chambers.
The Opposition, over the last eight weeks. has ‘instituted a deliberate policy to say as little as possible on the current crisis with Spain to give the Government the political space to resolve that crisis’. They also claim that they have not engaged the Government in any intense political battles on domestic issues as they did formally on the Sunborn and Gibraltar Savings Bank.
The RGP’s on-going ‘Operation Roadwatch’ enforcement operations endeavour to make Gibraltar’s roads safer through education, awareness and enforcement. The aim is to reduce the number of serious traffic accidents. Road safety is everyone’s concern and the responsibility of all road users.
With RAF Gibraltar’s former Station Commander, Wing Commander Jim Holland having taken a job within 2 Group at Air Command in High Wycombe, a new Wing Commander was recently welcomed. WC Greg ‘Vasco’ Smith comes to Gibraltar from the UK Joint Delegation at NATO’s Strategic Headquarters in Brussels. Wing Commander Smith joined the RAF in 1990 and following Officer and Flying Training was posted to RAF Bruggen in Germany. In 1997 he was selected for the Qualified Weapons Instructor Course (QWI) at RAF Lossiemouth and on successful completion was posted back to Bruggen as the QWI on 14 Squadron overseeing the Squadrons transition to the Tornado GR4.