Thank you Senator Ian Le Marquand.

Once again this is where the phrase "never underestimate the stupidity of our oligarchy" comes into play.

The reason I thank Senator Le Marquand is because he is going to publish the cherry picked Wiltshire Report. He is going to show the world the prosecution case, after Chief Police Officer Graham Power QPM has been denied the right to a fair trial. He must now be presumed innocent.

For a little while there some of us were thinking the Chief Police Officer was going to remain silent. Indeed this is where the "stupidity" comes into it. If Ian Le Marquand had have come out and said something along the lines that, disciplinary actions could not be brought because of time constraints etc. and left it at that, then Graham Power might have just slipped into oblivion and all would have gone quiet. But ah no good old Ian wants a show trial, and now he's bl--dy well going to get one!

For two years we've heard next to nothing from the CPO Power and within two days we get two Press Releases from him. Ian Le Marquand has "woken the beast" and personally I can't thank him enough for it.

I have it on good authority that this is just the beggining, are you ready for this Senator? After looking at the cherry picked Wiltshire Report I can't see that you would be feeling too confident!

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY GRAHAM POWER QPM, THE RETIRING CHIEF OFFICEER OF THE STATES OF JERSEY POLICE IN RESPONSE TO INDIRECT MEDIA ENQUIRIES REGARDING HIS POSITION IN RESPECT OF THE “WILTSHIRE REPORTS” WHICH HE UNDERSTANDS ARE TO RECEIVE SOME FORM OF PUBLICITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

“While I have been provided with little information in relation to the matter, it is my understanding that reports prepared by the Chief Constable of Wiltshire in respect of the management of the Historic Abuse Enquiry are to receive some form of publicity in the near future.

It is known that the reports contain some criticism of the management of the enquiry. In effect they represent aspects of the “Prosecution Case” in the disciplinary enquiry initiated by the former Minister for Home Affairs in 2008. As well as the Prosecution Case there is also a Defence Case. Draft details of both cases are known to have been in the possession of the current Minister for Home Affairs since November 2009 at the latest, and possibly sooner.

At every stage it has been the position of myself and my defence team that there was nothing in the Wiltshire Reports which could not be successfully defended at a fair and impartial hearing. Had such a hearing taken place we expected the defence case to succeed.

In the event, the Minister has contrived to ensure that no hearing can take place and in consequence our case cannot be heard. In these circumstances we must settle for victory by default.

Nevertheless, the recent abandonment of the disciplinary case means that all allegations are effectively dismissed and can therefore be presumed to be false.

The Wiltshire reports are part of what is now a failed and discredited disciplinary investigation in which every deadline has been missed, every budget over-spent, and not a single charge has been brought after almost two years.

While it may be possible to provide some comment in response to whatever the Minister chooses to publish, I hope it will be understood that having successfully defended myself once against these allegations, I see no need to repeat the exercise for a second time.

I am pleased to be retiring from the Police Service having been totally exonerated from all allegations in respect of the management of the Historic Abuse Enquiry”
Sunday 11th July 2010.