Officers face Pattingham murder inquiry probe
Four senior police officers, including a chief constable and his deputy, are being investigated over claims of misconduct relating to a gangland murder case where a body was found in a country lane on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.
Watch the Express & Star's video from the time of the convictions in 2008.
Four senior police officers, including a chief constable and his deputy, are being investigated over claims of misconduct relating to a gangland murder case where a body was found in a country lane on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission's (IPCC) probe relates to the handling of an investigation by Staffordshire Police into the murder of amateur footballer Kevin Nunes.
The 20-year-old was gunned down in Pattingham, between Bridgnorth and Wolverhampton, in 2002. Five men were jailed in connection with the killing in 2008.
The IPCC confirmed that formal notice of investigation had been served on 'a number of former and serving Staffordshire Police officers'.
It would not confirm it related to concerns over potentially relevant evidence being withheld from the prosecution in the trial.
Northamptonshire Police Authority confirmed that it's chief constable Adrian Lee and deputy chief constable Suzette Davenport were being investigated.
The other two senior officers involved in the probe are understood to be Jane Sawyers, assistant chief constable at Staffordshire Police, and Marcus Beale, assistant chief constable at West Midlands Police.
The IPCC investigation was launched after the men convicted of Nunes' killing lodged an appeal with the Court of Appeal, which asked the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to investigate.
