Two police officers are facing a gross misconduct hearing relating to how they handled an earlier report of an assault, which occurred weeks before a later major incident on a train in Huntingdon. One officer is accused of failing to carry out appropriate enquiries after a person reports being assaulted and sustains facial injuries. According to the accounts cited, the officer and a colleague then allegedly made inaccurate claims that CCTV footage was not available, despite the suggestion that such material could have helped investigate the earlier incident.
The reports link the conduct under scrutiny to the timeline leading up to the Huntingdon train attack, indicating the hearing will examine whether investigative steps were properly taken and whether statements made during the process were truthful. The allegations focus on the quality of police enquiries after the initial complaint and on how information about CCTV access was communicated.
The officers’ involvement is being considered within formal misconduct procedures, and the information reported describes allegations rather than outcomes.
