The Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West is Nazir Afzal.
As I understand it – the Police provided him with the evidence they had collected about Ms Leighton and he advised them to arrest and charge her – assuming that further evidence would be unearthed that would prove her guilt.
CPS statement
This evidence has not appeared, and now Ms Leighton has been released.
If Nazir Afzal was of British descent – do you think he would have been more culturally aware of Ms Leighton, and therefore not made such a terrible (racist) decision?
You may recall that Victoria Climbie case provoked the following – In his opening speech on 26 September 2001, Garnham said that race may have played a part in the case, due to the fact that a black child was murdered by her black carers, and the social worker and police officer most closely involved in the case were black. He said that the fear of being accused of racism may have led to the inaction
Wikipedia
But yet again – white (English / British) people in general and women in particular do not matter it seems – or at least matter less.
It is worth remembering ofcourse that people have been killed, and whoever has done this is still free.
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