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.”

The investigation has been closed accordingly and all parties to the investigation have been informed of the outcome. The RGP says it will not comment further as it would be “inappropriate to divulge details of a police investigation.”

A statement from the RGP continued:

Background 

“The RGP received a statement of complaint from former Commissioner of Police Ian McGrail of alleged misconduct in public office. The allegation was that RGP officers were being incentivised to provide affidavits for the Public Inquiry into the request for previous Police Commissioner Ian McGrail to retire in 2020. In response to the allegation, the RGP initiated a criminal investigation into the matter in the normal manner. 

“Commissioner Richard Ullger requested support from United Kingdom National Policing and subsequently, a detailed investigation was led by former Police Service Northern Ireland Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) John McVea. The investigation was validated by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) who described the investigations conducted by SIO McVea and his team as both thorough and expeditiously conducted. Independent advice has been taken from a London based King’s Counsel who also described the investigation as thorough. 

“The King’s Counsel agreed with the final recommendation of the SIO and the NCA that the criminal investigation had not met the threshold for criminal prosecution for Misconduct in Public Office and should be closed. All parties have been informed, as has the Chairman to the Public Inquiry.”