Hudgell Solicitors’ owner and executive chairman Neil Hudgell has told the BBC ‘it has become abundantly clear’ that the Met Police ‘cannot be trusted to make changes and improvements’ as a watchdog report said it often failed to carry out the ‘most basic research’ when investigating sudden deaths .
A report, published following an inspection of the force by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), said the force was often ‘relying on luck’ to identify links between cases, adding ‘“we are especially concerned that deaths considered non-suspicious from the outset could be completely overlooked.”
The inspection was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the force’s response to lessons from the Stephen Port murders.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Hudgell, who represents the families of Port’s four young victims – Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor – called for the government to step in and ‘oversee proper change across this force.’