"The chief minister of Gibraltar made a series of grossly improper and sinister interventions to interfere in a live criminal investigation in order to protect his friend, mentor and business partner from the consequences of a search warrant, a public inquiry has found. The retired England and Wales high court judge and inquiry chair, Sir Peter Openshaw, concluded that Fabian Picardo acted to protect James Levy KC when police were at Hassans law firm, where Levy was a senior partner, on 12 May 2020."
"Openshaw said that while the Royal Gibraltar police (RGP) officers were at Hassans, Picardo summoned the commissioner of police, Ian McGrail, to his office and berated him while in a towering rage in a grossly improper attempt to interfere in a legitimate police investigation and operation. Picardo was also found to have shared confidential information with Levy's lawyer about what he thought was the director of public prosecutions' advice on the warrant"
A retired high court judge found that the Gibraltar chief minister intervened to protect a friend, mentor and business partner during a live police investigation into an alleged plot to steal a state security contract. Police executed a search warrant at Hassans law firm on 12 May 2020 where the partner under scrutiny worked. The chief minister summoned and berated the police commissioner in an attempt to interfere. The chief minister shared confidential information with the subject's lawyer and disclosed details aimed at targeting senior police officers. The search proceeded as planned and the subject was not charged.
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