Date: 30th September 2025

No: 125/2025

Following a formal request from Mr. Charles Gomez, acting on behalf of former Commissioner of Police Mr. Ian McGrail, for the investigation into alleged witness inducement in the McGrail Inquiry to be reopened following the 2018/19 report by the former Principal Auditor, the Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) under the leadership of a new Commissioner, Owain Richards, has carefully assessed the contents of the former Principal Auditor’s report.

The RGP has reviewed the Principal Auditor’s report in relation to the information that was available at the time the decision was made to close the investigation into alleged witness inducements. Having done so, the Commissioner of the RGP is satisfied that the report does not contain any new information that would change the original investigative assessment. Accordingly, the position of the RGP remains unchanged at this time, due to the absence of new information that would justify reopening the case and the evidential threshold required to bring criminal charges remains unmet.

Commissioner of Police, Owain Richards said:

“The original RGP investigation was independently reviewed and validated by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency, which found it to have been both thorough and expeditiously carried out. Further independent legal advice was obtained from a London base King’s Counsel, who also concluded that the investigation had been thorough. At the time, the King’s Counsel agreed with the recommendations of the RGP’s Senior Investigating Officer and the NCA that the evidential threshold for a criminal prosecution, specifically misconduct in a public office, had not been met, and that the investigation should therefore be closed. Considering the above and following an extensive review of the information contained in the 2018/19 Principal Auditor’s report, the RGP has not found any new information that would justify reopening the case.”