Gosport hospital scandal: Evidence was sufficient for prosecutions 14 years ago, detective says There is enough evidence to bring criminal charges over the deaths of at least 450 people at Gosport War Memorial Hospital given unnecessary doses of opiates, according to the detective who investigated the case.
Steve Watts, former assistant chief constable at Hampshire Constabulary, led the investigation into 94 of the deaths and said he believes prosecutions could have been brought when he handed evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service in 2005.
“I think it’s strong enough now, I think it was strong enough then, and I think there was an overriding public interest in doing so,” Mr Watts told the BBC’s Panorama – in an episode which aired on Monday evening. The Independent
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Steve Watts, former assistant chief constable at Hampshire Constabulary, led the investigation into 94 of the deaths and said he believes prosecutions could have been brought when he handed evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service in 2005.
“I think it’s strong enough now, I think it was strong enough then, and I think there was an overriding public interest in doing so,” Mr Watts told the BBC’s Panorama – in an episode which aired on Monday evening. The Independent
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