{"id":30749,"date":"2012-12-20T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T12:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=30749"},"modified":"2012-12-20T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T12:45:04","slug":"plebgate-scandalscotland-yard-have-arrested-a-second-man-over-mitchell-row-uk-news-30749","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/plebgate-scandalscotland-yard-have-arrested-a-second-man-over-mitchell-row-uk-news-30749\/","title":{"rendered":"Plebgate Scandal:Scotland Yard have arrested a second man over Mitchell Row \/ UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 23-year-old man, who is neither a policeman nor a member of police staff, is questioned as 30 officers investigate the case.<\/h1>\n

The 23-year-old was held on suspicion of intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an indictable offence on or around December 14.<\/p>\n

He is not a police officer nor a member of police staff but the arrest relates to claims by an officer to have witnessed the clash in Downing Street, Scotland Yard said.<\/p>\n

He was arrested on Wednesday night and questioned at a London police station before being released on bail to return in January.<\/p>\n

The move comes after a serving police officer was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with the affair.<\/p>\n

December 14 was the day after police received fresh information about the argument, on September 19, and one day before the officer was arrested.<\/p>\n

The Met Police now have 30 officers working on an investigation into the row after widening their probe when new revelations emerged.<\/p>\n

Mr Mitchell was forced to quit as Tory chief whip over the clash but insists he was the victim of a “stitch-up” and is pushing for a full inquiry.<\/p>\n

Allegations that an officer posed as a member of the public and falsely claimed to have witnessed the argument are now being looked at by police.<\/p>\n

They are also examining the possibility of a “conspiracy” to smear Mr Mitchell as part of a “large scale and complex investigation”.<\/p>\n

And CCTV footage which appeared to conflict with the official police log of the altercation, which was leaked to the press, is being scrutinised.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister David Cameron has described allegations that an officer tried to “blacken the name of a Cabinet minister” as a “very serious issue”.<\/p>\n

The officer allegedly wrote an email to his local MP, Conservative John Randall, posing as a member of the public and accusing Mr Mitchell of calling police “plebs”.<\/p>\n

The account in the email, which was written the day before the story first appeared in the press, was very similar to the police log which was also later leaked.<\/p>\n

Littered with grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, capital letters and malapropisms, it was passed to Downing Street on September 25.<\/p>\n

According to Channel 4 News, the writer claimed he had been walking past with his nephew and recognised Mr Mitchell.<\/p>\n

“Imagine our horror when we heard MR MITCHELL shout very loudly at the police officers guarding YOU [expletive blacked out] PLEBES!! and “YOU THINK YOU RUN THE [expletive blacked out] COUNTRY” and just continued to shout obscenities at the poor police officers,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

Mr Mitchell has admitted swearing at police but insists he never said the word “plebs” – a word that was seized on by Labour and the Police Federation.<\/p>\n

The email allegedly helped fuel the row and keep up the momentum that eventually forced the MP to stand down several weeks later.<\/p>\n

At the time, Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood compared the email’s claims to the CCTV footage. He decided they were not “reliable” but did not look at the police log.<\/p>\n

There is speculation Mr Mitchell could be restored to the frontbench, depending on the results of the police investigation.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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