29. LETTER
TO
THE
COMMISSIONER
FROM
MRS
JESSICA
TAPLIN,
6 MAY
2009
I am writing following your recent letter regarding
further or fuller evidence regarding my complaint against Rt Hon
J Smith MP.
On the assumption that the presence of Ms Smith at
[… Road] coincides with the police presence on the road,
whether that is by police in cars or positioned as is more normally
the case outside her sister's house, I have noted the following.
I have no written diary or log of the police presence
but would attest to the fact that the normal police presence is
from Monday mid morning to Thursday mid morning and only when
Parliament is sitting. This has increased since your inquiry began
and indeed the police are now there more frequently sometimes
appearing on Sunday night and sometimes being there till Friday
rather than Thursday morning.
With regards to your specific reference to evidence
suggesting that Ms Smith did not spend some of her nights at her
sister's house on [… Road] during the summer and over Christmas
and New Year, I can only say that during the summer recess there
is no regular police presence on [… Road]. At Christmas my
husband and I were [away] for the latter part of December only
returning on the 3rd of January. From memory there was no police
presence for a good week or two after our return, only resuming
when Parliament was sitting.
I have never actually seen Ms Smith on or around
[… Road].
I hope this helps, but surely the police activity
log provides evidence of where Ms Smith actually spends the night?
6 May 2009
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