Police handling of Cliff Richard raid utterly inept

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Police handling of Cliff Richard raid 'utterly inept'

South Yorkshire Police under fire for passing sensitive information to journalist.

Date - 24th October 2014
By - Helena Hickey - Police Oracle

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South Yorkshire Police's handling of its raid at Cliff Richard's home was was "utterly inept", according to Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) chairman Keith Vaz (pictured). A report published today focuses on events surrounding...

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