I think the M.E.N has been a bit cheeky there and implied something is going on when it probably isn’t. It can take between 6-9 months for the coroner to complete an inquest for most cases they look at and until they complete their reports it will still be under investigation by definition.
I was surprised by that too, but then we obviously haven’t seen everything the CPS did when making charging decisions. Probably even more surprising was the fact that even an internal inquiry took no disciplinary action either.
From what the coppers were saying towards the end 3 years was the most they could have hoped for, so it sounds like the sentencing guidelines tied the judges hand some what. Plus the discount applied for the guilty plea reduced the length of the prison term.
From a quick glance at the...