Overview
- The IOPC placed two Leicestershire Police officers and three staff under gross misconduct investigation over alleged failures to review information from Nottinghamshire and to progress safeguarding concerns promptly.
- Two Nottinghamshire Police staff received gross misconduct notices over the grading and risk assessment of the initial call and whether that contributed to a delayed response.
- Records show Nottinghamshire Police logged concerns one evening in July and passed them to Leicestershire, which attended Stathern Lodge after 4pm the next day and arrested 76-year-old Jon Ruben.
- Ruben was jailed for 23 years and 10 months after guilty pleas to child sexual offences, child cruelty, indecent images and drugs charges, with the court hearing he injected sedatives into sweets and admitted dosing his partner with temazepam.
- Leicestershire Police self-referred to the watchdog, which began investigating Nottinghamshire in December, and the IOPC says its expanded inquiry is gathering policies, documents and witness statements.