Overview
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct is examining how the first Met investigation into the 2023 Wimbledon school crash was run, including whether officers gave families false or misleading information and whether race affected how people were treated.
- The IOPC has served gross‑misconduct notices to four serving officers and a former detective inspector, with two more detective constables under misconduct review, and the Met says several of those officers are now on restricted duties.
- Reporting identifies Commander Clair Kelland, who oversaw the original probe and delivered a tearful TV statement after the crash, as the most senior officer under investigation.
- Prosecutors are reviewing a new police evidence file after the driver was rearrested in January 2025, revisiting a June 2024 decision not to charge after she reported an undiagnosed epileptic seizure, and the CPS sought external legal advice in early April.
- Families say key witnesses were missed in the first inquiry, including the school’s head teacher, and they argue the driver’s account was not challenged because she is a wealthy white woman, allegations the IOPC says it is assessing.