Bob Quick (police officer)

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In coming to a conclusion in this case, it has not been necessary for me to resolve the question of the legality of the searches of Mr Galley's home address and Mr Green's home address, his Constituency offices and at his Parliamentary office. I do not propose to do so. However, as noted above, once the pattern of leaks was established in this case it was inevitable that a police investigation would follow. There has been a thorough investigation and, without it, I would not have been able to reach a conclusion on the particular facts of this case

— Keir Starmer QC

Later in 2012, Quick testified under oath at the Leveson Public Inquiry into "the culture, practices and ethics of the press, including contacts between the press and police" that a series of misleading articles about the case appeared in the press during the investigation quoting "senior police sources" and that he had come under pressure at the outset to drop the investigation before the evidence has been examined. He stated that he had resisted this on the basis he had duty in law to fully investigate the Cabinet Office allegations that the leaks constituted criminal offences on the basis of CPS advice. [20]

In 2017, the Green controversy was revived when Quick told journalists that the police had found pornography on a computer seized from the politician's office during the 2008 raids. [21] [22] Green said: "The allegations about the material and computer, now nine years old, are false, disreputable political smears from a discredited police officer acting in flagrant breach of his duty to keep the details of police investigations confidential, and amount to little more than an unscrupulous character assassination." Quick commented that, "I bear no malice to Damian Green". [21]

Subsequently, Green was found to have lied and was asked to resign from the Cabinet by Prime Minister Theresa May. [23]

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  2. ↑ 'QUICK, Robert Frederick', Who's Who 2017 , A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 4 Nov 2017
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  11. 1 2 "Damian Green leaks civil servant Christopher Galley sacked". The Guardian. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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  14. ↑ Sparrow, Andrew (1 December 2008). "Damian Green row: What is parliamentary privilege?". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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  21. 1 2 "Damian Green says computer porn allegations are 'political smears'". BBC. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  22. ↑ "Police: We found porn on deputy PM Damian Green's computers". The Times. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  23. ↑ Green resigns as First Secretary of State after porn allegations, theguardian.com. Accessed 12 January 2023.
Bob Quick
QPM
Assistant Commissioner (Specialist Operations)
Metropolitan Police Service
In office
2008–2009
Police appointments
Preceded by Chief Constable of Surrey Police
2004–2008		Succeeded by
Preceded by Metropolitan Police Service
Assistant Commissioner (Specialist Operations)
2008–2009		Succeeded by
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