From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] POLICE OFFICERS FACE DELAY OVER SHOOTING CHARGES 251523 SEP 10 By Damien Pearse, Crime Correspondent, PA News A decision on whether to prosecute police officers who shot dead a man who was carrying a table leg - which they thought was a gun - has been delayed while prosecutors seek further legal advice, it emerged today. The Crown Prosecution Service had expected that an announcement on whether officers would face criminal charges over the death of Harry Stanley would be made earlier this month. But a spokesman said that the file had now been sent back to counsel for further consideration and to "clarify certain matters". It could be several weeks before a decision is made, the spokesman said. Mr Stanley, a father-of-three, was killed by two police officers near his home in Hackney, east London, after walking back from his local pub in September last year. Police were alerted by a pub customer who dialled 999 claiming that Scots-born Mr Stanley, 46, was carrying a sawn-off shotgun. He had, in fact, just been to collect the chair leg from his brother Pete, who was a carpenter and had repaired the piece of furniture. Kenneth Pantling Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. (Edmund Burkeá1729-97) Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
