The claims are part of an investigation which includes accusations that evidence was fabricated and suspects' property was stolen
Metropolitan Police officers subjected suspects to waterboarding, according to
allegations at the centre of a major anti-corruption inquiry, The Times
has learnt.
The torture claims are part of a wide-ranging investigation which also
includes accusations that officers fabricated evidence and stole suspects’
property. It has already led to the abandonment of a drug trial and the
suspension of several police officers.
However, senior policing officials are most alarmed by the claim that officers
in Enfield, North London, used the controversial CIA interrogation technique
to simulate drowning. Scotland Yard is appointing a new borough commander in
Enfield in a move that is being seen as an attempt by Sir Paul Stephenson,
the Met Commissioner, to enforce a regime of “intrusive supervision”.
