A former deputy chief constable says he was surprised a complaint wasn’t made against the chief constable over the way another complaint against police was handled.

The comments came during a hearing of the Tynwald select committee examining the independence of the Island’s police complaints system.

It was set up after former high ranking UK police officer Roy Redmayne, who lives in Castletown, presented a petition for redress of grievance.

Mr Redmayne, a former inspector with Greater Manchester Police, was attacked in April 2002 and lodged a complaint over the police's handling of the matter.

Jason Roberts reports:

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Giving evidence this morning was former deputy chief inspector Neil Kinrade who said an inspector had initially been appointed to try to resolve the complaint informally.

But the same inspector made recommendations to the police complaints commissioner at the end of the investigation – something Mr Kinrade said was against regulations.

He said he was surprised Mr Redmayne hadn’t made another complaint against the chief constable for incompetence following this.

Mr Kinrade said at the time major changes had been made to the way complaints against police were handled, and this had meant unnecessary delays to the investigation into Mr Redmayne's complaint.