Anger as former cop told he won't face disciplinary action over his evidence to Arena bomb inquiry
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA retired police officer who played a key role on the night of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing has learned he won't face disciplinary action over evidence he gave to the public inquiry.
Dale Sexton, then a chief inspector and the force duty officer (FDO) on the night of the attack, failed to communicate with other blue light services because he became 'overburdened on the night', the second report of the public inquiry into the atrocity concluded last year.
The officer told the 2018 Kerslake Review, which praised his efforts that night, that he 'totally forgot about the other services' as he concentrated on the fear that a second terrorist was at large.
He was promoted to superintendent and later handed a Queens Police Medal for his efforts. READ MORE: I have a full time job and two side hustles but still had to move back in with my parents due to the cost of living crisis’ But he told the later public inquiry it had been a 'deliberate decision' not to inform the other services he had initiated Operation Plato, the plan to deal with a continuing marauding terror attack, as he wanted to avoid first responders abandoning casualties, although this rationale was not recorded in any document.
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