The controversy of the GMP cases of Dominic Noonan, Dale Cregan and Harold Shipman revealed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSenior cops sanctioned a 'controversial' undercover operation into gangster Dominic Noonan where officers are said to have watched and allowed a boy of 13 to walk into a flat where the suspected paedophile was staying, an employment tribunal judgment has revealed.
Undercover cops watched - but were not allowed to intervene - as the boy walked into the clutches of Noonan, a gangster long suspected by police of being a predatory sex offender.
The curtains were drawn and police suspected the teen was sexually abused by Noonan, the ruling says. But senior cops at Greater Manchester Police were prepared to accept 'a higher degree of risk than the potential for successful evidence gathering perhaps warranted'.
That was the conclusion of an employment tribunal judge as he dismissed a series of bombshell allegations by a former detective. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...
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