Doctor told response to email was ‘completely inappropriate’published at 11:17 BST
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Seedat, the inquiry heard, also told police in an email that Valdo Calocane had “no recollection of the events” after breaking into his neighbour’s flat.
However, he told the inquiry: “There
was a variability in terms of – at times he said he didn’t remember the incident, and at other times he said that he did.”
Counsel to the inquiry, Rachel Langdale KC, said: “Why did you
say that to the police? Instead of saying he had no recollection of the events, saying sometimes he had recollection of the events and other times he didn’t?”
“I should have said that,” Seedat said.
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Seedat said he did not think the police would use the information as a “decision-maker” on whether they would charge him.
Langdale said: “It sounds from your evidence as though you’ve tightened up on that practice since this case, then that you’ve recognised that it’s completely inappropriate for you to respond to an email like that?”
“That’s correct,” Seedat said.