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Council denies Bryn rumours

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12 years ago

September 10, 2014

PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL has moved quickly to quash rumours about the status of Gloucestershire Police’s investigation into CEO Bryn Parry Jones.
The allegations being investigated relate to the circumstances surrounding the meeting of the Council’s Senior Staff Committee in September 2011 which decided to allow Mr Parry Jones to receive unlawful pay supplements in lieu of contributions to his seven-figure pension fund.
The Herald was told this morning that Gloucestershire Police would announce on Friday that a decision had been made not to take any further action against Mr Parry Jones.
Such an announcement would be extremely convenient not only for Mr Parry Jones but also for the leadership of the IPPG ahead of Friday’s vote at an EGM which will discuss the controversial Head of Paid Service and also IPPG Leader Jamie Adams.
bryn A suggestion made to The Herald was that an announcement in relation to the investigation was being managed to provide the maximum benefit for the IPPG and Mr Parry Jones. In February an announcement that Carmarthenshire’s Head of Paid Service was to step down during a Police enquiry into his own role in the unlawful pay supplement scheme was held back until just after the conclusion of a Council meeting at County Hall.
The Council has acted quickly on this occasion to stem the gossip.
Responding to our query, a Council spokesperson told us: “Having made enquiries, there is no talk of any announcement.”

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5 Comments

Tomos

September 10, 2014 at 5:35 pm

IF the Police decide to “coincidentally” issue a press release on the day of the BPJ vote telling us they will not proceed I will NEVER trust a copper EVER again 🙁
Flashbang

September 11, 2014 at 10:51 am

Did the police bother to interview anyone or take any statements this time? If not, why not? It certainly does look like the fix is in if that’s the case.
wayne

September 11, 2014 at 4:16 pm

Ive heard that BPJ and the police chief are best of buddies, so this comes as no surprise, especially in this county!!
Questioner

September 14, 2014 at 9:02 am

Sir,
Going by some of the postings on here, I’m wondering if some leading Pembrokeshire figures,involved in this farce, are members of some secret society or other.
People should be able to find out who is who by using the “Freedom of Information Act”.
Paddy French of Rebecca Television would also be interested in this story. Google his name.
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Blood tests carried out at the police station showed he had 800mcg of benzoylecgonine in his system. The legal limit is 50mcg.

He also had 64mcg of cocaine in his system. The legal limit is 10mcg.

Briskham pleaded guilty to two drug-driving charges when he appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for three years, taking into account a previous drug-drive conviction from 2020.

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