The Metropolitan Police Service's Operation Jackpot corruption investigation into allegations against Stoke Newington officers attracted widespread media attention throughout 1992, and disappeared without trace some two years later. Yet events at the beleagured station have had a more lasting effect on police administration. The law on evidence relevant to the credit of police officers in criminal proceedings was developed in R v Maxine Edwards. And payment of vast sums of money by the Commissioner to those who sued for damages after arrest by Stoke Newington officers has contributed to the law of civil actions against the police.
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