Vishambar Mehrotra, father of eight-year-old Vishal, accuses Sussex police of being ‘careless and negligent’
The father of a schoolboy murdered 42 years ago has called on the prime minister to order a fresh investigation as he accused the police of being “careless and negligent”.
It emerged last year that the force had formally reviewed the investigation only once since 1981, contrary to national guidance stating that unsolved cases should be considered for review every two years. In an interview with the Guardian, Mehrotra, 77, said he had written to Rishi Sunak to ask him to demand answers from Sussex police or even order a fresh investigation. The former solicitor, who has cancer and is in poor health, said he felt it was his “final chance” to get justice for his murdered son.
Sussex police said Vishal’s murder had, since 2005, been on its schedule of cases “assessed” every two years, though that is short of a major review. The force said it was satisfied that all inquiries in relation to the Sussex child abusers had been “thorough and completed with careful consideration of all surrounding information”.
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