Police Chief fights to clear his name

Jersey's Chief Police Officer appeared in the Royal Court this afternoon. Graham Power was suspended in November, the same day it was announced there was no evidence of murder at Haut De La Garenne.

But he's seeking a judicial review of that decision

The reason for today's hearing, was to decide whether the Royal Court should be brought in to review the decision to suspend the Chief Police Officer, Graham Power. There was a limit to what he could talk about but Graham Power spoke to channelonline.tv about what he hoped to achieve from the proceedings.

He said; "What we're looking for is reinstatement we're not at this time talking about anything else and the sooner reinstatement happens the better it is from our point of view, but again we can't talk about the details, we're just saying that today's the day in which this hearing is taking place and it is in a public court."

Representing the Home Affairs Minister, the Solicitor-General Tim Le Cocq argued the application should be adjourned. There is a separate review in to the suspension being conducted by the Home Affairs Minister and he argued that that may well resolve the issue and that if that happened a judicial review would be unnecessary.

Graham Power represented himself in court. He plans to continue representing himself, when they go back to court on, or after, the 16th of March.