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Sussex PCC Threatens Legal Action over No Confidence Vote
Katy Bourne demands apology and legal review after a no-confidence vote cited her comments and protest attendance as damaging impartiality, with over 500 asylum seekers involved, panel said.
- After the SPCP's January 30 censure, the PCC has instructed solicitors to issue a notice of proposed judicial review of the panel's decision at County Hall in Lewes.
- Protests in Crowborough oppose plans to house more than 500 men at Crowborough Training Camp, prompting the SPCP to say it has 'lost confidence' in the PCC after her march attendance.
- Minutes of the meeting show Bourne said she engaged with residents, felt harassed, and some social media comments were misrepresented, including a December 30 Radio Sussex broadcast.
- Councillor Andrei Czolak said the SPCP will await the notice outcome and respond fully after receiving correspondence from the commissioner’s representatives, while Mark Streater did not recognize the motion as a formal duty and awaits a report from the panel's clerk.
- The PCC's office argues the censure breached Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and says the procedure was outside the panel's statutory authority, with national media coverage including allegations of harassment and intimidation.
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Police chief who attended Crowborough asylum seeker protest threatens legal action after facing 'no confidence' vote
A police chief who attended protests over the placement of asylum seekers in Crowborough barracks has threatened legal action after she was censured at a meeting. Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne OBE has instructed solicitors to pursue a judicial review against Sussex Police and Crime Panel. In January, council members voted 10-4 in favour of a motion declaring they had "lost confidence in the commissioner and in the commis…
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right3Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left
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C 33%
R 25%
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