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The Royal Military Police apologises to the family of a soldier

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who took her own life over ht's handling of her rape allegations.

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What you need is to have independence and I don't believe

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that they can have independdnce if you have the Army

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A charity offers a solution to so-called bed blocking btt why

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The Royal Military Police h`s apologised to the family

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of a soldier from Dorset who took her own life,

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after claiming she'd been raped by colleagues.

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The RMP admitted it made mistakes in its investigation into

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In a moment we'll hear from her family, and the solicitor who helped

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But first, Steve Humphrey reports on the events that

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Corporal Anne-Marie Ellement from Bournemouth first reported

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that she had been raped by two colleagues whilst serving

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with the Royal Military Polhce in Germany in 2009.

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Even though everyone involvdd was in the Military Police,

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they investigated the case themselves.

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An Army prosecutor decided no charges would be brought,

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a decision that devastated Anne-Marie.

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In October 2011, she took her own life.

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Her family campaigned for jtstice and the human rights group

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It threatened legal action tnder the European Human Rights Act

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and the Ministry of Defence then agreed to refer the case for a fresh

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Two soldiers were eventually charged.

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Both were acquitted of rape in April this year after a court martial

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but the judge described their conduct towards

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Today, in its statement, the Royal Military Police s`ys. .

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Anne-Marie's family have accepted the apology,

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But they still question whether the RMP should investigate

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serious allegations made by serving soldiers.

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She would be pleased that there was an apology

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There is an acknowledgement finally that they got this so badly wrong.

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Can the Royal Military Police investigate serious crimes?

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Because in Anne-Marie's original investigation it was quite clear

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that they could not and we have also had criticisms from two judges now,

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criticising the conduct of the Royal Military Policd.

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The organisation Liberty represented the family as they fought

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Their solicitor says without the Human Rights Act

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they wouldn't have got that and is concerned about

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implications for future casds if the Government ever repe`ls it.

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The Human Rights Act, in thhs case, helped in two very important ways.

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First of all, it meant that we could get a full,

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wide-ranging inquest into Anne-Marie's death

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and that exposed bullying, including rape-related bullxing

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and all of the other terrible failures that led up to her death.

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The family had to fight for that, they had to go to court for that.

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The second was to secure a fresh police investigation

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into Anne-Marie's very serious report that she had been

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The Ministry of Defence and the Royal Military Police

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would not do that voluntarily, even after we asked them to do

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They would not do it until we again threatened to take them to the

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And the only bit of law that we were relying

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Would you like to see civilhan police investigate serious

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There must be civilian police input into these types of investigations.

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The Military Police, sadly, in this case,

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have shown themselves to be not capable of investigating serious

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crime and, in particular, serious sexual crime.

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That requires expertise and police officers who really know

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what they are doing and we're really sorry to say that Anne-Marid's

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experience indicates that they are just not

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So-called bed blocking costs the NHS ?820 million a year,

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but a charity that's offering rooms to allow hospitals to disch`rge

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patients who are medically fit, but unable to go home or into care,

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says its had no NHS patients since it opened three months ago.

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The Enham Trust's rooms in @ndover would cost around ?60

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a night, compared to ?400 a night in hospital.

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Our health correspondent David Fenton reports.

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Ten rooms, all ready for patients, all empty.

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And they've been like this for weeks and weeks and weeks.

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These apartments have their own sink and kitchen area.

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Of course, there is a bed and over here, there is a bathroom,

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In fact, it is better than lost hotels I've stayed in!

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But in three months, only three people have used

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these apartments and none of them were from the NHS.

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This complex looks after many people and there are physios

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and occupational therapists available for 24-hour care.

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To come into somewhere like an apartment here and be able

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to live and practice the independent occupation they need to do,

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like making a cup of tea or having a bath with the help of a therapy

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team, makes a big differencd to how quickly they progress.

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So, why are these facilities not being used by the NHS?

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Is it bureaucracy or becausd this complex is run by a charity?

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We are a small charity, but we are a very buoyant charity

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and I think the NHS can bendfit and I know that they recognhse that

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- from working with different charities to assist them

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in the complexity that they deal with, with a range of peopld

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The hospitals in Basingstokd and Winchester have been talking

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In fact, I saw a couple of people from Winchester Hospital

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Southampton General and the Royal Berkshire

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Is it the hospitals, is it the councils, is it

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It seems like a simple saving but the issues are very complicated.

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There have been two key votds tonight on proposals for three

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of the biggest councils along the Solent to join forces.

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Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight are considering forming

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a combined authority which would have its

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Portsmouth has already backdd the move - the other two

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councils voted tonight, with mixed results.

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Roger Finn's been following the debates and joins me

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Well, as expected, tonight Southampton has voted

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to approve the creation of , I'm afraid it's quite a mouthful -

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the Solent Mayoral Combined Authority.

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It's part of the Government's drive to bring devoloution to England

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The three councils would relain but there would also be

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a directly-elected mayor - that's a Government

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The new authority would get an extra ?900

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million over 30 years and get to keep all

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over housing targets, local transport and joining up

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Portsmouth Council agreed the idea last week.

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And now Southampton has gond for it too.

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We have, for many years, been under invested in this area

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and we don't have good transport links and we need an improvdd link.

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We need facilities to drive the economy and this

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is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take control of our desthny

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What level of support is there for the proposals?

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All the councils had an eight week consultation on the idea.

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Over 70% supported the idea of devolution but there was a fair

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degree of opposition to an elected mayor.

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And some have called for anx final deal to be put to a referendum.

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It is something that could put people's council tax up,

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and business rates up, and people need to have thehr say.

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It is such a big change and it's been too rushed,

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it is undemocratic and it is dodgy and has been done

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Tom, all three councils must agree for the plan to move forward

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But in tonight's discussions, on the Isle of Wight,

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Now a final decision there will be made by the Cabinet on Mond`y.

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Roger, thank you. We shall follow that closely.

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It is every metal detectorist's dream, unearthing Roman tre`sure.

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Two years ago, a hoard of ancient coins was found

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The find of 1,600 coins bear the heads of 12 Roman

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emperors and some date back to the third century.

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Significant finds like this often end up in national museums

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but a campaign's underway to keep them close to home.

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I want the coins to stay here, not going off to London

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They have too much stuff up there already, they can stax down

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Somebody in our area, one of our ancestors,

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hid these coins, maybe he was under attack,

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That is the latest. Time for the weather.

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Good evening. We have had some showers today. There could be more

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tonight. But there will be puite a lot of dry weather and more cloud

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arriving in the early hours. Where we have the clearing skies down

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towards Dorset, temperatures could fall low as three degrees or 4

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degrees. These are the tempdratures in urban areas. Through tomorrow

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morning we will have a lot of cloud. That bought them and break to allow

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for some sunny spells. Any sunshine, temperatures could reach a high of

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14 Celsius, but there will be varying amounts of cloud and the odd

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shower. Not everyone will h`ve the showers and Bobby dry weathdr with a

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high of 13 degrees or 14 degrees. During the course of Thursd`y into

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Friday, High pressure domin`tes and the ones will fall light on Friday.

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We are expecting a misty and murky start, particularly for Dorset and

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Wiltshire. The cloud will btild in the afternoon and there will be

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sunshine. High pressure domhnating over whether through tomorrow and

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also Friday. And up to the weekend. The winds will fall light tomorrow

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and Thursday as well. Temperatures will reach a high of 14 Celsius

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That is that cool breeze to factor in. Here

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is Matt with the national outlook. Good evening. Just as the weather

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starts to quieten down across many parts of the country it notched up a

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gear across the east coast today. Near gale force winds whipping up

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rough seas for our weather watchers in north Yorkshire and in Norfolk.

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Low pressure across the North Sea, still in place tonight bringing

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gusty winds down the east coast and showers as well. Away from that most

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will be dry. An isolated shower down to west Cornwall and the Isles of

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Scilly but it's high pressure in charge in the west. Lighter winds

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and clearer skies and coldest of the conditions. A night to snuggle down

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under the duvet. Frost-free to the east of England. The breeze will

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still be there in the morning. One or two showers on the coast. Most

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will get away with a dry morning commute. Sunniest weather to the

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west. Again a touch of frost here. One or two mist and fog patches

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Greater chance of frost to start the day in Scotland and Northern Ireland

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where some of the mist and fog patches will last to mid-morning.

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But winds are lighter here and with sunshine overhead

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