Southport Inquiry: Search the Evidence

The South Wednesday, 8 October 2025 (10.00 am) ACC MARK WINSTANLEY (sworn) Questioned by MR MOSS SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: Please have a seat, Mr Winstanley. Yes, Mr Moss? MR MOSS: Thank you, sir. Just start by giving us your full name, if you would? A. Yes, good morning sir, I'm Mark Winstanley, I'm an Assistant Chief Constable with Lancashire…

…police evidence discussed here have informed the Phase 2 recommendations set out elsewhere in this report. 127. ACC Winstanley accepted that the absence of multi-agency meetings after January 2020 revealed a potential problem as regards the different agencies working together in order to understand their roles and responsibilities in man…

…es whereupon AR's obsession with violence and the AQ manual would likely have been identified. 53. Had the Ricin accoutrements and AQ manual been identified, it is reasonable to conclude that the criminal justice system would have caused AR to be charged, remanded into custody and prosecuted for what ultimately became counts 15 and 16, re…

ill be published and will stand as part of your evidence. If there are aspects of it that I don't cover that you wish to emphasise, I will give you an opportunity at the end but thank you for th ill be published and will stand as part of your evidence. If there are aspects of it that I don't cover that you wish to emphasise, I will give y…

…a helpful document, we thank you for it. Are the contents of that true to the best of your knowledge and belief, accepting that that will have been a corporately produced document? A. Yes. Q. Thank you. If we go back to your main statement, please, LANC000292. Mr Winstanley, I should say, for the record and so that you are aware of the po…

ildren or young people in that category or dealing with them. Given the evidence I heard, I am unable to accept that latter contention by ACC Winstanley. On the evidence before 211 T/S: 20/14/1-20. The Southport Inquiry Report: Volume 2 Chapter 7: Policing me, the crucial aim of ensuring that a child’s best interests are a primary conside…

…es, of course. SIR ADRIAN FULFORD: I'm very grateful to you. You have been in the witness box for a long time Mr Winstanley. I'm very grateful to you for your evidence. It has been very helpful. You are now free to go. THE WITNESS: Thank you, sir. MR MOSS: Sir, our next witness is Officer B but may I ask 118 A. Yes, they are. Q. CTPNW0004…

was right in front of me”. He accepted that the approach for officers tended to be framed as a stark choice between a mental health or criminal justice resolution, excluding the analysis that this may as right in front of me”. He accepted that the approach for officers tended to be framed as a stark choice between a mental health or crimi…

ontextual comments about the task that you have been given. We have that starting on page 2 of your statement. First of all, you had no involvement yourself in responding to (1) Pages 1 - 4 The South AR and his activities at all? A. No, I didn't. Q. We should look, I think, at paragraph 11. It is perhaps an obvious point but an important …

…/S: 19/30/25-33/2. 160 T/S: 19/17/2-9. 161 T/S: 19/82/12-16. 162 T/S: 20/69/15-72/2; Second Witness Statement of ACC Mark Winstanley LANC000433/§§30-32. The Southport Inquiry Report: Volume 2 Chapter 7: Policing AR‘s autism. But as set out above, I consider that they wrongly allowed these factors to divert them down a non-criminal justice…

at within Lancashire Constabulary and policing the cumulative picture of what was known or knowable, both by the police and by other agencies? A. Yes, I think that's a very fair approach, sir. t within Lancashire Constabulary and policing the cumulative picture of what was known or knowable, both by the police and by other agencies? A. Ye…

…eadily understand the importance of diverting young people from the criminal justice system wherever possible. I accept that the factors I have set out above, in relation to vulnerability and age, militated against (in particular) immediate arrest or pursuit of a criminal investigation. Nonetheless, I am concerned by how quickly the decis…

…e of (18) Pages 69 - 72 The South reasonable options? A. It was my assessment at the time, having considered the account that PC Fairclough had given and the things that he had taken into account when he had come to that decision, that it was -- there were a number of options available. I considered that one to be one of the reasonable on…

…thers and preventing victims [4 November 2025 — Stephanie Roberts Bibby — p6]. 76. Recognising that children are accountable for their actions is a fundamental part of of ectivity applying the current evidence base. As a result, the YJB does not agree that too much pressure is placed on not arresting children, as was suggested by PC Fairc…

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