STATES ‘spin doctors’ manipulated and forged e-mails to smear Lenny Harper’s reputation, Senator Stuart Syvret has claimed.
During the States yesterday, the Senator said that he had evidence that e-mails from Lenny Harper had been altered before being forwarded on by the Communications Unit, which is part of the Chief Minister’s department.
The Senator was challenged to produce that evidence by this morning. He sent three e-mails containing several attachments to Members. But Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur said that there was no evidence or proof in them, just further allegations from the former head of the child abuse inquiry.
The Chief Minister called on the Senator to withdraw the charges, but Senator Syvret refused.
The messages that Senator Syvret supplied to States Members included allegations by Mr Harper that his e-mails had been doctored by a UK journalist, and allegations that the acting police chief had asked UK journalists to incriminate Mr Harper.
The row began during the debate on Deputy Trevor Pitman’s Business Plan amendment on scrapping the Communications Unit.
Article posted on 24th September, 2009 - 2.55pm
‘I have proof that spin doctors manipulated e-mails,’ says Syvret