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(13) On or about 20 August 1979, on return from Malaysia, Fulton met Quinn who told him of the arres
Howard Lindsay and Mr. Gordon Huthart and that there would be further arrests. Fulton expressed concerned and Quinn told him not to worry. Fulton said if further arrests were to be made, people would query why Fulton was not arrested and began to think the Police were taking care of their own. Fulton said surely politics would dictate his arrest sooner or later. He feared that he might be arrested. Quinn simply told Fulton not to
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(14) On 24 September 1979, Quinn arranged for a meeting at the Wine and Cheese Bar. Brooks, Quinn and Chief Inspector MacKillop (for the first time, he having just joined the SIU) were there. MacKillop was to take over from Quinn when the latter went on leave. The Raymond Lam incident was further explored at this meeting. Brooks told Fulton they had to arrest a Police Officer and the Police Officer should be MacLennan. Doing most of the talking, Brooks said that MacLennan was “a bad bastard and a danger to the gay community.' Fulton attached no special meaning to this remark, save that he thought it was intended to spur him on to act against MacLennan. Brooks continued to say they required further evidence on MacLennan and they wanted Fulton to assist them getting this further evidence. Brooks suggested that one way was to introduce a homosexual friend of Fulton's to MacLennan or in some way for that friend to get to MacLennan. This friend, who would have been previously briefed, would report back to Fulton or to SIU direct as to who had transpired. Brooks suggested that Fulton could use Raymond Lam, as MacLennan knew him. As Fulton understood it, he was being asked to get a homosexual friend to test if there was going to be a homosexual act, to see if MacLennan would take the bait. MacLennan was to be introduced to a homosexual friend of Fulton's for the purpose of trying to assess from the reactions of MacLennan towards him, to see from what subsequently happened, whether MacLennan was a homosexual or not. Fulton was shocked by this suggestion and did not know what to do. Fulton thought he was being asked to do something illegal. Brooks told him to report back every few days. Fulton said it was difficult, for not many people were prepared to be a party to this. Fulton agreed to do it so as to get out of the meeting but he felt sure he was not going to do it.
(15) On 3 October 1979, MacKillop, Brooks and Fulton met at the Imperial Hotel and Fulton reported that it was difficult to arrange something like the incident referred to in (14) above. Brooks then asked Fulton to find out the general feeling in the homosexual community and what their reaction to the recent arrests of Lindsay and Huthart was. After making a few enquiries, Fulton told Brooks that the homosexuals he had spoken to did not know about the arrests and did not seem much to care when told about them.
(16) On 9 October 1979, Fulton was asked to go to the Imperial Hotel where he met Brooks, Quinn and MacKillop. Brooks adopted a severe attitude and said he felt that Fulton had been stringing them along and lying to them and had not been pulling his weight and holding back on them. Quinn told Fulton to mix with MacLennan and get into his circle. Brooks said, "We still want that evidence of MacLennan. We want you to come up with something good and quick, otherwise the original agreement will not stand. We have been looking after you and keeping you in cotton wool." Then Quinn stood up to leave, saying to Brooks, “I think that is bloody disgusting. If you make an agreement you ought to honour it but it does not concern me as I am shortly going on leave." Fulton was angry and upset, and wondered how he could get out of his predicament. Fulton thought he had been asked to commit a crime, i.e. to incite the commission of a homosexual act by a fellow officer. The same evening he had a discussion with his friends, Inspector and Mrs. MacDaid and decided to request an interview with the Commissioner of Police. Inspector McDaid1 assisted in drafting a memorandum to the Commissioner of Police for Fulton.
(17) On 11 October 1979 Fulton discussed the matter with his solicitors and it was decided that he should go ahead
with his request to see the Commissioner.
Inspector Fulton's Interview with DCI
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A memorandum from Fulton dated 10 October 1979, addressed to the Commissioner through the DCI, was handed in by McDaid. According to usual procedure he was interviewed instead by the DCI Mr. Clancy on 11 October 1979. (Before seeing Clancy, he saw his immediate superior Merritt: see Appendix 21 for a fuller account). Fulton explained to Clancy that he had been giving information to the SIU, without mentioning the instruction to “set-up” MacLennan. Fulton also said he had been disbelieved, threatened and requested to do things which he believed to be illegal and outside his scope. Clancy listened and then said that he would put a stop to this sort of interrogation and harrassment and at this time he felt that there was no need to see the Commissioner as he felt that the Commissioner could not do any more than he could at present. Fulton accepted this as he felt he would give this way a chance and if this did not succeed he could always request that he must then see the Commissioner. As far as his future was concerned the
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For offering his friendship and assistance to Fulton, McDaid himself came under the notice and suspicion of the SIU. Graham thought McDaid too was a homosexual (File A, page 132L, paragraph 26) Merritt thought McDaid was hostile and disloyal to the Police. His name was entered into SIU records. In my view there was no evidence whatever to justify an attack on the Inspector's reputation in this manner. The only reason that I can think of is an animus on the part of Merritt and Graham. Though loyal policemen, they are unreasoning when they come to deal with the problem of homosexuality. It is only fair that the allegations made against McDaid be publicly refuted.