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that he did speak to her briefly and in the course of the conversation she mentioned the previous case of the deceased. He stated to her the nature of the request by the SIU and said that he did not wish to be involved and was worried. He discussed the situation a little further and then the conversation ended. He has had no further contact with Mr. Elliott since.
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Mr. P.J. Clancy, Director of Criminal Investigation will state that Fulton applied through him on 10th October, 1979 for an interview with the Commissioner of Police. As is normal procedure within the Force he interviewed Fulton on the 11th October, 1979. Fulton indicated to him that he had been required to assist the Special Investigations Unit in their enquiries into homosexual activities over a period of time. He had provided information to them.
He found these requirements to be distasteful and were outside his own particular sphere of duty. He acknowledged that he had a duty as a police officer to report any illegal activity of which he became aware to his superiors and undertook to continue to do so. He was worried that his reluctance to become more fully involved in the SIU investigations would have an adverse effect on his career. He was assured that this was not so, and that SIU personnel would be directed not to approach him any further in relation to their operations. He appeared to be satisfied with this and indicated he did not wish to have an interview with the C.P. This interview was documented in Fulton's P.F. About a week following the interview he received information of a very general nature that certain Police officers and others were contemplating some form of judicial action against the SIU in relation to their investigation into homosexual activities. Apparently a Magistrate in the New Territories had been approached and had indicated that he was willing to issue some form of writ. Although there was no clear indication that Fulton was involved in this he passed the substance of this information to Fulton and advised him of the correct procedure.
LETTER/STATEMENT FROM HOWARD LINDSAY
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On 23rd January 1980 Howard Lindsay, a Crown Counsel wrote a 6-page letter in the form of a statement to the Coroner who in turn passed a copy on to the Police for investigation. The letter is headed 'The death of Inspector of Police John MacLennan'. The letter contains a chronicled account of alleged pressure put on Michael Fulton by members of the Special Investigation Unit in order to get Fulton to "set-up" the deceased with a homosexual partner with a view to prosecution and the advice Lindsay gave to Fulton. Various other names are mentioned in the letter, including J.R. Duffy (now serving 3 years
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