[2025] EWHC 2684 (KB)

4 July ’06 Report prepared by DS Kirkham re Operation Genus addressed to Det Supt Julian Blazeby;

“Ostensibly this is a straightforward case, the witnesses will tend to prove that only one level of care was provided, whereas different levels of care were invoiced. Ginelli’s investigations which remain ongoing have thus far identified £1,975,566 obtained by this method. I have some misgivings about the motives of the whistleblower Mark Deveney, who is effectively setting up a rival business, and the witnesses Vescio and Vincent are similarly compromised by association with this new venture. However we should be able to get corroborative statements from other staff members who do not have ulterior motives.

…Accordingly I have informally referred my concerns and copies of the evidence currently available to Ms Lori Tucker of the CPS. She does not consider the lack of a tight definition of ‘extra care’ as a profound flaw, it is merely something we would need to overcome. She cannot currently commit the CPS to a prosecution at this early stage, but suggests that if we get statements from all of the P.C.T’s detailing what they understood the extra care to be and combine it with statements from nursing staff (especially those without an agenda) proving that the care was not provided then we have a fair chance of a successful prosecution.”