Police clear Serco of wrongdoing on prisoner escort contract
Support services group Serco said on Friday that police and prosecutors would not be bringing charges against the company in relation to a probe into its UK government contract to move prisoners from custody to courts.
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Serco said the Crown Prosecution Service had accepted the City of London Police's view that there was no evidence to support charging the company or its staff over suspicions that it had been misleadingly recording prisoners as ready for court when they were not.
It said the police had also failed to find evidence of any corporate-wide conspiracy or an intention to falsify figures to meet the 'designated ready and available for court time' contract requirement by senior Serco management or the board of the company.
"As a result, the City of London Police will not be continuing with its investigation," Serco said in a statement.