Crimes of Violence: Convictions
Commons · Question 26575 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of deleting the Gang Violence Matrix on the ability of wrongfully convicted people to appeal their convictions.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 30 Jan 2025
The now decommissioned Gang Violence Matrix was an operational risk assessment tool used by the Metropolitan Police. As a risk assessment tool, it was not used to provide evidence on which a person could be convicted. The deletion of the Gang Violence Mat...