Death Of Christopher Traynor January 2000

EDM number 2735 in 2010-12, proposed by Joe Benton on 20/02/2012.

That this House calls on the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary to immediately demand a full and detailed investigation by the judicial and criminal authorities in France into their handling of the appalling circumstances and the litany of mistakes which they have made following the tragic death of Christopher Traynor from Liverpool in January 2000; notes that Mr Traynor's death has never been fully explained and that the Government persuaded the French authorities to re-open the case after a vital and key witness, Alain Nesmon, claimed in a television interview that Mr Traynor had been 'murdered`; further notes with sadness and dismay that Mr Nesmon was subject to a short and cursory interview by detectives who showed no curiosity or investigative skills when he changed key elements of his story to protect either himself or others; and further notes that Mr Nesmon died in June 2011 leaving the family of Mr Traynor and this House concerned and puzzled as to why no serious attempt seems to have been made to finally investigate how the death of Mr Traynor occurred in Paris in 2000 and whether or not he died of natural causes or at the hands of others.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.