Mr Gormley has been on gardening leave since last September amid investigations into multiple bullying claims against him. Mr Gormley cannot speak in public about the ongoing investigations, which his wife said had left him ‘unable to defend himself – or his reputation’. But the decision was reversed as the 54-year-old was on his way back to Scotland from his Norfolk home, after Mr Matheson intervened. But critics say Mr Matheson may have been acting unlawfully by interfering with a supposedly independent body. Why?’Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who was instrumental in setting up the single force, has said that Mr Gormley should ‘go gracefully’.

Source: Daily Mail January 19, 2018 01:30 UTC