By Ashley Young-
Professionals across a number of fields are pursuing a private prosecution against Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s senior adviser.
The group, which includes doctors, nurses, scientists, Covid-19 survivors and families of Covid-19 victims is crowdfunding for a private prosecution of Boris Johnson’s key adviser after he travelled from London to stay in Durham, and drove to the tourist site of Barnard Castle in April.
The group are pressurising Durham Constabulary to reopen its investigation, the Metropolitan Police to investigate Cummings’ actions in London, and the Crown Prosecution Service to consider a public prosecution, despite the case being closed by police.
Their plan for a private prosecution will take place if their last efforts to urge the police to prosecute Cummings fails. Members of the group say they are upset that they made high sacrifices during the lockdown which prevented them from visiting their parents, and in some cases, attending funerals.
The complaints are similar to many of those heard before by random members of the public. They feel cheated , and so are finding anything they can to get Cummings to pay for his actions.
Their lawyer from Hodge Jones& Allen believe they have enough evidence to secure a conviction. Mike Svhwarz said:
“The information in the public domain, including Dominic Cummings’ own admissions in the Downing Street Rose Garden and some of the findings of Durham police, suggest that there is” .
Downing Street have finished with the Cummings case, but will be forced to revisit it if private prosecutions like this one gets off the ground.