Allen Whylie
We’ve presented to you the judicial review hearing in a nutshell, but there was much more of interest coming out of today’s proceedings. Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie was missing in action after being given seven days to answer a letter asking him to investigate Elvin Penner. He refused all calls for interviews with the media. But he was in court today and was the last to emerge from the courtroom with his attorney, Deputy Solicitor General Nigel Hawke. The media was anxious to get some comment from him on several critical and extremely pertinent issues, like the D.P.P.’s explosive memo, for example. But it was not to be. Whylie emerged from the courtroom and pushed his way through the media blockade, refusing to give any comment. Of note is that for the first time, it was officially revealed that Commissioner Whylie is the man who made the decision that there would be no criminal investigation into former Minister of State Elvin Penner. In the courtroom, attorney Nigel Hawke made that distinction crystal clear no less than five times. That makes Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie, to borrow police terminology, a person of interest – in the middle of a political mess.
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