In highly unusual move, Metropolitan police have released full transcript of call made by PM’s then chief of staff
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Morgan McSweeney did not disclose he was the prime minister’s chief of staff when he reported his phone stolen, according to a transcript released by the Metropolitan police.
The Met has admitted the wrong address was recorded for the theft meaning that it was thought to be a street in Tower Hamlets, rather than a Westminster street of the same name.
McSweeney, who left the No 10 role in February, told police it was a government phone when he reported it snatched minutes after the theft in central London. He told police the iPhone had a tracker on it, according to the transcript of the emergency call minutes after it happened.
