High Court Action
Mr Kinrade lodged a Petition of Doleance with the Isle of Man High Court. The petition demanded judicial review of his suspension and its handling by Mike Culverhouse and the Department of Home Affairs.
During the next year, the court action was repeatedly delayed. Further suspensions of other officers were also made. In August 2004 the Isle of Man High Court action was halted. The terms of the settlement remained confidential but Neil Kinrade retired, "in line with his original intentions", and dropped his legal case and all disciplinary charges against him were dropped.
On 24 January 2005, Mr Kinrade's replacement was announced as Chief Superintendent Mike Langdon from the Merseyside Force.
Read more about this topic: Neil Kinrade, The Manx Bugging Scandal
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