“there were many ‘bits’ of information around. At first sight some of these seemed almost random noise - just junk, just gossip or hearsay.”
The issue of David Kelly’s dentist was perhaps the most bizarre matter. Whilst it was so bizarre it was clearly very, very significant.
It couldn’t be dismissed. No-one - not even the painstaking Norman Baker PC - has offered an explanation of this matter.
I think it will be seen as the most sinister and evil event in the whole of the ‘Kelly affair’. It shows the extent to which parts of the UK Government were prepared to go in order to conceal the truth.
The first that the public knew of Dr Kelly’s dentist was near the end of the Hutton Inquiry. Thames Valley Police’s (TVP) Assistant Chief Constable - Michael Page - gave an account, of sorts, to the Inquiry.
Michael Page was TVP’s headman at Lord Hutton’s Inquiry.
One gets the feeling that Michael Page was the principal organiser of much of the Hutton Inquiry - Lord Hutton’s right-hand man. Probably overseen by Lord Falconer: Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC, QC.
When Michael Page retired in 2006, he had a celebratory dinner. And who was the guest of honour at this policeman’s ball? Lord Brian Hutton, and he gave a very generous speech.
David Kelly’s Dental Clinic
Dr Kelly’s dentist was Dr Bozena Kanas of Ock Street Clinic, 45 Ock Street, Abingdon. Dr Kanas has followed the legal advice that she has been given.
Not to breach patient confidentiality - and admit this. The Access to Health Records Act 1990 and the NHS Records Management Code of Practice apply in this instance.
Be advised that she will not discuss the matter so don’t bother to contact her.
Mr Nicholas Barnes is the Clinic Manager and partner of Bozena Kanas. Like Dr Kanas he will not discuss the matter.
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| Dr Kelly's dental clinic |
TVP’s Michael Page’s Account
The important factor is that this matter was completely secret and could have remained so.
However, the dental practice had a total of about a dozen employees and a big through-flow of patients. Inevitably it was porous. It was difficult to be sure that this ‘secret’ would not leak.
Michael Page and his team must have decided that the best option was put it into the public domain.
By them, on their terms.
I guess his thoughts were “it’s better to be in control of the situation than have the situation in control of you”.
If they didn’t it might leak. The situation would then be in control of them.
So, on the 21st of 23 days of Inquiry testimony and nine weeks after the event, it was made public.
Michael Page was called back, three weeks after he had already given testimony to the Inquiry, to answer another question.
Question - James Dingemans QC asked Michael Page:
“Were you ever contacted by Dr Kelly's dentist?”
This question had no lead-in, no precursor - it simply came out of the blue. This was a very strange way to conduct matters. Mr Dingeman’s reason for asking this ectopic question should have been explained. But no - a complete left-field question.
Nevertheless, Michael Page seemed fully prepared to provide an answer to this remarkable question.
Here was a charade in action - a recurring quality of this Inquiry.
I have summarised Michael Page’s reply below.
The original is here, on page 202:
Michael Page’s answer
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| Typical paper record |
- Yes, we got a telephone call from Dr Kelly’s dentist.
- Not sure which day - on the day he died, or the day after.
- His dentist found that his records were missing.
- We carried out a full examination of the surgery and found nothing untoward.
- On the Sunday the dental records had been found.
- We had another call from the dentist.
- The records were examined for fingerprints.
- No extraneous fingerprints were found.
- End of matter.
Michael Page’s account is ambiguous and inaccurate on several counts.
In 2011 the Attorney General released a note on this matter:
This adds a little more information. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request about these records showed unidentified fingerprints.
I have spoken to the key people of the Dental Clinic as it was in 2003. From these conversations I now have a clear account of events.
Actual Events
- Dr Kanas was a good friend of Dr Kelly. They both had degrees from Birmingham University. Dr Kanas’s family was from Poland. David Kelly had friends who were Polish scientists.
- She was very shocked and upset to hear of his death - at around midday on the Friday.
- Immediately, she went to take his records out of her filing cabinet.
- She didn’t want any appointment reminders sent to him by accident.
- The records were on paper, in ‘Lloyd George’ folders. These are about the size of a B5 sheet.
- David Kelly’s records were missing.
- This was shock number two - a thunderbolt.
- The Clinic staff then went to enormous trouble to check that the records had not been misfiled. They went through thousands of records.
- By the end of the day they had no doubt that David Kelly’s records had gone - vanished.
- They were very upset and angry - somebody must have taken them. There was no reason to suppose that they were missing before that day. They hadn’t lost a patient’s records before.
- They were worried that they might get a call from TVP. They could be asked for his records to help with identification. Over the weekend they continued to worry about the loss of their medical records.
- They returned to the Clinic on Sunday. For the umpteenth time she looked in her cabinet, and his records were there!
- Another thunderbolt of a shock. There was no doubt - someone had done this.
- They really didn’t know what to make of this, or what to do. It was as though there was a poltergeist in their Clinic. Or more realistically a burglar of unusual sorts. Much as they disliked the idea it seemed the only possibility - but why oh why?
Options
They thought of their options:
- Say nothing and hope that was the end of the matter
- Or tell - tell TVP
But, it seemed a crazy thing to report.
So, late on Sunday evening, the 20th, they called TVP to tell them. To tell them that one of their dental records had disappeared and then reappeared!
An odd telephone call
I don’t how this call was processed. If they phoned TVP’s non-urgent number the call would have been routed to TVP’s HQ in Kidlington, 8 miles north of Oxford.
A civilian officer would have taken the call and sent a report by fax to the nearest TVP station - Abingdon Police Station. The Station is about half a mile from the Clinic.
Abingdon Police Station was at the heart of the David Kelly search operation - Operation Mason.
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| TVP's Police Station - at the heart of Operation Mason |
At Abingdon the duty officer would have seen the fax. There was no criminal issue here. It just looked as though a careless dentist lost a record and found it. It was a non-event.
But the name ‘Dr David Kelly’ appeared in the report. This was noticed and the report was copied to Operation Mason.
Once again, this was seen as a non-event. It needed a minimal reaction.
But as a precaution, Operation Mason copied the report upwards.
When those on high read this simple report they probably went into meltdown.
They had been found out!
- The whole of this affair - of David Kelly’s death - is an amazingly Dark Event in British History.
- The matter of David Kelly’s Dental Records is by far and away the darkest, most sinister and evil event in this whole affair.
- Why were the records taken?
- Who planned this?
- Why were they returned?
- What action did TVP take
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