Stephen Doughty: Police ‘standing by its decision’ in MP’s diazepam case

The spokesman explained last year: “To the best of his recollection, at the time he was panicking, had been unable to get to a GP for an appointment, and as a friend who he regularly shared confidential personal mental health worries and anxieties with, asked Byron if he had a few spare diazepam, which he had previously been prescribed for such circumstances, and taken without any issues.”