Minister calls for full report

Dillon was asked whether he thought the police had “fallen down” with respect to their handling of Banfield’s disappearance and surveillance in the area where she was last seen.

“I have not received an in depth investigation to see whether they have fallen down,” Dillon said.

“I know they have looked at camera footage in respect of the Banfield murder, they have questioned about 14 people.” Dillon added, “I must say that the people are cooperating with the police. You have a lot of cooperation.” Asked whether Banfield’s murder suggests a review of surveillance in urban centres in the country, the minister said security is dynamic and all strategies must be reviewed on a regular basis. He explained this would ensure that such strategies and measures, “are applicable to what is happening on the ground.”