Sir Paul Stephenson: The numbers man now in charge of the Met

telegraph.co.uk
Jan. 27, 2009
Sir Paul Stephenson emerged unscarred from three years of civil war at Scotland Yard among the top ranks during Sir Ian Blair's embattled tenure.
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