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In July, the legal case against Baldwin, who was on trial for manslaughter, was dismissed due to the prosecution's failure to turn over evidence to the defense.

The Civil Service Commission launched the probe in August after Conservatives said appointments to the new Labour government were evidence of a "culture of cronyism".

Ibarra’s lawyers had argued that evidence linking him to Ms Riley’s death was “circumstantial”.

In July, a judge dismissed an involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin after police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defence.

Her former husband, an ex-police officer, and her lawyer, were handed prison terms of one year and four months, and two years respectively, for hiding evidence to help her evade prosecution.