13 MAY 2006, Page 26

Dogberry wouldn’t do

From David Jones

Sir: In Martin Vander Weyer’s article subheaded ‘I am an ass’ (Any other business, 6 May), the author shares with the reader his forthcoming thespian adventure as Constable Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing. However, contrary to the suggestion that Dogberry could carve out a career at the Serious Fraud Office, I say he could not. If Dogberry could not make charges stick, he’d certainly flounder in an organisation that has convicted seven out of ten defendants in the country’s most complex fraud cases; a fact that speaks for itself. Perhaps one can assume that Dogberry erred because he didn’t research the evidence. But fortunately Dogberry is only fiction.

David Jones

Head of Communications, Serious Fraud Office, London WC1