A report that cleared police handling a case where schoolboys stupefied girls then posted lewd photos on social media is to stay secret.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority is refusing to release the official document that examined how police handled the case dubbed Roast Busters 2, despite finding the investigation was handled in an exemplary manner.
It is being denied on the grounds of a secrecy provision available in legislation.
The investigation was sparked after the Herald on Sunday highlighted concerns of a senior secondary school educator who was appalled a group of schoolboys were not charged after young girls were plied with alcohol then photographed with genitalia dangling in their faces. The compromising pictures were uploaded to a private Facebook page.
The authority investigated how police handled the case after three people laid complaints.