Dell and his private-equity partner Silver Lake Partners on July 24 proposed bumping up the offer by 10 cents to $13.75 per share, but only if the special committee agreed to change the way votes are counted.

Having failed to find any public infrastructure the pair were forced to charge at the university in the centre of the city, dangling cables through an open window.

When I ask her about it she says, 'I dont like to talk about it. The attention was shocking and felt quite damaging at the time. I really dont want anything like that to happen again.

"I felt like people have really focused on my music right now when Ive needed them and have actually been really good about that because thats the only thing I worried about I didnt want to sacrifice what Ive been working for.

Mr Mitchell said in a statement: "It is a matter of deep concern that the police forces employing these officers have concluded that their conduct has not brought the police service into disrepute. Most people will disagree. It is a decision which will undermine confidence in the ability of the police to investigate misconduct when the reputation of the police service as a whole is at stake.