Wood v Director of Public Prosecutions – Times Law Reports

Posted May 23rd, 2008 in assault, law reports, police, restraint by sally

Wood v Director of Public Prosecutions

Queen’s Bench Division

“Where a police officer restrained a person, but did not at that time intend or purport to arrest him, he was committing an assault, even if an arrest would have been justified.”

The Times, 23rd May 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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