‘A decorated war veteran has made an emotional demand for the government to shut down its “witch hunt” into historic allegations of abuse in Iraq. Rachel Webster, a former captain, announced she was suing the Ministry of Defence over her wrongful arrest by investigators in January 2014.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Michael Barrymore has won his claim that police wrongfully arrested him over the murder of a man found dead in his swimming pool, it has been reported.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The police must confront the “poison of decades-old misdeeds”, the Home Secretary Theresa May has told officers, raising hopes that she is close to ordering an inquiry into police misconduct during the 1980s miners’ strike.’
The Independent, 17th May 2016
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‘A woman has received £9,000 and an apology from Wiltshire Police after being unlawfully arrested and held in a cell for hours.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2014
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‘A victim of domestic violence has been awarded £2,350 from Gwent Police after she was arrested when she phoned for help.’
BBC News, 24th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who spent 17 years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of a sexual assault has been freed by the court of appeal after DNA evidence pointed to another man as the perpetrator.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Appeal Court has criticised the lawyers of five refugees who were wrongly jailed for carrying false documents after fleeing their countries under the threat of persecution.”
The Independent, 30th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A mother arrested on suspicion of murder after her son died of natural causes has accepted an undisclosed settlement from the police.”
BBC News, 6th June 2013
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“The police have wrongly accused and detained two people in separate cases as a result of mistakes made in the disclosure of their personal communications data, a watchdog has revealed.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A student who was wrongfully arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist after downloading an edited copy of The al-Qa’ida Training Manual for his PhD course, has been paid £20,000 in compensation by police.”
The Independent, 15th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Hayes v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2011] EWCA Civ 911; [2011] WLR (D) 269
“Where a police constable had exercised the ower of summary arrest provided by section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, it had to be shown, inter alia, that the constable had actually believed that the arrest was necessary, and for a permissible reason, and that objectively that belief was reasonable.”
WLR Daily, 29th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The family of the murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor have criticised as ‘insulting’ a £70,000 payout to two youths who were tried but cleared of the killing.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“England footballer Jermain Defoe has accused Essex Police of harassment for pulling him over days after he said he would sue them for wrongful arrest.”
BBC News, 17th August 2009
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“A convicted paedophile has won more than £3,000 in damages from North Yorkshire Police for wrongful arrest.”
BBC News, 20th July 2009
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“The brother of a pilot wrongly accused of training the 11 September 2001 hijackers has succeeded in a High Court bid to win damages for wrongful arrest.”
The Independent, 1st December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The three main suspects officially cleared yesterday of any wrongdoing in the cash for honours investigation are considering retaliatory action against the police as the backlash began against Scotland Yard’s conduct of the marathon inquiry.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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