However, to Simon’s shock, the security guard then grabbed hold of the handle of Simon’s backpack from behind and struck him to the right side of his face.

When Jervon turned to me for help, I was proud to fight his corner and bring Court proceedings against the Metropolitan Police. He represented Middlesex 90 times from 1975 to 1980/81 and was capped in 1977 before moving to Sussex who he represented 195 times between 1981 and 1990. More importantly, Gould is intent on developing the corporate side of the Burnham brand and conference centre facilities.If that was correct then the Officer, lacking honest suspicion of the Section 4 offence, was a trespasser when he entered the flat, was committing assault and battery when he laid hands on Peter, and the arrest itself, and consequent deprivation of my client’s liberty, was unlawful from the outset. When Jervon then asked if he was actually under arrest PC Doyle repeatedly reiterated that Jervon was “detained”, as if this were some lawful alternative to arrest. Lack of sleep, being scared to live in your own home, Watching my children drop to the floor and crawl on all fours because of the sound of someone moving a wheelie bin for example, Having to try and live my life with two children who were until very recently unable to be in a separate room to myself at any time. Emily and her children were left in a state of shock and the psychological ramifications of this Police intrusion into their lives would take a lot of hard work and heartache to resolve. PC Little and PC Hillier then approached Jervon where he was sitting down, still in the partitioned area, and clearly not posing a threat to anyone or anything.

It does not require physical restraint and a person can be falsely imprisoned in their own home if, as in this case, the Police are issuing commands so as to restrict a person’s liberty, with an implied threat of force or legal punishment if those commands are breached. At the outset, my focus was on the Police’s failure to interview Peter notwithstanding that this appeared to be the justification to arrest and detain him.

Ehab later told me that he had feared for his life whilst being restrained by PC Langford and that his opinion about the Met had been shattered, commenting “ You just don’t feel safe”. with four centuries and a top score of 128 for Middlesex versus Worcestershire at Worcester in 1978. Ehab was humiliated, distressed, cold and wet and suffered physical and psychological injuries as a result of this incident. I recognised that the actions of PC Roose were not only a breach of the Data Protection Act 2018, but also represented a gross violation of Adam’s right to a personal and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Zac now knows that the pair were Metropolitan Police Officers, and that the woman was PC Rowbotham and the man was PC Ngo.

PC Hissy now tried again with Dean, telling him “ Give us your name…that’s all you’ve got to do” – really giving the lie to any suggestion that this was about a ‘breach of the peace’. PC Roose had not actually spoken to anyone in West Yorkshire Police about this matter, and no one had told him that he could not live with Adam, nor did PC Roose have any legitimate policing reason to access the information about Adam on the PNC. He also played one season in New Zealand for Auckland in 1979/80 and he captained Sussex in 1987 and played in eighteen One-Day Internationals for England.

The evidence of the expert psychologist whom I appointed confirmed that Simon had suffered sleep disturbance and loss of appetite which caused him to feel vulnerable and exhausted. After Peter had been escorted to his cell, but now known to us because of the Custody Desk CCTV recording, PC Miller informed the Custody Sergeant that “ if he [Peter Murphy] had spoken to me, I would have given him a ticket there and then and been done with it, instead I squeezed my athletic figure through a window…”. Although he had legitimate reason to complain about PC Roose, Adam also feared that he might be subjected to future reprisals from the Police because of his complaint. Following interview under caution, Ross was released and advised that any decision or further action would be communicated to him in due course.

While in the cell, due to the shock and distress he was experiencing at the treatment he had received, Jervon experienced thoughts of self-harm, to such a degree that he tied items of clothing around his neck. He was, of course, ultimately released without charge, but a more perverse inversion of the true state of affairs it would be hard to imagine – in what topsy-turvy world does helping the Police get twisted into obstructing them?PC Roose had tried to shirk personal responsibility by pretending that it was his ‘bosses’ who had made the decision. The interviewing officer has also informed me that he was arrested for breaching his Court bail conditions, this information has also been passed from early shift custody Sgts so in regards this as he would not be presented before the Court within 24 hours he will be subject to NFA in respect of this. Long experience has conclusively shown to me that the Police complaint procedure is not fit for purpose (unless that purpose is to brush Police Misconduct ‘under the carpet’ and frustrate and deter individuals from pursuing complaints).