Support Our Work Mailing list About / Contact

Police compensation payments [Met]

01 January 1991

Support our work: become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month.

Police compensation payments [Met]
artdoc September=1992

The Metropolitan Police have been ordered to pay Ã20,000
compensation to a man they assaulted and then maliciously
prosecuted. The jury awarded the sum, which included Ã5,000
exemplary damages, to Tony Gilsenan, 43, who had been beaten when
arrested and unsuccessfully charged with assaulting the police.
A Northampton civil servant, Graham McCrindle, 30, was awarded
Ã18,000 damages by the High Court for wrongful arrest, false
imprisonment and assault after he was pinned to the ground by a
plainclothes detective in Northampton city centre. McCrindle lost
his job as a result of the incident.

Our work is only possible with your support.
Become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month.

 Previous article

BISS: information exchange on the state in the EC

Next article 

Irish prisoners in England

 

Spotted an error? If you've spotted a problem with this page, just click once to let us know.

Report error

Statewatch does not have a corporate view, nor does it seek to create one, the views expressed are those of the author. Statewatch is not responsible for the content of external websites and inclusion of a link does not constitute an endorsement. Registered UK charity number: 1154784. Registered UK company number: 08480724. Registered company name: The Libertarian Research & Education Trust. Registered office: MayDay Rooms, 88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH. © Statewatch ISSN 1756-851X. Personal usage as private individuals "fair dealing" is allowed. We also welcome links to material on our site. Usage by those working for organisations is allowed only if the organisation holds an appropriate licence from the relevant reprographic rights organisation (eg: Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK) with such usage being subject to the terms and conditions of that licence and to local copyright law.

About | Contact | Privacy Policy