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Zac now reluctantly decided to do as he had been asked so as to end this Police harassment, confident that all their checks would establish that he was qualified to drive, he was insured and that his vehicle was roadworthy.

He umpired his first Test match – between South Africa v Bangladesh at Bloemfontein, 19–22 November 2008. Jervon’s actions in attempting to recover his driving licence from PC Doyle had been entirely lawful given that he was not under arrest at the time, and therefore the officer was committing an act of trespass to Jervon’s property. You can read their stories in the case reports, where you will see that I have represented grandmothers, students, professionals (including journalists and ex-police officers), people seeking work and many others.It need hardly be added that the subsequent prosecution of Peter failed at trial, and he was completely exonerated from any wrongdoing. See my previous blog here about the ‘necessity criteria’ for arrest and why Officers must always consider less intrusive means of investigating an alleged offence than arrest. PC Healey and PC Hissy of Greater Manchester Police were on foot patrol in the public areas of the airport having been notified of a black male causing a disturbance.

Until the Police significantly sharpen up their data recording practices and staff training, however, I can only see this type of absurd and abusive airport departure – into unlawful custody- continuing time and time again. PC Roose should regard himself to be very lucky to have come away from this incident with no more than a slap on the wrist and would do well to remember the Policing principles in the future. Although one of the men now began to shout “ Police, Police, stay where you are, don’t move your hands“ they were not wearing Police uniforms, and had produced no warrant cards or other form of identification. There was no mention in the Custody Record of the account given by the woman who had touched Jervon in the first place, nor that of the Branch Manager, as to what had actually occurred in the Building Society.One morning, the family were all upstairs in their house when Emily saw a man downstairs and froze in fear, believing him to be a burglar. 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. For the avoidance of doubt, Peter Murphy did not threaten his neighbour or anyone else with a knife and nor was he is possession of such a weapon.