We secured £2,500 in compensation for a black man who was assaulted and falsely imprisoned by a police officer following an accusation of shoplifting which was never pursued on 3 May 2018. Despite VO agreeing to go the store and view the CCTV with a police officer to verify his indentity, the officer suddenly took the decision to arrest instead whilst en route to the shop, pushing him forward. When VO tried to resist what he thought was a sudden unprovoked assault he was himself charged with assaulting a police officer, though the case against him was dropped by a magistrate who found that the officer had not been acting in execution of his duty. The client was represented by Bhaskar Banerjee, assisted by Molly Nathan.
