This disregard for PACE in Custody mirrored the disregard for the proper laws of arrest which Jervon had suffered in the Building Society. I have likewise previously highlighted the unedifying habit of the Metropolitan Police which is seemingly to encourage its officers to exercise a non-existent power of “detention” short of arrest, in the cynical knowledge that most people will assume that they need to ‘stay put’ simply because a Police Officer is telling them to do so. Taking the above into account, I consider that whilst the officer has breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour, his conduct is not deemed so serious that it would meet the threshold for misconduct (conduct so serious that at least a written warning would be justified). Although Ehab was free from their clutches, they now informed his brother that he was under arrest and was going to be taken into Custody on suspicion of “theft by finding” and obstructing an Officer.

However, in January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa. He was led away, feeling degraded and humiliated, whilst his wife was obliged to collect and carry all of their luggage and make arrangements to be picked up, causing my client further anxiety and distress. In a state of shock, Ehab immediately remonstrated, whereupon PC Langford seized Ehab from behind, in a head lock manoeuvre, and took him to the ground. Despite the Professional Standards Department’s claims that PC Roose’s actions had been “in good faith”, it should not be forgotten that he had directly lied to Mr Clasp, who took PC Roose’s word as a Police officer on trust. 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.Despite requesting to speak to a solicitor, no such access was provided, and my client was kept in custody throughout the day and overnight, worrying about his family from whom he had been so abruptly and forcibly removed. Gould represented Middlesex (1975–1980 and 1996), Sussex (1981–1991) and Auckland in 1979/80 as a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. Zac protested about the Officers taking his phone and remonstrated as to the strange change in circumstances, i. Andrew also, naturally, began to feel uncomfortable about being around other people; he did not know who else had been told about the allegations, and did not want to see any of Rebecca’s friends because of this. The allegation of ‘breach of the peace’ was frankly nothing more than a ‘place-holder’ to cover the officers’ illegal detention and interrogation of Dean, and sadly (given GMP’s refusal to apologise for their behaviour) I suspect that they are far from the only Police officers who will resort to this or similar tactics either from ignorance, malice, egotism or some unworthy hybrid of all three of those vices.

He toured abroad three times with Vic Lewis' XI to Pakistan in 1980/81, Middlesex to Zimbabwe in 1980/81, England to Australia and New Zealand in 1982/83. The brief circumstances are that the officer has attended reports of a male acting oddly, sniffing gas, drinking and causing concern to passengers. Dean was then taken into custody and further detained, during which time he was interviewed under caution, before being released without charge. It is also worthy of note here that the incorrect PND entry did not say that Andrew had been arrested – that was something which the Met had evidently ‘surmised’ themselves and then told to Rebecca, on the back of the incorrect recording of the rape charge. Professional Standards investigators simply do not approach complaints in a fair and open mind; they seemed dedicated to finding reasons to dismiss complaints, not uphold them.

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. Often, I have seen situations in which there may be a grey area as to whether Breach of the Peace is occurring, or whether a Breach of the Peace might imminently occur if an Officer does not intervene, but that was not the case here. The officers then left and sat in a parked car on the opposite side of the road, effectively ‘staking out’ the address of these two good Samaritans. Jervon turned and saw that a woman had made physical contact with him; she apologised, stating that she thought Jervon was someone else.

Following investigation, the Police responded to the claim confirming that in February 2023, a complaint was made against Andrew that he had ‘spiked’ a woman’s drink in a bar.Following interview under caution, Ross was released and advised that any decision or further action would be communicated to him in due course. I am sure that many of us have had occasion at the beginning of this new year to reflect upon the fact that the beginning of the Covid pandemic was no less than four years ago – although I am sure your memories of that time remain as vivid as mine.

Jervon was to remain detained in the prison for almost three weeks, before finally being released when the Crown Prosecution Service, who were now involved, discontinued all of the charges against him stating that there was insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction. Ignoring his complaints, PC Langford now handcuffed Ehab to the rear and kept him in this position, upon the ground, for approximately 10 minutes. Further insult was added to my client’s injury by the fact that although his complaint against PC Langford was upheld in quite striking terms, the officer was let off with little more than a disciplinary ‘slap on the wrist’ for what he had done, an outcome which put me in mind of a recent report in the Guardian, highlighting how the Police complaint system’s light touch was enabling dangerous officers.But what happens when a police officer decides to entirely forgo these professional and moral principles and lie? PC Healey, after confiscating Dean’s wallet and rifling through it, then established his name from one of his bank cards. 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.