Ballerino di danza classica premiato con 600.000 sterline dalla polizia dopo essere stato scambiato per un terrorista

“When giving evidence, the officer said the former ballet star was spotted ‘brazenly looking into the yard’ where the bikes had been stolen previously.

This led the officer to suspect Alexander was there either to break into the police yard or conduct an activity related terrorism.”

Seems a big leap to go from bike thief to terrorist.

He wants £600,000 for the injuries he sustained and future loss of earnings. It doesn’t seem he’ll be left permanently disabled and unable to work. So I guess it comes down to how much a ballet dancer in the premier league would be expected to earn in their short careers

Alternatively he may be awarded £600k after being viciously assaulted by a violent thug in uniform. The assault which caused permanent injuries and ruined his career as a ballet dancer.

Terrorism laws are one of several areas of UK law which need to be significantly revised.

The reason that’s the case is mostly due to police abuse of the legislation.

The article doesn’t mention which law was used, but Section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 is their current favourite toy. It costs the public purse a huge amount of money. Police policy is pretty much to mumble something about Section 43 and start grabbing people any time they want.

The tell in this case is the phrase “brazenly looking into the yard.” People are allowed to look into places and the police need to be firmly told that this is not a reason to start grabbing members of the public. Neither is “being evasive.” People are not required to help the police and they will not want to if the police behave like this.

What’s being described in this case sounds very much like a police officer committing several crimes. They are almost never held criminally responsible for their mistakes. Until individual police have a realistic chance of facing meaningful personal consequences, this will continue.

I’ve made this comment before, but how has it taken nearly ten years to get to this stage?