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Raid was a breach of human rig
Merseyside Police breached a family's human rights in raiding their home in a hunt for armed robbers, European judges have ruled.
Gerard and Moira Keegan were awarded £2,065 each and their four children will receive £1,375 each for their stress resulting from the raid in 1999.
The Keegans had lost a UK county court action against the force for unlawful entry and false imprisonment.
But Human Rights judges in Strasbourg overturned the decision on Tuesday.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled the action was not malicious but did breach Article 8 of t... Read more
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680 News - Toronto,Ontario,Can
26 January 2007
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Former top cop in Varennes, Qu
MONTREAL (CP) - The ex-police chief of Varennes, Que., who was fired for breach of trust, wants his former employer to pay him more than a half-million dollars after he was cleared of the charge by Canada's highest court.
Denis Boulanger wants $661,320 from the City of Varennes and his old job back. If he's not rehired, he wants $150,000 in severance. Negotiations are underway and a settlement hearing is scheduled for next week. Boulanger was let go after he asked a fellow officer to write a detailed report of a traffic accident involving Boulanger's daughter in October 2001.
The report was for his daughter's insurance company, which decided she was not responsible for the damage and spared her paying the $250 deductible.
Boulanger was fired on the grounds of breach of trust when it was learned he intervened in the accident investigation.
In July 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Boulanger had acted within his duties to ask the police officer to prepare the report. However, the high court noted he had done it out of personal interest and police officers are supposed to be impartial.
In clearing Boulanger, the court noted there is a significant difference between making an administrative error and acting with criminal intent.
The Quebec police ethics commission did lay blame with Boulanger in December, saying he should have remained a disinterested party.
In a lawsuit filed with Quebec Superior Court, Boulanger's lawyer argued the decision by Varennes to fire him was "unreasonable and disproportionate."
Besides compensation for his dismissal, Boulanger is also seeking to recoup his legal bills.
The former chief has been working as a trucker since he was fired.
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