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14 March 2011
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UK: Scotland Yard officers in 'false arrest' investigation
Three Metropolitan Police officers are under investigation after they were alleged to have inadvertently recorded themselves arranging to falsely arrest a protester during the student fees demonstrations.
The officers, who have not been named, are alleged to have conspired to arrest a 20-year-old man who had broken through the police cordon during the protests at Parliament Square in December.
The man was chased and caught and, it is alleged, was then struck in the face with a police riot shield which chipped his tooth.
The officers are then alleged to have discussed how to arrest the man and are believed to have concocted a story in which they claimed the man had threatened to cause criminal damage to a nearby building.
However one of the officers was wearing sound recording equipment which recorded the chase and arrest of the man and the subsequent conversation between the officers.
The officers, said to be constables who were drafted in from their day jobs to help cover the demonstrations, are now subject of an inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The IPCC were alerted to the allegation by Scotland Yard in February after the man’s lawyer made a complaint.
The officers have each been served with letters telling them that they are now being investigated for gross misconduct and criminal matters – believed to be assault and false arrest.
They have all been place on restricted duties and will not be allowed on frontline duties while the investigation is ongoing.
Rachel Cerfontyne, the IPCC commissioner in charge of the investigation, said: “We are investigating a serious allegation that an officer colluded with colleagues to abuse his position by arresting a young man on false grounds. We will also be looking at the circumstances of how the man suffered a broken tooth during his detention.”
The police came in for heaving criticism of their policing tactics during the series of student fees demonstrations in central London which took place towards the end of last year in protest at plans to raise university tuition fees.
The Metropolitan Police was accused of not being properly prepared for the first demonstration, in November, which ended with anarchists taking over the Convervative Party headquarters in Millbank Tower.
During three subsequent demonstrations police were criticised for their use of controversial tactics such as kettling.
A total of 113 complaints were received by the IPCC about police officers behaviour during the four demonstrations. More than 70 are currently being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Seven others are being overseen by the IPCC. One of them concerns 20-year-old student Alfie Meadows, who needed brain surgery after he was allegedly struck on the head during a protest in December.
On the latest allegation, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “We can confirm on the 11 February 2011 the Metropolitan Police referred to the IPCC concerns about the alleged actions of three Police Constables involved in the policing of the student protest on 9 December 2010.
“We have also referred a connected complaint made by a man alleging unnecessary force was used by an officer against him during the student protests of 9 December. The IPCC has decided to independently investigate and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”
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