Thursday, January 25, 2007

Policeman v Police: Storm in a Teacup




"The walk down the passage was in fact recorded on CCTV and Sgt Morgan could be heard enquiring "yes" as the door was closed. There was some shouting and some seconds later the door opened and there had plainly been some altercation between the two men. The appellant alleged that Sgt Morgan had pushed him in the face and he repeated that on a number of occasions. He subsequently said that he had been grabbed by the throat. Both officers then made complaints about the incident. "

It was the tea!

"The appellant contended that it had been a racially motivated assault by Sgt Morgan. He sought to support his allegation by alleging that there had been inappropriate behaviour by the Sergeant all morning. He said that he had been treated in a contemptuous manner; for example, he had been required to make the tea, and had been required to answer the phone when in fact the Sergeant was much closer and could have answered it, and he contended that the Sergeant had been shouting and swearing at him. He was humiliated, he said, to be spoken to in this way in front of his peers when everyone was watching."

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