£10000 payout (plus costs) for man arrested for taking a picture of a bank
Written by duckrabbitAnthony Finnegan, 45, from Castlefields, Shrewsbury, was arrested for taking a photograph of the doorway of the NatWest branch in Mardol Head in the town in July 2009 – leading to a three-year battle for justice.
The construction worker was approached by a policeman and a community support officer and asked why he was taking ‘discreet photographs’, beginning a seven-hour ordeal that saw him handcuffed and put in a cell. He also claimed officers put him in a thumb lock.
Mr Finnegan and his team of solicitors said the force had now admitted liability and will pay him £10,000 plus his legal costs and delete all records of his arrest.
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