£5K payout for arrested photographer

[eos]

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=6&storycode=44853&c=1

A photographer who was arrested, handcuffed and detained for eight hours
when he tried to take pictures of a road accident has won more than £5,000
in damages and an apology from Thames Valley Police.

Police have also deleted the record of MK News photographer Andrew Handley
and destroyed DNA samples and fingerprints they took from him when he was
held.

Handley, a photographer for 34 years, was arrested by a sergeant as he tried
to take pictures at the scene of the accident, at Stony Stratford, Milton
Keynes, in September 2006.

 

[37401]

Excellent result! good news for photographers all round

 

[Drsatan]

What I don't understand is why it took so long for the photographer to have his name cleared?

 

[eos]

What I don't understand is why it took so long for the photographer to have his name cleared?

Perhaps you need first-hand experience to realise that any action involving the Police , IPCC, etc is against an organisation that is proffessional at using avoiding , delaying and downright disrupting practices.