From the (6th October, 2009) article: A LAWYER has won $40,000 in compensation after NSW police wrongfully arrested her and then falsified official documents, alleging she had committed a terrorist act. Andrea Turner, 57, was arrested on December 30 last year when a senior constable mistakenly believed Ms Turner had taken a photograph of her conducting a routine patrol of a train with a junior colleague. Ms Turner, a practising criminal lawyer, had been on her way to a bushwalk in the Royal National Park. None of the police officers involved has been reprimanded over the incident and there has been no internal investigation. Dont take my photo. If you take my photo I will put you on your arse so fast it will not be funny, the junior officer had said. The other told Ms Turner: Youre obviously a bloke. Ms Turner was asked for identification and when she refused, was told to get off the train at the next station or be dragged off. The senior constable told her she was being arrested for taking a photograph of an officer in the execution of her duty. Ms Turner denied taking a photograph and pointed out it was not an offence to do so. As was her legal right, she again declined to provide identification. She was then detained for 30 minutes in front of a crowd of onlookers at Kogarah station. Ms Turner successfully sued the state of NSW for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment in the District Court, telling the Herald: How could I have backed down when I tell my own clients, That is thuggery, that is unlawful behaviour and you cant let them get away with it? ... Continued at: smh.au/national/compensation-for-lawyer-after-wrongful-arrest-20091005-gjfk.html
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:18:51 +0000
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