Saturday, 26 November 2011

Quoted in Guardian Magazine-26 November 2011

England Riots: Personal Cost.

His lawyer, Sophie Khan, is about to lodge a claim for compensation against the police and the CPS. "In the police's minds, this is over," Khan says. "Their attitude was, 'This was a mistake – get on with your life.' It's not like that. He has gone through hell for a mistake they made. There has to be some recognition of what happened."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/25/england-riots-personal-cost-youngsters-sentenced?CMP=twt_gu

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Live Interview: Tasers ITV London News 22 Nov 2011

After days of tweeting on this with serving and retired police officers. I find myself on live TV discussing what I had just been tweeting about with them. Here's the link.
http://www.itv.com/london/howe-supports-tasers46686/

Message is traditional policing over Tasers. No 'Tasers are Us' please.

Solicitor Sophie Khan, who has represented people Tasered by police, said: "They are not safe. The risks of using them on someone are not calculated. This is an overreaction to what happened in Harrow, which is a very rare incident."

http://www.u.tv/News/Amnesty-criticises-Met-polices-Taser-expansion-plans/33bf5b07-73b4-4077-bdc2-b6be99db986c

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/22/amnesty-met-police-taser-increase?INTCMP=SRCH

Saturday, 19 November 2011

ACPO to change Taser policy

I am so glad that my client's case has been able to start a change in the ACPO Taser policy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/13/tasers-police-epilepsy

Thursday, 10 November 2011

The truth about Tasers

A very well written article by Patrick Barkham on the growing rise of Tasers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/09/how-safe-are-tasers