The Met will pay £10,000 to a woman who was arrested at the Sarah Everard vigil in Clapham, her solicitors have said.
The Met will pay £10,000 to a woman who was arrested at the Sarah Everard vigil in Clapham, her solicitors have said. Jennifer Edmunds was detained overnight and charged with breaching Covid restrictions at the Clapham Common vigil for Ms Everard on 13 March 2021. Charges against her were dropped 15 months later and Ms Edmunds went on to sue the force for breaching her human rights, false imprisonment, assault, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecutions.
Hundreds of people gathered in the evening and refused to leave when asked by police, leading to clashes.Organisers were threatened with £10,000 fines. Ms Edmunds was arrested at the vigil and refused to pay a fixed penalty notice for breaching Covid regulations.She was charged with participating in a gathering of more than two people in a public outdoor place in a Tier 4 area.
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