Woman 'treated like a serial killer' after police burst into her home and pin her against the wall
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman who claims she was forcefully arrested by South Wales Police officers has received £40,000 compensation from the force and a written apology.
The woman says the police barged into her house at 2.30am and pinned her to a wall, causing long-term injuries, reports WalesOnline.
In the early hours of the morning on September 12, 2020, Louise Badman claims three uniformed officers arrived at her ground floor apartment in Pyle, south Wales, and began knocking on the window.
Mother-of-one Louise claimed she woke up and went to the front door, where she opened a window beside the door, and began speaking to one of the officers. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. She says she asked the officers why they were there, to which one replied that they were going to arrest her following allegations she’d harassed a man she’d never met in person but had interacted with on social media - a case that was later dropped due to insufficient evidence and which Louise maintained was a “malicious false allegation”.
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