Compensation for handcuffed preacher

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Oct 2023
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Compensation for handcuffed preacher

Buchanan Street, Glasgow

A street preacher has been awarded £5,500 in compensation from Police Scotland after he was unlawfully arrested for an alleged ‘hate’ incident in January 2022.

Angus Cameron was arrested in Buchanan Street, Glasgow for an alleged breach of the peace ‘with homophobic aggravation’, handcuffed and held in a police van for over an hour. He commented: ‘I still don’t know what I was supposed to have said.’

Before and after his arrest, Cameron consistently asked what he was supposed to have said. The police officer refused to say what he was supposed to have said, even though they had statements. He was told there were complaints that he had made statements that were homophobic and offended some people.

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