Police lock up innocent man, then keep van for five days

Mike Le Page with the van police thought he had taken and driven uninsured. (Picture by John O’Neill, 1054343)

AN INNOCENT man claims ‘heavy-handed’ police locked him in a holding cell for two-and-a-half hours without reason.
And the van he was driving perfectly legally was then impounded for five days.
Mike Le Page, 52, was stopped by police at 11.20pm on 10 October when driving home from his girlfriend’s house in his colleague’s van.
He said that the officer’s approach had made him think differently about the force.
A police spokesman said: ‘There is a proper complaints procedure for those who feel that they have been treated unfairly by the police service. (from GEP)

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