A Liverpool bodybuilder was handed a "substantial" out of court settlement from police.
Akinwale Arobieke, who has previous criminal convictions and is a well-known figure in Merseyside, sued the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police for malicious prosecution and misfeasance in public office. It came after he claimed two GMP police officers carried out a campaign against him to get him into trouble.
He has now received the payout just weeks before the trial was due to take place at Manchester County Court. In his civil claim against GMP, Mr Arobieke alleged that from 2012 he was targeted by two particular officers, who are not being publicly named at this time.
