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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Judges set to decide fate of police chief constable guilty of contempt of court

The Royal Courts of Justice
The court of appeal ruled that Northamptonshire police had been ‘willfully disobedient’. Photograph: Alamy

A police chief constable has been found guilty of contempt of court with judges set to consider whether he should be punished by imprisonment or a fine.

The court of appeal ruled on Tuesday that Northamptonshire police were in contempt and had been “willfully disobedient” for repeatedly failing to obey rulings to hand over video to a woman who complained she had been wrongly arrested by three officers.

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