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

Met admits it was wrong to arrest and detain homeless pensioner

Two Metropolitan police officers
The Met said it was wrong to forcibly remove Sinclair from the place he lived. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

The Metropolitan police has admitted it was wrong to arrest and detain a homeless pensioner, who said their decision to remove him from his home of eight months in a tent was “inhumane”.

A letter from the Met said it will pay damages and apologise to Anthony Sinclair, 70, who had been sleeping outside a central London hospital.

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