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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Aine Fox

Police admit King protest arrest was unlawful and pay compensation

A trainee Baptist minister arrested for shouting “Who elected him?” during a proclamation ceremony for the King described the experience as “bizarre” as he settled legal action and was compensated by police.

Thames Valley Police said they accepted that the grounds of the offence for which Symon Hill was arrested in September 2022 “were unlawful”.

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