A shocked father has described the moment eight police officers mistakenly executed a drugs warrant at the home he shares with his young son. Michael Williams and his seven-year-old son Mickey, who is autistic and non-verbal, were at home at 9am on Saturday, January 21, when they heard “three horrendous bangs'' at their door in Cardigan before the door went through.
Having gained entry to the flat at Merchant Close Mr Williams said the officers shouted: “Police!” Then they immediately shouted at Mr Williams to get on the floor. Mr Williams said if it wasn’t for one of the officers having previously met the person the force was actually looking for he thinks he would have been arrested in front of his vulnerable son.
Almost two weeks after the incident Mr Williams said he felt he had no choice but to go public with his experience after what he felt was an “unsatisfactory response” from Dyfed-Powys Police after he complained about the blunder. “I feel like I’ve been fobbed off since I complained. It seems to me from this whole experience that if you've got a police badge you can go around just doing what you like,” he said, who added that he and his son are struggling to recover from the mental impact of the ordeal.
