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Brickbat: Wrong Chat

In England, the Hertfordshire Constabulary will pay Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine around $26,000 after wrongly arresting them for complaining… The post Brickbat: Wrong Chat appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Nov 26, 2025

‘Who’s screenshotting our messages?’: how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents’ wrongful arrest

When Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine posted complaints about their local primary school, they never expected six uniformed police officers to turn up at their door

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2025

Inside the scandals of the school WhatsApp group – and what you really can’t say

IN FOCUS: As Rosalind Levine and her partner Maxie Allen win damages after being wrongfully arrested for complaints they’d made on a parents’ WhatsApp group, mum of two Charlotte Cripps looks at the perils of being a member of the class chat and what lines are too dangerous to cross

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

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Parents ‘get £20k payout’ after unlawful arrest over school WhatsApp row

Rosalind Levine told Radio 4 she and her husband were detained by six Hertfordshire police officers in front of their young daughter earlier this year

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2025

Parents get £20,000 for ‘unlawful’ arrest after complaining about school on WhatsApp

Maxie Allen and his partner Rosalind Levine say they hope damages serves as a ‘positive effect’ in future cases

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2025

Parents ‘vindicated’ after police admit unlawful arrest over WhatsApp row

Hertfordshire police agree to pay £20,000 to Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen, who were held for 11 hours after complaining about daughter’s school

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025

Brickbat: Like Being Back in School

Six U.K. police officers arrested Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine at their home in Hertfordshire after they complained about their… The post Brickbat: Like Being Back in School appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Apr 8, 2025

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Police chief criticises force after parents arrested for complaining about daughter's school in WhatsApp group

Jonathan Ash-Edwards, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, said the force should never have been involved in the first place

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2025

Parents arrested by Hertfordshire police for complaining about daughter’s school

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine say six officers came to their house after primary objected to WhatsApp comments

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2025

Police arrest parents for complaining about school on WhatsApp

Parents arrested for complaining about school in Whatsapp group

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2025

Parents arrested for complaining about school in WhatsApp group

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine say they were detained by six Hertfordshire police officers in front of their young daughter

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2025

Parents arrested after making 'disparaging' comments about school in WhatsApp chat

Constabulary defends action after six officers sent to arrest two parents in front of children

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2025

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