November 9th, 2009
A man has been awarded £1.4 million in compensation after suffering a stroke following his wrongful imprisonment for murder.
Ellis Sherwood had spent 11 years in jail after being convicted of murdering a Cardiff newsagent in 1988.
The compensation was awarded to him by the Home Office after it was proven in court that his stroke was a direct result of the drug abuse he took part in during his time in prison, reports the South Wales Echo.
Mr Sherwood has previously been given compensation by the South Wales Police for the miscarriage of justice he suffered.
In October 2006 he received £200,000 from the police force after his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal.
Last week, the Lowestoft Journal reported that Suffolk Constabulary have paid out almost £600,000 in compensation claims against them in the past five years.
The claims included cases of wrongful arrest, physical injury and damage to property.
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July 21st, 2009
A family whose little girl was abducted and abused by a known paedophile is to receive compensation from South Wales Police for its handling of the case.
The three-year-old, known only as Child A, was taken out of her bath by serial sex offender Craig Sweeney, 24.
He took the child away to his house and sexually assaulted her there, before driving her across the Severn Bridge to England, stopping twice to abuse her again.
It was only when Wiltshire Police saw him driving through a red light without his headlights on that he was apprehended and Child A was recovered.
The child’s family took legal action against South Wales Police, claiming that the abduction could have been prevented – Sweeney’s prison license had expired two days beforehand.
It admitted liability and the family has now been awarded compensation of between £50,000 and £150,000.
"We are pleased that South Wales Police have recognised that they failed our daughter and that she should be compensated for that failure," said the child’s father.
According to civil rights organisation Liberty, anyone who can show that their rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 were interfered with may be eligible for compensation and should seek the advice of a solicitor.
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