Police pay-out

Saturday 16 January 1993 00:02 GMT

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A man who alleged he was falsely imprisoned and assaulted by Metropolitan Police officers in October 1987 was paid out-of-court damages of pounds 10,000. Simon Coley, 23, of Barnes, south-west London, was flung to the ground and beaten by officers who thought he was an escaped prisoner, Croydon County Court was told.

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