Thursday 11 January 2024

"not given access to a solicitor or interpreter"

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2024/01/11/intoxicated-oswestry-man-headbutted-police-officer-who-was-trying-to-help-him/

11th January 2024

[…] Kate Cooper, representing Orlowski, said her client had been confused by what was happening because of language problems and did not realise the emergency services were simply trying to help him.

She said he had leant forward towards the officer and caught him on the head.

When he was taken to the police station he was not given access to a solicitor or interpreter, something that was currently the subject of a complaint, she said. […]

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