Gunner: My Life in Cricket

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When asked about any previous convictions, Adam was upfront and honestly informed Mr Clasp of his sole previous conviction for drink driving. PC Little and PC Hillier then approached Jervon where he was sitting down, still in the partitioned area, and clearly not posing a threat to anyone or anything.

PC Miller spoke with Peter’s neighbour, who alleged that Peter had approached him with what appeared to be a knife in his pocket and had threatened people. The Custody Sergeant advised my client that she was authorising his detention so that the Police could “ secure and preserve evidence” and “ obtain evidence by question” i. Despite requesting to speak to a solicitor, no such access was provided, and my client was kept in custody throughout the day and overnight, worrying about his family from whom he had been so abruptly and forcibly removed. He toured abroad three times with Vic Lewis' XI to Pakistan in 1980/81, Middlesex to Zimbabwe in 1980/81, England to Australia and New Zealand in 1982/83. On further questioning, however, Peter’s neighbour stated that it ‘could have been’ simply my client’s hand in his pocket, rather than a knife.

The Police would then escalate that situation by committing trespass to Jervon’s person, in the manner described above. Throughout his detention, Peter politely asked to be released and was repeatedly told that he would be released after he was interviewed.

Whilst in Police custody Jervon had made multiple complaints about his treatment which were in my opinion entirely justified but – unsurprisingly – when in December 2019 the Metropolitan Police’s Professional Standards Unit wrote to Jervon to confirm the outcome of his complaint, it was that none of these complaints were upheld. I have to pause here and say that in all my years as an Actions against the Police lawyer, I have never seen a more shameless misuse of Breach of the Peace powers by an Officer. In May 2023, Rebecca contacted her local Force, the Metropolitan Police, to seek information regarding Andrew under “Clare’s Law”. I would like to apologise to [Adam] for my actions, regarding stopping him from moving into a property I was a resident of.

To try and rebuild his life and sense of justice, Adam instructed me to bring a claim for compensation against West Yorkshire Police. PC Miller then took a leaf out of the burglar’s book and climbed into Peter’s property through the window, completely uninvited. PC Hawton said that Jervon was accused of assaulting PC Doyle and that at the moment that was the only thing he was arrested for. However, PC Roose learnt that Adam was moving into the house, and later the same day, whilst on duty, PC Roose accessed information about Adam on the Police National Computer (PNC) at 21:42.