‘Good citizen’ wins £12,000 damages from council who labelled her ‘potentially violent’
‘Good citizen’ wins £12,000 damages from council who labelled her ‘potentially violent’
Jon Land for 24dash.com in Local Government
Wednesday 24th June 2009
Ms Clift said she was horrified at being entered on the register and, eight months later, left Slough, where she had lived for 10 years, as it was impossible to function normally.
She sensed that, everywhere she went, there was “whispering, collaboration, people scurrying about”.
“Everywhere I went – hospitals, GPs, libraries – anywhere at all, even if I phoned the fire service, as soon as my name went on to that system, it flagged up ‘violent person marker, only to be seen in twos, medium risk’.”
She felt she could not pursue her application to be a foster parent.
Telling the jury that what had happened to her could happen to anyone, she said: “I’m nothing special, no qualifications, don’t have a fancy job, but I don’t go getting into trouble. It cuts across class, race, everything.
“These people have this ability to do this and they can abuse it. Not many people know, I didn’t even know, that such a register existed.
“Please put yourself in my position and consider what I feel to be the calibre of public employees who, at the end of the day, are paid for out of council tax.
“What right do they have to do this to members of the public? What possible right? Consider it can happen to anybody. It’s happening right now and shouldn’t be allowed to happen.”
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Remember Jane was aware that she was on the list, and still found it impossible to function, she had to move. She was not being electronically monitored, or set up, because she was aware, unlike those who are not aware.
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