Thursday, 3 July 2014

Dale Farm protester Ellen Yianni gets police payout - Essex

From the BBC

A woman who protested against the eviction of Travellers at Dale Farm in Essex has been awarded £15,000 by police for assault and wrongful arrest.

Ellen Yianni, 29, from Hounslow, south-west London, had been acting as a "medic's buddy" during the site clearance near Basildon in 2011.

Her solicitor claimed she was assaulted, wrongly arrested, held for several hours in poor conditions and "maliciously prosecuted".

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