The three respondents and others brought claims against the Chief Constable inter alia for malicious prosecution, unlawful detention, and misfeasance in public office. There had been a series of proceedings arising from the murder of Ms Lynette White in Cardiff in 1988. The respondents are former police officers who were among those officers who investigated that murder. Three men (who later became known as ‘the Cardiff Three’) (three of the five ‘original defendants’) were arrested and, in November 1990, convicted of the murder. In December 1992, however, their convictions were quashed on appeal by the Court of Appeal in a judgment which severely criticised the police investigation.
McFarlane, David, Lloyd-Jones LJJ
[2015] EWCA Civ 680
Bailii
England and Wales
Police, Torts – Other
Updated: 01 January 2022; Ref: scu.549780