A highly respected medic and whistleblower is suing the Met Police over claims she was arrested on her doorstep, before being cuffed and driven 100 miles to a London police station.
Dr Rita Pal, a psychiatrist and medical journalist, says she was arrested by Met officers in December 2014 at her home in Sutton Coldfield on an unfounded suspicion of harassment. In a writ lodged at London's High Court, Dr Pal's lawyers relate how she was handcuffed and placed in an unmarked police car before being driven to the capital.
She was later charged with an offence under the Protection from Harassment Act before being cleared by Stratford Magistrates in August last year after the CPS "offered no evidence".
